Trouser Press

Robbins, Ira. Trouser Press. 2007.      http://www.trouserpress.com/index.php Contains the content of all five Trouser Press Record Guides in addition to many new and updated entries. Search by album, artist or keyword. Entries contain discographies, biographical information and cross-references.

Guitars of Spain

The Coffee House Series presents “Guitars of Spain,” a group that has musical influences of Cuba, Italy, Peru, Mexico, Brazil and Portugal. They have performed in over 30 countries and are sure to mesmerize you with their creativity and skill! October 07, 2008 06:00 PM – 08:00 PM Cost: $5 Location: International House 1623 Melrose Ave … Continued

October Bulletin Board

Come check out the new bulletin board outside of the Music Library to find many “Spooky” titles available in our collection.

Perform an advanced search in the catalog, limiting location to the Music Library and use your favorite “spooky” keyword to find other titles available in the collection!

Exhibit to Chronicle Child’s Life During the Holocaust

From the loving intimacy of family life to the horrors of Hilter’s reign of terror in Europe, a new exhibit at Hodges Library will examine both beauty and brutality through the brief life of Kitty Weichherz, a Slovak girl growing up in the 1930s and early 1940s. In Her Father’s Eyes: A Slovak Childhood in … Continued

Open Publishing Support Fund Established

The University Libraries and Office of Research have launched a pilot program, Open Publishing Support Fund for faculty and graduate students to request funding for “article processing charges” that support open access publishers such as the Public Library of Science (PLoS) and BioMedCentral. Program web pages at http://www.lib.utk.edu/openpub/ include the program announcement and description, an … Continued

Acclaimed Poet to Share Verses on the Holocaust

…and here a few scorched teeth/from some martyred, unknown saint./The sky was a scroll of pain/— each star a sacred name!/I saw through time in that light./But I turned and blood rained down/and I turned and dipped and drank – from “The Death Mazurka” by Charles Fishman. Noted poet Charles Fishman will read poems on … Continued

Digital Commons Demonstration

The University Libraries invites you to a demonstration of Digital Commons, a digital archiving and publishing service developed by the Berkeley Electronic Press, on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in 128 John C. Hodges Library from 1:30 to 3:00 pm. Digital publishing services enhance international collaboration and global academic networks through electronic access to the work … Continued

UT Alumnus Phillip Moffitt to Give Book Talk at Hodges Library

Once upon a time, University of Tennessee alum Phillip Moffitt taught American men the secrets of style and sophistication. As the chief executive and editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine in the 1980s, Moffitt lived and thrived in the glamorous world of big-name magazine publishing, crafting a career of great success and distinction. Today, Phillip Moffitt uses … Continued

Watered-Down Politics: What the Candidates Aren’t Discussing

The Baker Center will sponsor an interactive forum on Election 2008 in the first floor galleria of Hodges Library on Tuesday, October 21, at 5:30 p.m. In this election cycle, it seems some Americans are frustrated with the lack of substance in the current political discourse. Some have commented that Americans are only hearing “talking … Continued

Students, Test Your Smarts to Win Free Gadgets!

University of Tennessee, Knoxville students can now enter a contest to win free gadgets. Students may enter the Knovel University Challenge by using the UT Libraries’ subscription to Knovel, a database of chemistry and chemical engineering textbooks, and following the instructions to play. By answering three questions correctly, students are entered into a drawing for … Continued