The University of Tennessee Libraries is one of many research libraries that now provide a platform for scholars to publish their research and creative work online. UT’s digital archive, dubbed Trace (for Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange), this week reached and surpassed ONE MILLION downloads of scholarship by UT researchers. More than 600,000 of those … Continued
Award-winning poet Alice Friman will be on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus on Monday, October 8. She will read at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., in the Hodges Library Auditorium. A reception will follow the reading. Earlier in the day, 3-4 p.m., she will hold an Author Chat in 1210-1211 McClung Tower. Alice … Continued
We’re making real progress on the Commons! Renovations are underway in all quadrants of the Hodges Library second floor, but one quadrant is all but completed. Library staff have reoccupied the updated Circulation/Media/Reserve service desk and offices in the northwest corner. Book and equipment checkout have resumed at that location. We don’t know how they … Continued
Librarian David Atkins is the 2012 recipient of the Tenn-Share Resource Sharing Award. Atkins is associate professor and head of resource sharing and document delivery at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries. The Tenn-Share consortium — with over 600 member libraries, museums, archives and information agencies — helps Tennessee libraries deliver efficient, effective library services … Continued
UT Dean of Libraries Steven Escar Smith will serve on the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries. He was appointed to the council by the Tennessee Secretary of State, Tre Hargett. The Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries is the state entity that oversees library services that benefit all Tennesseans. The council advises the Tennessee State Library … Continued
Pendergrass Library has recently acquired several new pieces of equipment to loan out in addition to our existing collection. That equipment collection includes: 15 Dell laptops, 9 of which are brand new 5 Macbook Pro laptops 6 Garmin GPS units, all with mapping software 1 digital SLR camera 2 waterproof digital cameras 1 digital point-and-shoot … Continued
UT is now a member of BioMed Central. BioMed Central is an open access publisher owned by Springer. BMC is committed to the free widespread dissemination of scientific research with high standards for review and reporting. BMC publishes 200+ peer-reviewed open access journals across the disciplines of biology, medicine and chemistry. A full list of … Continued
Circulation Office Area: Staff will begin moving back into offices next week (week of September 10). Date for resuming service at the front desk has yet to be determined however. Melrose entrance/Mary Greer Room Work will begin once Circulation has move out. Commons North: Getting close. Furniture, including services desks, scheduled for installation … Continued
Hodges Library Commons to Open at the End of the Month
Students will have more group study spaces, improved video and sound editing rooms, expanded academic support, and additional access to Starbucks when the Hodges Library Commons reopens at the end of this month. The Commons, which encompasses the second floor of the library, has been under renovation since the summer. The updated space will feature … Continued