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February 27, 2007
Library Workshops & Studio Courses: Mar. 1 -8
Library Workshops
Finding Books (and other materials) in the Library Catalog
Thurs, Mar. 1st, 11:10 am - 12:10 pm 127 Hodges Library
EndNote Web
Thurs, Mar. 1st, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 211 Hodges Library
Finding Articles
Mon, Mar. 5th, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm 127 Hodges Library
Cross-National Time Series Data at UT
Tues, Mar. 6th, 10:00 am - Noon 211 Hodges Library
Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System
Tues, Mar. 6th, Noon - 1:00 pm 127 Hodges Library
Audiostreaming Databases: Bringing a World of Music to a Computer Near You
Wed, Mar. 7th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am 127 Hodges Library
Unlocking the Labyrinth: Library Resources for Medieval Studies
Wed, Mar. 7th, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 211 Hodges Library
Searching for Alternatives to Lab Animals
Note: Class will take place in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on the Ag Campus Computer Classroom - Room A213A
Thurs, Mar. 8th, Noon - 1:00 pm
Studio Short Courses - 251 Hodges Library
Photoshop: Poster Concepts
Mon, Mar. 5th, 3:35 pm - 4:35 pm
Photoshop: Photo Touchup
Tues, Mar. 6th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Photoshop: Photo Collage
Wed, Mar. 7th, 3:35 pm - 4:35 pm
Photoshop: Ready for the Web
Thurs, Mar. 8th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
For more information or to register for a workshop or course go to http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop/
Posted by at 02:58 PM in Workshops
It's not too late: register for the Free Range Video Contest
The Studio is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our Third Annual Free Range Video Contest.
Registration is open until March 9th. We will be working with the Make Orange Green campaign this year and the screening will be a part of the campus Earth Day festivities. Videos can be made in any style but must no longer than 2 minutes.
You can submit up to two entries. Submissions are due by 11 p.m. on Monday, March 19. Visit the Studio for more information.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 12:28 PM in Announcements
February 22, 2007
UT Libraries hosts Ugandan librarian Maria Musoke
The UT Libraries are pleased to host Dr. Maria G.N. Musoke, University Librarian at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in Knoxville from Saturday, February 24-Thursday, March 1, 2007.
Makerere University and the University of Tennessee signed a partnership agreement in April 2002. The collaboration is funded in part through the Carnegie Corporation's Strengthening Selected African Universities Program.
Makerere University is one of the oldest universities in sub-Saharan Africa, with a record of academic excellence, research collaboration, and an excellent Africana collection. Cooperative initiatives are planned between Makerere and UT that will support and strengthen the educational and research capacity of both universities. Digitization of unique resources and electronic document delivery form the basis of those projects.
Dr. Musoke is the third librarian from Makerere to visit the UT Libraries. Miriam Kakai, Robert Kakembo and James Mugasha made earlier visits to Knoxville. UT librarians David Atkins, Barbara Dewey, and Anthony Smith have all made visits to Kampala.
Visit www.lib.utk.edu/africa/ for more information about the University of Tennessee and Makerere University exchange program.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 04:00 PM in Announcements
Knoxville poets to read at Writers in the Library March 7
Linda and Jeff Daniel Marion will read from their works
Acclaimed Knoxville husband-and-wife poets Jeff Daniel and Linda Marion will read at Writers in the Library on Wednesday, March 7 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public.
Jeff Daniel Marion was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame for poetry, awarded by the Friends of Literacy Inc., and received the 2006 Career Achievement Award from the Knoxville Writers' Guild. He participated in the 25th Literary Festival at Emory & Henry College (Emory, VA), reading and speaking on panels with other well-known Appalachian writers. His most recent essay, "Roads Back Home," appeared in Tennessee Country: In the Land of Their Fathers.
Linda Parsons Marion is poetry editor for Now & Then magazine and the author of Home Fires. She recently won first place in the 2006 Tennessee Writers Alliance and the Libba Moore Gray poetry competitions, and her work was nominated for a 2006 Pushcart Prize. Her poems have appeared widely, including The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, Iowa Review, and Prairie Schooner. She has received two literary fellowships from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Marion is an editor at the University of Tennessee and spends lots of time out in her gardens. She feeds them coffee grounds; they feed her poems.
The Writers in the Library series is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Creative Writing Program of the UT English Department. For further information, please contact Jo Anne Deeken, head of technical services, UT Libraries, at 974-6905 or jdeeken@utk.edu, or R.B. Morris, Jack E. Reese writer in residence, UT Libraries, at 974-3004 or rbmorris@utk.edu.
Posted by at 12:20 PM in Writers in the Library
February 18, 2007
UT Libraries Featured in American Libraries
The UT Libraries is featured prominently in the February 2007 issue of American Libraries, the premier publication about libraries in the United States, published by the American Library Association. The article, "Each One, Teach One: Staff Exchanges in Historically Black Schools," explores a professional exchange program between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the Association of Southern Research Libraries (ASERL). The program was funded by a $20,000 grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
UT Libraries was one of five libraries chosen by ASERL to participate in the exchange program. UT was chosen due to its expertise in digital libraries, collection management and institutional repositories.
UT librarians Barbara Dewey, dean of libraries; Jill Keally, interim associate dean; and Linda Phillips, head of collection development and management, are interviewed in the article. Evelyn Council, associate director for collection development at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, discusses her experiences at UT as part of the exchange.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 08:28 PM in Good News
February 16, 2007
Library Workshops & Studio Courses: Feb. 19 -28
Library Workshops
Evaluating Information
Mon. Feb. 19th, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm 127 Hodges Library
Finding Information about Immigration and Immigration Services
Wed, Feb. 21st, 10:10 am - 11:05 am 127 Hodges Library
Studio Short Courses - 251 Hodges Library
iLife - Introduction to Digital Video: iMovie
Sun, Feb. 25th, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Editing Digital Video: iMovie
Sun, Feb. 25th, 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
iLife - Advanced Editing: iMovie
Sun, Feb. 25th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
iLife - Scoring Your Movie: GarageBand
Sun, Feb. 25th, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
iLife - DVD Authoring: iDVD
Sun, Feb. 25th, 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm
iLife - Web Authoring: iWeb
Sun, Feb. 25th, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beyond GarageBand: Introduction to Pro Tools
Tues, Feb. 27th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Beyond iMovie: Introduction to Final Cut Pro
Wed, Feb. 28th, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
For more information or to register for a workshop or course go to http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop/
Posted by at 03:17 PM in Workshops
Film Movement Film Series presents Familia
Film Movement Film Series will present Familia Tuesday, February 20th at 7:30 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library. This showing is free and open to the public.
Michele, a divorced aerobics instructor with a gambling addiction, loses her job and seeks refuge with a childhood friend, Janine, who lives in a seemingly comfortable middle-class suburban neighborhood. Michele's rebellious teenage daughter, Marguerite, and Janine's shy and reserved daughter, Gabrielle, become friends, leading to unforeseen tensions that force both generations to reassess their values. Familia explores the question of how value systems are passed on from mother to daughter and asks: Is it possible to avoid passing on to our children those traits that we despise in our parents?
The Film Movement Series is just one of the many ways the UT Libraries is broadening its film collection and developing programming centered on the expanding medium of film. Although a few of the films are American-made, most hail from Europe, Australia, Africa, South America and Canada. Most have received accolades akin to Academy Awards in their home countries.
The UT Libraries and the UT Cinema Studies program worked with Film Movement to bring these first-run films to the library at the same time they are released in theaters. For film summaries, reviews, trailers, credits and schedules, visit the Film Movement Series Web site.
Posted by at 10:30 AM in Film Series
February 15, 2007
15th Annual Love Your Libraries 5k Run and Fun Walk February 24
Registration begins at 7:30 at Circle Park Drive
The Graduate Student Senate shows its love for the UT Libraries by sponsoring the 15th annual Love Your Libraries 5K Run and Fun Walk on Saturday, February 24. On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the race begins at 8:30 a.m.
Proceeds from the race are used to purchase library materials crucial to graduate-level study and research. UT Athletics has already shown its support for the libraries by helping to sponsor the race and pledging $5,000.
UT alumna Cindy Wyrick helped organize the first race in 1992 and is thrilled to see the fun run celebrate its 15th anniversary.
"Fifteen years ago, when the GSS (then Graduate Student Association) started the fun run, we were looking for a project to undertake that would benefit the entire campus," Wyrick said. "A fun run to benefit the UT Libraries was an easy choice because no other entity on campus provides as much support and assistance to all of the University's students as the libraries."
"It is very rewarding to see the GSS continue to make this fundraising effort on behalf of the UT Libraries more successful each year," Wyrick continued.
The race begins and ends at Circle Park Drive and takes runners through the heart of the UT campus. Click here for a .pdf map of the race route.
Registration costs $12 before February 14 and $15 on race day. Click here to download the 2007 entry form.
Race shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners. Shirts will be given out on a first-come, first served basis on race day.
The awards ceremony immediately follows the race. Awards are given to the top three male and female overall runners, 1st Masters (40+) and 1st Grandmasters (50+). Awards must be picked up on race day morning--they will not be mailed.
For more information, please contact Graduate Student Senate Vice President Amy Colvin at gss2@utk.edu or call 974-2377.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 02:29 PM in Announcements
February 12, 2007
UT Libraries Celebrates Black History Month
Join the UT Libraries in celebrating Black History Month 2007. In honor of this month, the libraries' diversity committee is sponsoring a film series. Showings will be held on February 13, 19 and 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hodges Library.
Tuesday, February 13, Hodges Library 251
Monday, February 19, Hodges Library 212
Tuesday, February 27, Hodges Library 252
Posted by Laura Purcell at 10:15 AM in Film Series
February 08, 2007
Biology Nights @ the Library: The Most Dangerous Woman in America Feb 26
Film showing, The Most Dangerous Woman in the America
February 26
Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library
6:00 PM
Run Time: 1 hour
"Woman Cook a Walking Typhoid Fever Factory," said the headline in a New York City newspaper in 1907. The woman was Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant who as "Typhoid Mary" would become a notorious symbol of a public health menace. Mary Mallon's ordeal took place at a time when the new science of bacteriology was shaping public health policies in America for the first time, and her case continues to hold lessons amid today's heightened concerns about communicable diseases. -PBS website
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Posted by Laura Purcell at 12:06 PM in Events
Spring 2007 Culture Corner features Appalachian Culture: The Cherokee
The Spring 2007 Culture Corner features selected resources relating to the Cherokee, with particular focus placed on the Eastern Band. The selected resources offer an introduction to the history, literature, and customs of the Cherokee. Topics include Juvenile Literature, Folklore, and Family, Marriage & Education. Title lists for the branch libraries and an electronic resources list are also available. More information is available at http://www.lib.utk.edu/diversity/culturecorner/.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 11:14 AM in Exhibits
February 05, 2007
Discover Valentine's Day @ the UT Libraries
Documenting Love with Government Documents, Online
Fight off the winter doldrums with some interesting facts and statistics about Valentine's Day, from the Government Documents department at the UT Libraries:
- Candy is dandy! How much candy do Americans eat each year? Where are the most romantic-sounding places in America? The U.S. Census Bureau answers these questions and more.
- Love is in the air, and in the mail--This year's love stamp features the Hershey's Kiss, from the U.S. Postal Service.
- Crack the Valentine's mystery America's Library traces the history of celebrating Valentine's Day from ancient times to today.
- Roses are red, violets are blue, See nature's color code for flowers from the Department of Agriculture.
- Love means never saying goodbye, even in a long distance relationship. Here are some tips for long-distance relationship success from the Department of State.
- Looking for a Libido Lift? The Facts about Aphrodisiacs from the US Food and Drug Administration.
- Jungle Love? Animals at the National Zoo get in the mood for Valentine's Day.
- Love Potion #9. Read about the use of mercury in casting love spells in a report from the Environmental Protection Agency.
More information about government documents is available at http://www.lib.utk.edu/govdoc/, AskUsNow!, or by contacting Janette Prescod, Periodicals/Documents and Microforms Librarian.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 01:19 PM in Good News
February 01, 2007
UT Libraries E-forum: Monkey Biz-ness (Down in Tennessee)
or, how to research copyrights without going bananas
Presented by Grover Baker, librarian at the Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University
Noon, Thursday, March 8 2007
605 John C. Hodges Library, UT campus
Get a practical lesson in copyright concerns from Grover Baker, who will discuss the steps he went through in determining the copyright status of several songs commenting on the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Grover Baker is a librarian at MTSU's Center for Popular Music. He has an MSIS from UT and also holds bachelor's and master's degrees in church music. Before working at MTSU, Baker worked at the music library at Belmont University and served as pianist and music minister at several churches in Tennessee and Kentucky.
UT Libraries will also hold a workshop entitled Copyright Fair Use--Your Rights, Your Risks on Tuesday, March 27 from 2-3:30 p.m. 128 Hodges Library. Librarians Pauline Bayne and Diana Holden will conduct the workshop.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Chris Durman at 974-3474 or cdurman@utk.edu.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 01:54 PM in E-Forum