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September 26, 2007
Writers in the Library October 29: Michelle Boisseau
Michelle Boisseau to Read Monday, October 29 at 7 pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library
Michelle Boisseau is the author of three volumes of poetry, Trembling Air, University of Arkansas Press, Understory, Northeastern University Press, and No Private Life, Vanderbilt University Press, which also won the Morse Prize. Her popular volume Writing Poetry, Longman Press, is going into its 7th edition. She as received an NEA grant
for poetry as well as prizes from the Poetry Society of America.
Michelle Boisseau is professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where she coordinates the Creative Writing Program, and serves as associate editor of BkMk Press.
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 Laura Purcell at 02:38 PM in Writers in the Library
September 24, 2007
UT Libraries Help Preserve Education, Arts Literacy, History of Smokies
From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont: Bringing Education and Economic Development tothe Great Smoky Mountains, 1910-2004
KNOXVILLE -- With help from a nearly $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the University of Tennessee Libraries recently completed a project that preserves the history of education and arts literacy in the Great Smoky Mountains.
"From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont: Bringing Education and Economic Development to the Great Smoky Mountains, 1910-2004," is a digital project with a fully searchable Web site that includes almost 4,000 images of articles, photos, scrapbooks and letters. The site also has a 360-degree interactive gallery of art pieces from the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, historical essays and curriculum for K-8 students.
The Web site is www.lib.utk.edu/arrowmont.
The Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women opened the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg in 1912, beginning the fraternity's involvement in education, health care, arts and crafts literacy and commerce in the Smokies. It later became the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
"This project chronicles the history of Gatlinburg, but it also tells a very important story about the history of women," said Anne Bridges, history librarian and co-principal investigator for the project. "The Pi Phis created professional opportunities for themselves when there were limited prospects for bright, highly educated, highly motivated women."
May Lansfield Keller, grand president of the fraternity, was sent to East Tennessee in 1910 to find a location for a settlement school as a philanthropic outreach project by the fraternity to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
At the time, the U.S. Bureau of Education had designated Southern Appalachia as "most in need of education," and the state of Tennessee was open to support and assistance from benevolent organizations.
The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School began integrating arts education into the curriculum in 1945. In the 1960s when the Sevier County Board of Education took control of education in the area, the fraternity changed the focus of the school to fine arts and crafts education. Today, Arrowmont attracts a diverse group of students, including professional artists, from all over the country.
The digital project began in 2005 and was supported by matching funds from UT.
Bridges and co-principal investigator Ken Wise, UT Libraries associate professor, were joined in the project by the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and the Pi Beta Phi Elementary School in Gatlinburg.
The project complements the UT Libraries' Digital Library Center and the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project.
"This project not only tells an important story, but it illustrates the role of the emerging virtual library," said Barbara Dewey, dean of UT Libraries. "The collaborative work that made this project possible is an amazing example of sharing unique resources and expertise."
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities.
Other staff on the grant were Steve Davis, research coordinator; Tim Lepczyk, digital coordinator; Melanie Feltner-Reichert, metadata librarian; Anthony Smith, Digital Library Center coordinator; Bridger Dyson-Smith, student digitization assistant; Kate Stepp, digital coordinator; Aaron Purcell, university archivist; and Jody de Ridder, Digital Library Center programmer.
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Contacts:
Elizabeth Davis, UT Media Relations, (865) 974-5179, elizabeth.davis@tennessee.edu
Anne Bridges, (865) 974-0017, abridges@utk.edu
Ken Wise, (865) 974-2359, kwise@utk.edu
Posted by Laura Purcell at 01:17 PM in Press Releases
Book Sale at Hodges Library on Friday
A book sale will take place in Hodges Library on Friday, October 26 from 9-3 in the Mary E. Greer room, on the second floor near the Melrose entrance. Paperbacks are $1, hardbacks and media are $2. More valuable books will be specially priced. All proceeds go to support the library.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 10:50 AM in Announcements
September 21, 2007
Library Workshops & Studio Short Courses this week
Tuesday, October 23
1:00 PM - Advanced EndNote Q&A
4:00 PM - GarageBand: Sound Editing
Wednesday, October 24
10:00 AM - Streaming Audio Databases
4:00 PM - iWeb: Web Authoring
Posted by Laura Purcell at 03:01 PM in Workshops
September 17, 2007
UT Libraries Mark Three Anniversaries with 'Remarkable' Celebration
The University of Tennessee Libraries is marking three anniversaries this year and inviting students, faculty, staff and the public to a celebration on Oct. 26.
"A Remarkable Time: Celebrating the Past, Anticipating the Future" will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Jack E. Reese Galleria of the John C. Hodges Library.
The celebration will include music, food and a book sale. A program in the auditorium will begin shortly after 6 p.m.
Bruce Wheeler, professor emeritus of history, will speak about the history of the university and, specifically, its libraries. The event will be emceed by Sylvia Peters, teacher, education advocate and founding partner of the Edison Project, which provides curriculum and other educational tools to schools across the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Bill Bass, professor emeritus of anthropology and founder of "The Body Farm," will be a special guest and oversee the auctioning off of an opportunity for someone's name to be used as a character in one of his upcoming novels.
The event is sponsored by the Lancaster Lecture Fund. People interested in attending should RSVP by calling (865) 974-0037.
This year, UT Libraries is marking the 20th anniversary of the renovation of the John C. Hodges Library, the 75th anniversary of the James D. Hoskins Library and the 100th anniversary of UT as a land-grant Federal Depository Library.
"UT Libraries has grown with the University of Tennessee, and in many ways enabled and supported the university's rise to a major research institution. By celebrating these milestone anniversaries, we can take a moment to remember the many books read, papers and dissertations written and ideas explored here. I am honored to be able to salute the rich past of UT Libraries and look forward to continued enlightenment and discovery," said Barbara I. Dewey, dean of libraries.
UT Libraries consists of UT Knoxville, College of Law, Preston Medical, UT Health Science Center and UT Space Institute libraries.
Hoskins Library, at first named the Central Library, opened in 1931. The Hodges Undergraduate Library originally opened in 1969 as a four-story building.
As the campus and student enrollment grew, the UT Board of Trustees decided in 1983 to add 250,000 square feet to Hodges Library. The giant renovation -- which was largely new construction -- began the next year, and the new Hodges reopened in 1987 as the state's largest library. Construction cost about $29 million.
In 1907, UT's small library was located in the Old College building, but even as it opened its doors, university officials were planning a new library. Based on the expected growth, the federal government designated UT as a Federal Government Depository, which means the library provides the public free access to government documents and information. In conjunction with this anniversary, the library is holding an essay contest for students. The deadline is Oct. 30. For more information, go to http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/govdocs100/essay-info.html.
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Contacts:
Elizabeth Davis, UT media relations, (865) 974-5179, elizabeth.davis@tennessee.edu
Blue Dean, UT Libraries, (865) 974-0037, bluedean@utk.edu
Posted by Laura Purcell at 09:44 AM in Events, Library Friends
September 15, 2007
Library Workshops & Studio Short Courses this week
Monday, October 15
10:00 AM - Understanding Plagiarism
Tuesday, October 16
11:00 AM - Intro to the UT Libraries
4:00 PM - iMovie: Intro to Digital Video
Wednesday, October 17
11:00 AM - Finding Articles
4:00 PM - iMovie: Advanced Editing
Thursday, October 18
11:00 AM - Finding Books
2:00 PM - Introduction to EndNote
4:00 PM - iDVD: DVD Authoring
Posted by Laura Purcell at 02:39 PM in Workshops
September 08, 2007
Fall Break - The Commons and Starbucks closures
The Commons North will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Oct.10-12) for carpet cleaning and installation of additional computers It will reopen Friday at 5 p.m.
The Commons South will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 for carpet cleaning and reopen Saturday Oct. 13, at 8 a.m.
Starbucks will be closed from midnight Tuesday Oct. 9 until Sunday Oct 14. The neighboring study rooms and vending machines will also be unavailable. The Bookstore will remain open.
Posted by at 10:29 AM in Announcements, Commons
September 05, 2007
The Federal Depository Library Program: A National Commitment to Public Access
Presented by Judith Russell, October 2 at 3:30 pm, 605 Hodges
Please join the University of Tennessee Libraries as we celebrate 100 years of our service to the state as a Federal Depository Library on Tuesday, October 2.
The University of Tennessee Libraries is one of 43 land-grant university libraries across the nation that is celebrating their 100th year as a Federal Depository Library in 2007. We offer the general public, the UT community, and citizens of Tennessee free access to Federal Government information in any format provided through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The collection consists of over one million books, microforms, maps, posters, CDs, and videotapes, as well as access to many online databases and websites.
As part of this celebration, Judith Russell, dean of libraries at the University of Florida and former Superintendent of Documents will speak at Hodges Library on October 2 at 3:30 pm. Russell will present The Federal Depository Library Program: A National Commitment to Public Access. An anniversary celebration, with cake, will follow immediately after the presentation.
For more information about our centennial, please visit www.lib.utk.edu/refs/govdocs100.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 08:07 PM in Events
September 04, 2007
Library Workshops this week: Learn How!
Designed to make you a better student! Improve your productivity in the library by attending the University Libraries workshops and studio courses. Workshops cover the basics of doing research to the use of specific resources. Studio short courses teach how to use design, film editing and Apple iLife software
Library Workshops this week include:
Tuesday, September 18:
4-5 PM - GarageBand: Sound Editing, the Studio
Wednesday, September 19:
10-11 AM - Accessing Data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Archive, Hodges Room 211
3-4 PM - Web of Science--a focus on its new interface and additional features, Hodges 211
4-5 PM - iWeb: Web Authoring, the Studio
Visit www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop/ for more information and to register!
Posted by Laura Purcell at 12:28 PM in Workshops
September 01, 2007
Writers in the Library, October 1: Wendy Brenner
Wendy Brenner to Read Monday, October 1 at 7 pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library
Wendy Brenner is the author of the story collections Phone Calls From The Dead and Large Animals In Everyday Life, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award.
Her stories and essays have appeared in Seventeen, Allure, Travel & Leisure, Story, Mississippi Review, and other magazines, and have been anthologized in New Stories From the South and Best American Magazine Writing. She is a contributing writer for Oxford American magazine and teaches in the MFA program at University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
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 Laura Purcell at 09:31 AM in Writers in the Library