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January 30, 2008
Playwright Linda Parris-Bailey of Carpetbag Theatre to read new work, Feb. 2
Playwright Linda Parris-Bailey, executive artistic director and principal writer-in-residence for Knoxville's internationally celebrated Carpetbag Theatre, will be reading scenes from her new commissioned work, "Giants of Lehigh Valley," in the Commons, second floor of Hodges Library, Saturday, February 2, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
The play, commissioned by Touchstone Theatre and featuring the music by Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock, grew out of oral histories collected by students from Muhlenberg College and Kutztown University and story circles conducted by Peggy Pettitt. The piece is a powerful tapestry of theatre and song highlighting a century of the African American experience in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.
Also participating in the reading (via videoconference) will be director Mark McKenna, producing artistic director of Touchstone Theatre, and select cast members. The public is welcome to attend the reading and join in the question-and-answer session that follows.
The reading and videoconference are being sponsored by Lehigh University, the UT Theatre Department, and UT's Office of Information Technology.
Posted by Martha Rudolph at 10:16 AM in Events
January 23, 2008
John McManus at Writers in the Library, Jan. 28
John McManus, visiting writer in the UT Creative Writing Program this spring, will read at Writers in the Library, Monday, January 28, 7 pm, in the Hodges Library auditorium.
John McManus is the author of a novel, Bitter Milk, and two collections of short fiction, Born on a Train and Stop Breakin Down, which made him, at 22, the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Award. His stories have appeared in places like Oxford American, Tin House and Ploughshares. He was born and raised in Blount County and currently teaches in the MFA Program at Goddard College.
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 Martha Rudolph at 11:21 AM in Events, Writers in the Library
January 10, 2008
Commons Open House -- Games! Prizes!
Celebrate the newly-renovated Commons, a collaboration of the University Libraries and the Office of Information Technology (OIT). Drop by our open house on Tuesday, January 22, on the second floor of Hodges Library.
Games, prizes, party favors, refreshments, and music will be ongoing from 2:00 until 4:30 throughout the Commons. Be present for the welcoming remarks at 3:00; a drawing for prizes such as a Dell 926 All-In-One Printer and a 1GB flash drive will follow a brief ceremony.
The Commons is a place for students to interact, get technology support and research assistance, and work on course assignments. To help enhance student learning and research, the Commons provides state of the art technology and resources.
The newly expanded and renovated Commons features brightly-painted walls, upholstered booths, comfortable arm chairs and sofas interspersed among almost 200 computer workstations. Here students can checkout a laptop, snuggle into an easy chair, and access the internet or a remote printer over our wireless network. They can create a video or practice a multimedia presentation in our Practice Presentation Room, be tutored in statistics or writing skills, or have their personal computers scanned for viruses and spyware.
On a busy day, the Commons hosts as many as 2000 visitors. Most services are available 24 hours a day, five days a week.
Posted by Martha Rudolph at 11:20 AM in Commons
Scott Miller opens spring UT Writers in the Library series
Singer and songwriter Scott Miller opens the spring semester slate of Writers in the Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on January 14.
Writers in the Library is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Creative Writing Program in the UT Department of English. The series brings various writers to campus throughout the year to read from their work.
Writers in the Library began in 1999 and is managed by the UT Libraries Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence. The current Writer-in-Residence is RB Morris, a singer, songwriter and poet from Knoxville. This is his last semester in the position.
"The position of Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence has been a tremendous honor for me and has allowed me to come in contact with a lot of great writers," Morris said.
The following is the spring schedule for Writers in the Library. All events begin at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library.
* Jan. 14 - Scott Miller
* Jan. 28 - John McManus
* Feb. 11 - MariJo Moore
* Feb. 25 - Julie Auer and Steven Dupree
* March 10 - Michael Knight
* March 24 - Linda P. Marion and Judy Loest
* April 14 - student recipients of the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry
* April 21 - group reading; writers to be announced later
Miller fronts the Knoxville band Scott Miller and the Commonwealth. The group's latest album "Reconstruction" was recorded live in Johnson City and released in 2007. For more information, visit http://www.thescottmiller.com/.
"One of things I've tried to add to the mix is the tradition of songwriters as poets, which I believe is prevalent if not dominant part of the current 'poetic voice' in our culture," Morris said. "Along those lines we are starting the series off this spring with Scott Miller, a local songwriter with a growing international following."
McManus, who is a visiting writer at UT this spring, is author of the novel "Bitter Milk." In 2000, he was presented the Whiting Writers Award for fiction.
Moore's published works include "Spirit Voices of Bones," "The Diamond Doorknob" and "Feeding the Ancient Fires: A Collection of Writings by North Carolina American Indians." For more information, visit http://www.marijomoore.com/.
Julie Auer, a member of the Knoxville Writers' Guild, is a lawyer by profession and uses her insight to write about crime and punishment. Steven Dupree is a local actor and journalist.
Michael Knight, UT associate professor of creative writing, recently had a new novel published. "The Holiday Season" is a book of two novellas set during the holidays.
Judy Loest and Linda Parsons Marion are both prize-winning poets. Linda Marion is poetry editor of "Now & Then" magazine.
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 Martha Rudolph at 11:11 AM in Events, Writers in the Library
January 07, 2008
Student Art in the Library
The Spring 2008 Student Art in the Library Juried Exhibition is now on view in the Hodges Library reference room. The contest was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Student Art in the Library Committee made its selections from over 70 submissions.
Congratulations to our exhibiting artists and thank you to everyone who participated!
Come by and see it when you have a chance or view the exhibited works online.
Posted by Dan Greene at 03:53 PM in Events
January 04, 2008
Map Services Reopen in Hodges Library
A newly configured Map Services area opens in the John C. Hodges Library on Wednesday, January 9. The ground floor space, which was used as a computer lab prior to the expansion of the Commons on the 2nd floor of Hodges, now houses a diverse collection of books, atlases, globes, digital resources, geographic software, and over 300,000 sheet maps.
We invite you to visit the Hodges Map Services area and take advantage of the varied resources that support research, teaching, and the every day need for map and geographic information. Services and resources are available onsite to the general public as well as to UT students and staff. Materials are available for checkout to UT students and staff and UT-affiliated borrowers.
Map collections and services were previously located in the basement of the James D. Hoskins Library. The core collection of topographic and geologic maps received through the federal depository program were maintained by the university geography department from the 1940s until the University Libraries assumed the collection in 1989. In addition to sheet maps and other materials, today's Map Services features computers, Geographic Information System (GIS) software, GPS equipment, and expert staff who are available to help users access digital geospatial data.
Visit our Map Services website (www.lib.utk.edu/cic) for more information.
Posted by Martha Rudolph at 02:13 PM in Announcements, Library Facility Updates
Work at the Libraries - Student Library Assistant jobs available
The library is now accepting applications for several student library assistant job openings. Positions are available in The Commons, Map Library, Periodicals and Documents, Library Express and Library Administration. For more information or to apply for these positions go to the Student Vacancies page.
Posted by Dan Greene at 01:13 PM in Announcements