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Grant proposal needs a data management plan? DMPTool can help.

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Many grant funding agencies now require researchers to plan ahead for data preservation and sharing as part of their research projects. To aid with these requirements, researchers at UT now have a tool that makes the process a little easier. The University Libraries offers the DMPTool created by the California Digital Library, which allows researchers to walk through the process of writing a data management plan for twenty different grant agencies, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, and all directorates of the National Science Foundation. Also provided are links to institution-specific guidelines.

For more information on or a demonstration of the DMPTool, visit the Libraries’ Data Management Guide (libguides.utk.edu/datamanagement), or contact Chris Eaker, Data Curation Librarian (ceaker@utk.edu, 974-4404).

Music Library Reopens in Haslam Music Center

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The George F. DeVine Music Library reopens tomorrow (Wednesday, August 21) in the new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center.

The Music Library’s holdings include books, scores, and audio and visual materials representing nearly every aspect and genre of music. The library is open to all UT students, staff, and faculty as well as to members of the local community and researchers around the world. The Music Library website — lib.utk.edu/music — provides 24/7 access to articles, databases, catalogs, and streaming music and video.

The Natalie L. Haslam Music Center is the new home of the university’s School of Music. In addition to the Music Library, it houses a new recital hall, band room and office suite, computer labs, a recording studio, 40 performance studios/offices and a variety of technology-enhanced practice and rehearsal rooms.

For high quality music collections, information and research assistance, visit the new Music Library in G04 Haslam Music Center. Or chat online with a librarian at lib.utk.edu/music.
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During Fall and Spring Semesters, the library is open:
8 – 10, Monday – Thursday
8 – 5, Friday
(Closed Saturday)
2 – 10, Sunday

Library Will Host Open House for Graduate Students, Aug. 23

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Graduate students are invited to an Open House at the library.

OPEN HOUSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Friday, August 23, 1:00-2:30 pm
John C. Hodges Library
Main Street (2nd floor)

* Learn how the library supports your research and teaching.
* Meet your department’s subject librarian and learn more about resources in your field.
* Learn about citation management tools like Zotero and Endnote.
* Register for interlibrary loan and Library Express delivery.
* Bring your laptop and activate your wireless account.

Join us for refreshments and a potlatch of donated books. We will give away door prizes — including an iPad mini — that will help graduate students with their research and teaching.

NEW LOOK! We’ll soon launch our new website

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beta18JulyAs part of our ongoing efforts to serve our users effectively, UT Libraries will be switching over to a new website design in the next few weeks. You can get a preview of the new design here.

The new site is still a work in progress, so you will likely notice regular changes over the next few weeks as we work diligently to ensure everything is correct by the official launch on or around August 12th. At that time, this beta site will be fully functional and serve as our new home on the web.

We encourage you to visit the beta site and offer us your feedback. The new design should make it easier to find information on library services, events, and news.

Join the conversation on Facebook (facebook.com/utklibraries) and help us make the library website even better.

Music Library closing temporarily for move to new Music Center

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The Music Library will close at 5 pm this Friday, July 12, to prepare for the upcoming move to the new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. The Music Library plans to reopen on August 21 if circumstances allow.

During the closure, online resources accessible through the Music Library homepage (http://www.lib.utk.edu/music/) will still be available for use, but the physical collection will be inaccessible during much of this time. Patrons are advised to check out Music Library materials before 5 pm on July 12 if materials will be needed this summer.

If you have an unanticipated need, please request the item through the Libraries’ catalog and also send an e-mail to Josh Aldorisio (jaldoris@utk.edu). When possible, Music Library staff will try to fulfill these special requests. The loan periods of all materials will be extended to the August 21 re-opening date, but patrons may also return items to Hodges Library.

We in the Music Library apologize for this inconvenience, but we look forward to assisting library users in the new location.

Free Movies On Demand, While On Campus

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Visit the new Residence Life Cinema at movies.utk.edu to stream some of Hollywood’s hottest movies, anywhere on campus. Currently, a selection of eight movies is available on demand from your laptop or desktop computer. Most are recent Hollywood releases. Select and play movies on demand, pause, fast-forward and rewind anytime. The movie channel is not available from off-campus, and is presently not available to tablet computers. The Volunteer Channel (UT campus cable 12) will soon make the same selection of movies available to televisions in UT residence halls. Follow the Libraries on Facebook for your chance to weigh in on new movie selections each month: www.facebook.com/utklibraries.

The lineup…

June 2013:

    Beautiful Creatures
    Cloud Atlas
    The Amazing Spider Man
    Warm Bodies
    A Single Man
    Brokeback Mountain
    3:10 To Uma
    Silver Linings Playbook

News Sources from Around the World: available for a limited-time trial

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Get multiple perspectives on your research topic from news sources around the world. For a limited time, the Access World News Research Collection will be available to UT users.

Access World News provides access to over 219 million current and archived articles from global news sources. Media include print and online newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news videos and journalist-written blogs. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface.

This is an excellent resource for background research, tracking an event or topic over time, and comparing issues both chronologically and geographically.

The UT Libraries has arranged for trial access to the database until May 15.

Review of new electronic resources is an ongoing process. Databases being considered for acquisition are made available to UT users for a short trial period. Evaluation and feedback from the campus community is an important part of this process.

Please visit the libraries’ Database Trials Page for a list of resources currently under review.

De-stress for Success during finals week

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massageStudents: take a well-deserved break from final exams, refresh and recharge at the library. The UT Libraries will once again offer finals week activities to help students “De-Stress for Success.”

Activities in Hodges Library begin on Study Day, April 29. UT’s Student Assessment of Instruction System will host a free ice cream social from noon to 2 p.m.

Other events that begin on Study Day will continue throughout final exams (April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7).

Student Health Center staff will be on hand each day, from 10 a.m. to noon, to provide tips for healthful eating, better study habits, and handling stress.

Knoxville Massage Therapy Center therapists will give free chair massages in the Commons from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3, and on Monday, May 6.

Everyone’s other favorite therapists — the HABIT (Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee) therapy dogs — will be on hand in the Mary E. Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library: noon to 2 p.m., Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3; 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, April 29, through Thursday, May 2; and noon to 2 p.m., Monday, May 6.

HABIT dogs will visit Pendergrass Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine Library on Study Day, Monday, April 29, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Throughout the week, room 251 in Hodges Library will offer games, cartoons, and coloring books to help students relax and unwind. Pendergrass Library and the Music Library will both provide a craft table, outdoor games, and refreshments (while they last!).

dogsFree Chair Massages in the Commons, Hodges Library:

    1-4 p.m., Monday, April 29 – Friday, May 3
    1-4 p.m., Monday, May 6

HABIT dogs in 258 Hodges Library:

    Noon – 2 p.m., Monday, April 29 – Friday, May 3
    5-7 p.m., Monday, April 29 – Thursday, May 2
    Noon – 2 p.m., Monday, May 6

HABIT dogs in Pendergrass Library:

    11 a.m. – 7 p.m., Monday, April 29

De-Stress for Success sponsors include the UT Libraries, the Student Success Center, Student Assessment of Instruction System, UT Parents Association, School of Information Sciences, and Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee.

Student Winners of Graduate Writing Awards to Read, April 22

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The University of Tennessee’s final Writers in the Library event of the academic year will feature readings by student winners of the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Awards. Readings from the winning works will take place in the Hodges Library auditorium on Monday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Awards are made possible by the English Department through the John C. Hodges Better English Fund, endowed by the long-time UT English professor and author of the Harbrace College Handbook, for whom the Hodges Library also is named.

2013 winners of the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Awards:

FICTION

First Prize: Ryan Woldruff, for “Still, This Might Be a Love Story”
Second Prize: Daniel Wallace, for “My Arctic Circle”
Third Prize: Tawnysha Greene, for “All God’s Children”

POETRY

First Prize: Stephanie Duggers, for a series of poems
Second Prize: Christian Anton Gerard, for a series of poems (“Defense of Poetry”)
Third Prize: Tawnysha Greene, for a series of poems

Winners of the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Awards will receive $500 for First Prize, $300 for Second Prize, and $100 for Third Prize in each category. This year’s judges were English faculty Laura Hoffer and Chuck Maland in fiction, and author (and former Writer-in-Residence at the UT Libraries) Brian Griffin in poetry.

The public is invited to join the university community for readings by these accomplished, up-and-coming writers.
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Writers in the Library is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries and the UT Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund. For further information contact Marilyn Kallet, Director, UT Creative Writing Program (mkallet@utk.edu), or Christopher Hebert, Writer-in-Residence, UT Libraries (chebert3@utk.edu).

Follow us at:
www.facebook.com/Writers.in.the.Library
twitter.com/utklibwriters

Pick up a “READ” poster during National Library Week

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Want a cool poster of Smokey reading a book? Drop by the library this week to pick up one of our “READ” posters.

It’s National Library Week, and we’re celebrating. Posters featuring Smokey, Little Smokey, the Volunteer, and Dr. Bill Bass (of “Body Farm” fame) are the first in our series of posters picturing campus celebrities. Our poster series is modeled on the American Library Association’s long-standing poster campaign. ALA’s READ posters feature sports figures, actors, and other celebrities reading from a favorite book.

Posters are available this week at Hodges Library, the Music Library, and Pendergrass Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine Library. Follow our READ poster series at facebook.com/utklibraries.

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