Effective Monday, May 22, 2006, non-UT affiliated visitors to Hodges Library will use a login account to access the guest computers in the Reference and Instructional Services room. Guest users will have two hours of computer access per day. The guest login account will be assigned at the reference desk and will be good for one year. These guest computers provide full Internet access.

Visitors must get a library card from the second floor circulation desk before setting up the guest login account. A photo ID is required to obtain the library card.

Guest computers that do not require a login are available on floors 3-6 and across from the 2nd floor Circulation desk. Visitors may use these computers to access the library catalog and other UT campus Web pages. These computers do not provide open Internet access.

For more information about visitor services at the UT Libraries, click here for our Services for Visitors and Alumni page.

The Good News: No More Fines for Many of Your Overdue Library Materials

Regular overdue fines for books, monographs, serials, periodicals and some other items are now a thing of the past. After March 30, the UT Libraries will no longer charge the $.25-a-day fine for most materials that students, faculty and staff keep beyond the due date.

However, once materials are 21 days overdue, the libraries will declare the materials “lost.” This means that the borrower will be billed to replace the item as well as a $20 non-refundable processing fee. If the patron returns the “lost” material, the library automatically cancels the bill for replacement and the processing fee.

“Our goal is to get the books back in the library,” David Atkins, head of Library Access and Delivery Services, said. “We shouldn’t have to penalize students after they return books. We’re also glad to eliminate the negative experience of paying fines, for both borrowers and library staff,” Atkins said.

Patrons can keep track of their checked-out library items by using the “My Account” feature located on the libraries’ catalog Web page, www.lib.utk.edu/catalog. “We are able to send patrons emails or “snail mail” notices to remind them when books are overdue. We hope this can make the process easier and friendlier for everyone,” Atkins said.

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University Library is named for former UT Professor

A relief sculpture of English Professor John C. Hodges was recently installed at the Melrose entrance of Hodges Library. Dr. Hodges taught at UT for 41 years and wrote the Harbrace Handbook, the most widely used college textbook ever printed in America. Hodges Library is named in his honor.

Dr. Hodges joined the University of Tennessee faculty in 1921, and he served as head of the Department of English for more than half of his 41 years at the university. Dr. Hodges was one of the world’s leading authorities on English playwright William Congreve, and he also established and directed a statewide program dedicated to improve the teaching of English in Tennessee schools.

Before his retirement in 1962, Dr. Hodges accepted the appointment as coordinator of the Library Development Program. He remained a volunteer after his retirement and was successful in soliciting substantial gifts to enlarge the university’s library resources. Dr. Hodges also made numerous anonymous gifts to the University Libraries during his lifetime and bestowed generous monetary gifts and his valuable personal collection of William Congreve materials to the university upon his death in 1967.

The six-story, 350,000-square-foot John C. Hodges Library building was constructed around the smaller, five-story, 100,000-square-foot John C. Hodges Undergraduate Library built in 1969. The present building was completed in 1987 and incorporated the collections of the former Undergraduate Library and the former James D. Hoskins Main Library.

The sculpture was a gift to Dr. Hodges from UT’s Office of Development upon his retirement. Mrs. Cornelia Hodges recently gifted the sculpture to the library.

Student artists can participate in Student Art in the Library, a juried exhibition that showcases only student art

Student artists are invited to submit their works to Student Art in the Library, a juried exhibition open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Two Student Art in the Library exhibits are held each year, one during the fall semester and one in the spring. This is the third call for submissions to the competition. Artworks are displayed in the Reference room of Hodges Library.

Students do not need to be art majors to submit, but the works must be two-dimensional. “We’ve had a wide range of art works displayed, including photography, oil painting, architectural drawings, ink drawings, lithographs and screenprinting,” Jennifer Beals, art and architecture librarian and exhibit coordinator, said.

Exhibit jurors examine submissions for quality, and try to choose pieces that work well together while representing a wide range of artistic styles and genres.

Students must be enrolled graduates or undergraduates and need to submit at least one digital image of their work along with the submission form. Submissions need to be received no later than midnight on April 20th, 2006. Submission details are available at the Student Art in the Library website.

The jury will review submissions and artists will be notified of their selections by May 2, 2006.

Email Jennifer Benedetto Beals for more information or call 974-0014.

Race held earlier this year due to UT Men?s Basketball Game

The UT Graduate Student Senate continues their tradition of raising funds for the UT Libraries with the 14th annual “Love Your Libraries” 5K run and one-mile fun walk through the heart of the UT campus.

The race will occur on Saturday, February 25th. Race start time is 8:30 AM this year, due to the UT Men’s Basketball game scheduled for that afternoon.

Monies raised by the race are used to purchase library materials that are crucial to student research and will help build the UT Libraries’ digital collections.

Registration is 7:00-8:00 am in Circle Park. Interested participants can pre-register with a form available online at www.lib.utk.edu/funrun/. Registration is $15.

Send the completed form and a check made payable to “GSS Fun Run ” to GSS Fun Run, 315E University Center, 1502 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-4800.

The race is sanctioned and emceed by the Knoxville Track Club. An awards ceremony will follow the race; awards will be given to the top three runners overall, 1st Masters (40+) and 1st Grand Masters (50+), male and female — as well as awards given by age and gender. T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners.

Race held earlier this year due to UT Men?s Basketball Game

The UT Graduate Student Senate continues their tradition of raising funds for the UT Libraries with the 14th annual “Love Your Libraries” 5K run and one-mile fun walk through the heart of the UT campus.

The race will occur on Saturday, February 25th. Race start time is 8:30 AM this year, due to the UT Men’s Basketball game scheduled for that afternoon.

Monies raised by the race are used to purchase library materials that are crucial to student research and will help build the UT Libraries’ digital collections.

Registration is 7:00-8:00 am in Circle Park. Interested participants can pre-register with a form available online at www.lib.utk.edu/funrun/. Registration is $15.

Send the completed form and a check made payable to “GSS Fun Run ” to GSS Fun Run, 315E University Center, 1502 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-4800.

The race is sanctioned and emceed by the Knoxville Track Club. An awards ceremony will follow the race; awards will be given to the top three runners overall, 1st Masters (40+) and 1st Grand Masters (50+), male and female — as well as awards given by age and gender. T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners.

Topics relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons (GLBTQ), as well as those questioning their sexual orientation, are featured this semester at the UT Libraries’ Culture Corner.

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Topics relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons (GLBTQ), as well as those questioning their sexual orientation, are featured this semester at the UT Libraries’ Culture Corner.

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Dr. G. Michael Clark, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences, received the University of Tennessee Library Friends Outstanding Service Award in a November 9 ceremony at the John C. Hodges Library. Clark was honored for his service — both formal and informal — to the UT Libraries.

Dean of Libraries Barbara Dewey made the award to Clark at a gathering of library faculty representatives.

“Mike has served as a library faculty representative for more than two decades and is a tireless advocate for library services. He effectively represents the interests of his colleagues and those in related departments in discussions of library issues,” said Linda Phillips, head of collection development at the Libraries. Library representatives are important faculty liaisons to the Libraries who help to guarantee that the Libraries select the best resources to support teaching and research at the University.

According to Phillips, Clark is always ready with a comprehensive list of collection needs and always willing to search for extra funds to purchase materials.

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