The USGS has launched the new USGS Map Locator and Downloader, a Web tool designed to deliver topographic maps easier, faster, and less expensively than before. Using open source software and the Google Maps programming interface, the Map Locator and Downloader allows customers to find the topographic maps they need, by searching zip code, address, … Continued
The Life of the Mind reading selection In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it Made is the center of the University Libraries fall 2007 Culture Corner exhibit The University Libraries joins the university’s celebration of the Medieval semester with the In the Wake of the Plague Culture Corner exhibit. … Continued
Now available for checkout in the music library are two Macintosh laptops and three PC laptops. Computers may be checked out by any student for four hours at a time. Renewals are allowed as long as no other students are waiting. Laptops may be taken out of the library, and must be returned to the … Continued
Barbara Bogue presents Writers are Critics Too–James Lee Burke and the Soul of Dave Robicheaux Poet, author, critic and community activist Barbara Zimmerman Bogue will present Writers are Critics Too: James Lee Burke and the Soul of Dave Robicheaux on Monday, September 24 at 7 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium. The event is free … Continued
eXtension is pleased to announce the “soft” launch of its fifth Community of Practice web site: Entrepreneurs and Their Communities, available at http://www.extension.org/entrepreneurship. This web site will serve as an additional resource that local business owners can depend upon for unbiased information on a variety of business-related topics. Like all other websites launched as part … Continued
More than 650 wanted to sing, but only 28 got the nod. UT graduate William Compton was one of them. What inspired such spirited competition? The opportunity to perform for the summer at the renowned Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y. Compton ’04, a tenor, earned a slot in the opera’s Young American Artists program, which … Continued
The UT Libraries offers a service that provides individualized help to students with research projects. So whether you have a paper due for English class or a project in business, a librarian can help you plan your research process and identify sources. “Doing library research can be very challenging,” Jeanine Williamson, a reference librarian who … Continued
The UT Libraries offers a service that provides individualized help to students with research projects. So whether you have a paper due for English class or a project in business, a librarian can help you plan your research process and identify sources. “Doing library research can be very challenging,” Jeanine Williamson, a reference librarian who … Continued
University of Tennessee Libraries are among the top 20 publicly supported university libraries in recent national rankings as updates in services continue to make the library a vital resource on campus. The Association of Research Libraries ranked UT Libraries 16th out of 68 publicly supported university libraries in the expenditures-focused index, a big jump from … Continued