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October 2007 News
Writers in the Library
Mondays at 7 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium
October 1: Wendy Brenner
October 29: Michelle Boisseau
For more information about Writers in the Library visit www.lib.utk.edu/writersinthelibrary
100 Years of Keeping You in the Know:
The Federal Depository Library Program
October 2, 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.
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 as part of our E-Forum series. 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
Documentaries in the Library
Tuesdays at 7 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium
Working for Democracy in the South and Appalachia—The Highlander Research and Education Center
The University of Tennessee Libraries is hosting a documentary series and exhibit to teach the university and local communities about the Highlander Research and Education Center, as part of the Highlander’s 75th anniversary.
October 2: Uprising of ’34, with discussion led by Anne Mayhew
The Uprising of '34 tells the story of the General Strike of 1934, a massive but little-known strike by hundreds of thousands of southern textile workers. After three weeks the strike was stopped and the strikers were denied jobs. Sixty years later this strike is virtually unknown, and union representation in the South still suspect.
October 16: We Shall Overcome, with discussion led by Tufara Waller Muhammed
We Shall Overcome, narrated by Harry Belafonte, provides a history of the song, We Shall Overcome, and its influence on the civil rights movement. The video features performances by Joan Baez, Guy Carawan, The Freedom Singers, Taj Mahal, Moving Star Hall Singers, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Pete Seeger.
October 30: Morristown, with discussion led by Bill Troy and Luvernal Clark
In this hour-long documentary, director Ann Lewis chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with displaced or low-wage southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization.
Film Movement Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in the Hodges Library Auditorium
October 9: Something Like Happiness
(Czech Republic, Drama-Comedy)
Monika, Tonik and Dasha grew up together in the same housing project on the outskirts of a small industrial city. Now the childhood friends are adults, each struggling with feelings of desire and loneliness, longing and failure.
October 23: A Simple Curve
(Canada, Drama-Comedy)
A charming small-town entrepreneur is determined to keep his woodworking shop afloat in spite of the relentless idealism of his business partner and father, an aging hippie draft-dodger.
Biology Nights at the Library: Thursday, October 25
Confessions of a Germ—The Plague
6:30-8 pm, Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library
Banned Books Week: September 29-October 6
An annual celebration of the freedom to read. See our display of banned books at the Hot Topics/Cool Books table just inside the reference room, 135 Hodges Library.
Workshops & Instruction
Improve your productivity in the library by attending our workshops and Studio short courses. Designed to make you a better student! Register for workshops at www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop
Great Moments in American Life, History and Culture:
An Essay Contest
Students can win up to $300 in this essay contest, sponsored by the University Libraries as part of our 100th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library. More...
UT Libraries Help Preserve Education, Arts Literacy, History of Smokies
From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont: Bringing Education and Economic Development to the Great Smoky Mountains, 1910-2004
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.
For more information visit www.lib.utk.edu/arrowmont
New Databases Under Review
Your comments are important in our decision to acquire any new databases for the libraries.
To see which databases are currently being evaluated, please visit http://www.lib.utk.edu/~colldev/test/testpp.html
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