Monday, March 14, Writers in the Library hosts Gerald Nicosia, author of Memory Babe, the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac and Home to War, a history of the Vietnam Veterans movement. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium and is free and open to the public. In 1951, Jack Kerouac … Continued
Students can feature artwork in juried exhibition UT Libraries invites all current graduate and undergraduate students to promote the cultural diversity and creative expression of our campus by submitting their artwork for the libraries’ first Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Hodges Library Reference room each fall … Continued
Full-time staff consider student assistants ‘invaluable’ At least one of every three times a patron is assisted at University Libraries, he or she comes in contact with the heart of library service – the student library assistants (SLAs). On behalf of UT Libraries, the Diversity Committee will host the third Student Appreciation Celebration to recognize … Continued
University of Virginia’s University Librarian, Karin Wittenborg, to discuss the future of scholarship Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum series on Thursday, March 3rd with Karin Wittenborg, University Librarian at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as she presents The 21st Century Scholar: Nirvana or Hell? The lecture will be held at 3 … Continued
Hurry! Register for the Recycled Video Contest Time is running out! Don’t lose your chance to flaunt your creative side and make an environmental statement in the same stroke.
Join us Monday, March 7 for an evening of poetry with Charles Wright, to be held at the University Club at 7 p.m. Wright, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and current professor of English at the University of Virginia, was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport. After earning a degree in history … Continued
Authors from the new Knoxville Bound anthology will read at Writers in the Library on Monday, February 21 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Just over a year ago, Knoxville author Judy Loest heard a story on NPR about French Quarter Fiction, a new anthology made up entirely of … Continued
New desk to serve patrons better with accessibility, approachability After weeks of construction and remodeling, the new Circulation desk is now complete and ready to better serve patrons. The two-level desk now accommodates disabled patrons with ease, as the previous desk set up was not wheelchair-accessible. “We were always concerned that the original desk was … Continued
Students can now add funds to their All-Star accounts with ease Purchasing frustrations will ease considerably with the installation of two new DART machines at John C. Hodges and Pendergrass Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Libraries. Debit Access Retail Terminals, or DART, machines allow students to make cash deposits to their All-Star accounts. These accounts can be … Continued