John C. Hodges Library is relocating approximately 38,000 microfilm reels to the Storage unit at Hoskins Library. Only Tennessee newspapers and serials on microfilm will remain in Hodges Library. Just as with UT Libraries’ other storage collections, anyone needing reels may use the Storage Request Service at no charge. University of Tennessee students, faculty, and … Continued
Here’s a YouTube tale with a happy ending: Filipino singer Arnel Pineda (pronounced “pin-eh-da”) posted footage of himself performing Journey covers with his band the Zoo and was discovered half a world away by Journey guitarist Neal Schon, who was trolling the site for new blood. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/12/05/journey-finds-new-singer-the-old-fashioned-way-on-the-internet/
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hip Hop group Run-DMC, heavy metal band Metallica and musician/songwriter Bobby Womack are among nine nominees announced on Monday vying for five spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Guitarist Jeff Beck, disco and R&B band Chic, rock and roll singer Wanda Jackson, doo-wop group Little … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries is now accepting submissions for the next Student Art in the Library Juried Exhibition. The exhibition is open to all under undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Artworks selected this fall will be installed in December and will remain on view through the spring. … Continued
By JAMES BARRON Published: September 18, 2008 Henry Z. Steinway, the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by a daughter, Susan Steinway. Mr. Steinway once said that he had taken countless piano lessons but never … Continued
Writers in the Library will welcome a refreshing new voice in fiction at its next event. Margaret Lazarus Dean will read from her novel The Time It Takes to Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2007) on Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium. A coming of age story set in Florida during … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries and the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy invite the campus and local community to attend the Documentaries in the Library series. Each event features a documentary film screening followed by a discussion. The events are free and open to the public. To celebrate the 2008 election, the current series … Continued
For years, it’s been tucked away inside a jeweled pillbox in her desk drawer and taken out only when nostalgia hits. But Tina Bentrup of UT Libraries’ Interlibrary Services department has decided to share her unusual and diminutive treasure with the rest of us. Bentrup recently donated a miniature book to the Special Collections Library, … Continued
Indulge in fond memories, scan the names of the graduating classes, and laugh at the hairstyles… University of Tennessee alumni, students, and the general public can now access a wealth of UT history as the University Libraries’ Digital Library Initiatives unveils an openly-accessible online collection of Volunteer Yearbooks. The collection spans from the 1897 inception … Continued
Newfound Press, digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries, published a new monograph, To Advance Their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Judson MacLaury on Labor Day 2008. Newfound Press, an open access publisher, hosts titles at www.newfoundpress.utk.edu. Judson MacLaury, a … Continued