2010 Students’ Call for Open Access Video Contest

OPEN UP! VIDEO CONTEST TO SHOWCASE STUDENTS’ CALL FOR OPEN ACCESS Entries invited for the 4th Annual Sparky Awards 2010 Washington, DC – The importance of the student stake in opening up access to scholarly research will be highlighted in Open Up! – the fourth installment of the annual Sparky Awards student video contest, announced … Continued

SelectedWorks Training Sessions: Showcase Your Scholarly Work

SelectedWorks is a web-based service offered by Trace, UT’s digital archive of scholarly work, that enables faculty to establish clean, elegantly designed scholarly publication pages. With SelectedWorks, faculty can post and share articles, working papers, presentations, and more. Additionally, having a SelectedWorks page helps faculty to preserve their work while providing open access to their … Continued

Immigration: A Constitution Day Forum

Join the UT Libraries and the Baker Center for Public Policy for these events commemorating the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787: • “Border Crossing: Immigration, States’ Rights and Civil Rights — An interactive Constitution Day Forum, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, Culture Corner, 1st floor Hodges Library When do immigration laws infringe upon … Continued

Pendergrass Library Closed Saturdays in September

Pendergrass Library will be closed for home football games during the Fall 2010 Semester. Please make a note of the following closing dates: Closed 9/11/2010 Saturday Closed 9/18/2010 Saturday Closed 9/25/2010 Saturday Closed 10/23/ 2010 Saturday Closed 11/13/ 2010 Saturday Hodges Library will be open. Visit the UT Libraries Hours page @ http://www.lib.utk.edu/hours/ for more … Continued

UT Libraries Closed Monday Sep. 6th

All UT Libraries are closed Monday September 6th to observe Labor Day Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. “The History of Labor Day”. U.S. Department of Labor. http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm. For more UT Libraries hours click here.

Workshop: Measuring Research

A workshop open to all UT faculty, staff, and students: Measuring Research: Understanding Citation Counts and Impact Factors Wednesday, September 15 3:30-4:30 p.m. Hodges Library, Room 211 This workshop will provide an overview of ways to analyze scholarly output, including citation counts, the h-Index, the Eigenfactor, and impact factors. Web of Science and Journal Citation … Continued