In recognition of LGBT History Month, the UT Commission for LGBT People will be hosting a series of events throughout October. On Wednesday, October 3, at 6:30 pm in Lindsay Young Auditorium, the UT Commission for LGBT People will host a viewing of Before Stonewall, a documentary examining the struggles and history of the LGBT … 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
The Summer 2007 Culture Corner features a wide variety of literature covering topics related to persons with disabilities. The selections included are intended to broaden the reader’s knowledge of one of the largest minorities in the world, who have often been overlooked and even shunned. The literature includes such broad themes as life as a … Continued
Join the UT Libraries in celebrating Women’s History Month. In honor of this month, the libraries’ Diversity Committee will be sponsoring three film showings. Additional resource guides on women and women’s history are also available. Visit www.lib.utk.edu/refs/women/ for more information. Film Schedule Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Hearts and Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts … Continued
Join the UT Libraries in celebrating Black History Month 2007. In honor of this month, the libraries’ diversity committee is sponsoring a film series. Showings will be held on February 13, 19 and 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hodges Library. Tuesday, February 13, Hodges Library 251 11-11:12 a.m. Martin Luther King: I … Continued
The Spring 2007 Culture Corner features selected resources relating to the Cherokee, with particular focus placed on the Eastern Band. The selected resources offer an introduction to the history, literature, and customs of the Cherokee. Topics include Juvenile Literature, Folklore, and Family, Marriage & Education. Title lists for the branch libraries and an electronic resources … Continued
Take a trip to the islands … at the library! The Summer 2006 theme of UT Libraries’ Culture Corner is the people, places, and things that make up the diversity of the Caribbean islands. Available resources at the UT Libraries about Caribbean culture include books available for checkout, electronic books and journals, videos and DVDs, … Continued
Loretta Parham of the Atlanta University Center to discuss diversity in libraries Tuesday, April 11 at 3 pm Room 605, Hodges Library Loretta Parham, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center, will present A Gift of Difference in the Academic Library at Hodges Library in room … Continued
Topics relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons (GLBTQ), as well as those questioning their sexual orientation, are featured this semester at the UT Libraries’ Culture Corner. Titles on GLBTQ history, family and parenting, coming out, education, employment, civil rights, and other topics are available for browsing or checkout. “We chose this topic because … Continued