Join other library supporters at the 19th annual “Love Your Libraries” Fun Run, sponsored by Comcast and hosted by the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate. The 5K race and fun walk will take place Saturday, March 5, 2011. Registration is from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in Circle Park on the UT campus, and the … Continued
Jesmyn Ward will read from her work at Writers in the Library, 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 25, in UT’s Hodges Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Ward’s debut novel, Where the Line Bleeds, tells the story of twin brothers Joshua and Christophe, who take very different paths as they embark … Continued
The Libraries’ “Starting Your Dissertation” workshop, originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, has been CANCELLED due to inclement weather.
During study days and final exams, all of Hodges Library will be open 24 hours. The entire building will be open continuously from noon, Sunday, Nov. 28, until midnight, Thursday, Dec. 9. Students with valid commuter parking permits may park overnight at the Lake Avenue Garage (Levels 1 and 2) from Sunday, Nov. 28, through … Continued
Award-winning Georgia writer Dana Wildsmith will continue this year’s series of authors reading from their works in UT’s Hodges Library. Wildsmith will read from her poems and essays at the university’s Writers in the Library event, 7 p.m., Monday, November 1, in the library auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Wildsmith … Continued
The Writers in the Library reading by poet Suzanne Cleary, originally scheduled for October 25, has been CANCELLED. Writers in the Library will attempt to reschedule her reading at a future date. Watch www.lib.utk.edu/writersinthelibrary/ for scheduled readings.
Celebrate Open Access Week, October 18-22, by participating in daily programs at John C. Hodges Library: http://libguides.utk.edu/openaccessweek/ • Advancing Science Through Open Access: Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute Dr. Harold Varmus and Dr. Cameron Neylon, Senior Scientist at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, biochemist, and author of … Continued
Poet, novelist and essayist Marge Piercy will read her poems and chat with the public next week in Knoxville. Piercy will read from her work The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems of Ritual and Remembrance, at Temple Beth El of Knoxville, 3037 Kingston Pike, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. On Monday, Oct. … Continued
UPDATE (Oct. 7): The lecture featuring Jack Prelutsky which had been scheduled for Oct. 6 on the UT Knoxville campus, has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, in West High School Auditorium, 3300 Sutherland Ave. On Saturday, “Jack Prelutsky’s Family Performance” will be held at 2 p.m. at the East Tennessee History … Continued
Students: make a short video to show why open access to research matters to you and win an award! SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, has put out a call for entries to the annual Sparky Awards. Prizes in the national Sparky Awards contest include iPads, iPhones, and iPods. The deadline for entries … Continued