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

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

Trace Showcases Over 5,000 UT Works

UT’s digital archive of scholarly work — “Trace” — has grown to more than 5,300 items since its launch last September. The web-based digital archive contains the full text of creative and scholarly work produced by the UT community. Trace (for Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange) offers a platform for UT faculty and students to … Continued

Funds available to publish in open access journals

Funds are available to UTK faculty and graduate students to support publication in open access journals. Open access publishing makes content available via the Internet with no charge to the end user. The Open Publishing Support Fund, sponsored by the UT Office of Research and the University Libraries, will pay “article processing charges” sometimes levied … Continued

Haiti Then and Now: A Conversation

***Building upon the Life of the Mind book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder*** Join us for a conversation about “Haiti Then and Now” with Dr. Bertin Louis, assistant professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies: Wednesday, September 1 Conversation with Dr. Louis, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Culture Corner, 1st floor, Hodges Library Informational tables … Continued

Film showings mark Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Join us to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at two film showings: A Village Called Versailles Wednesday, August 25, 7 p.m. Hodges Library Auditorium In a New Orleans neighborhood called Versailles, a tight-knit group of Vietnamese Americans overcame obstacles to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, only to have their homes threatened by a new … Continued