Award-winning Appalachian Novelist to Present Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture Novelist Silas House will present the 2019 Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture at the Knoxville Museum of Art on Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The Library Society of the University of Tennessee and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the newly digitized David Van Vactor Music Collection. An event planned for Thursday, March 7, at UT’s John C. Hodges Library will include a reception, speakers, and a performance of Van Vactor’s Quintet for Flute and Strings. The event is … Continued
We just got a Valentine from Charlie Daniel, and we wanted to share it with you. Every year, when Valentine’s Day rolls around, we use the occasion as an opportunity to thank members of our Library Society for their support. For several years, we have chosen the artwork for our Valentine’s Day cards from the … Continued
What services and resources are important to our library users, and how successfully do the libraries deliver them? Many library users will soon receive an email invitation from Regina Mays, the Libraries’ Head of Assessment Programs, to participate in an online survey designed to answer those questions. On January 31, invitations will go out to random samples of faculty, undergraduates, graduate … Continued
Most grant funding agencies require researchers to plan ahead for data preservation and sharing as part of their research projects. To aid with these requirements, the UT Libraries subscribes to an online tool that makes the process a little easier – the DMPTool. DMPTool allows researchers to walk through the process of writing a data … Continued
EndNote is citation management software you can use to: Organize your research (citations, full-text articles, images, notes) Automatically generate in-text citations and bibliography as you write Share EndNote libraries with 100 collaborators Register for one of the Libraries’ hands-on workshops (sessions are the same): Introduction to EndNote Mon., Feb. 4, 2019 3:30-5 p.m. 127 Hodges … Continued
Are you tired of the same corporate blockbuster Hollywood movies? Join us in the Hodges Library auditorium for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Practice your language skills and join us for a discussion following each film. Here’s our line-up for spring semester 2019: All films: 7-9 p.m., Hodges Library auditorium Thurs., Feb. 7—Police … Continued
The annual Library Development Review highlights the UT Libraries’ collections, programs and events, services for students, and outreach to the local community. The latest issue is now available online. The current issue has a distinct musical theme. Read the 2017-2018 Library Development Review to learn about the 150-year history of the Pride of the Southland … Continued
Dean of Libraries Steve Smith has been elected to the Steering Committee of SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). SPARC is an international coalition of academic and research libraries dedicated to advancing the open sharing of research outputs and educational materials in order to democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery, and increase return … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries has received an impressive ranking from the leading source of data on our nation’s research libraries. The UT Libraries currently ranks 23rd among public research universities belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL is a nonprofit organization comprised of 124 major research libraries in the US and Canada, … Continued