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September 3, 2009

A Blast From the Past

Posted: 12:43 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

by Steve Cox

A book donated by the University of Chattanooga Class of 1941 to the University was discovered by a Georgia book dealer, who has kindly returned the gift to the Lupton Library. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, by James Agee and Walker Evans, published by the Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, may not be a rare or valuable book, but it holds historic significance for the University. A book plate reads: “Presented to University of Chattanooga Library by the Class of 1941.” Continue reading »

Where are the Magazines?

Posted: 12:42 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

by Mike Bell

Welcome back. Returning students will note some changes in the Library, especially on the second floor. We have removed the shelving from the middle of the floor where current periodical issues were shelved and done some rearranging of second floor seating. Continue reading »

We Want to Hear From You!

Posted: 12:42 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2008

The Library is testing a new way for you to ask us questions, submit ideas, pose a problem or give us praise. On the side of every library webpage you should see a tab that says “Feedback”. Click on it, and a pop-up will let you tell us what you’re thinking. We’ll respond as quickly as possible, and you’ll get an email when we do. So let us know anything you’re thinking…tell us books we should be buying, what you think of our new hours, improvements we could make, or just ask us questions!

We’re here to help!

2009 Library Survey

Posted: 12:42 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

by Sarla Murgai

459 students and 90 faculty and staff responded to the 2009 Library Survey. A great majority of the UTC community indicate that they are highly satisfied with the Reference, Circulation, Reserve, Inter Library Loan, Instruction, Online Reference Sources, Indexes, databases, Availability of Laptop and Desktop Computers, and printing services.

A majority of our library patrons prefer desktop computers over laptop computers. They prefer to ask a reference question in person compared to email or IM or phone. They would like a quiet space to do some serious study and research. Also, one of the suggestions in light of budget cuts was to close the library on Saturdays.

Please view the complete report at:

http://wiki.lib.utc.edu/index.php/Survey_Committee

New & Notable Books

Posted: 12:41 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

by Cheryl VanMater

Early spring : an ecologist and her children wake to a warming world
by Amy Seidl
QC981.8.G56 S45 2009

Love as always, Kurt : Vonnegut as I knew him
by Loree Rackstraw
PS3572.O5 Z798 2009

Indignation
by Philip Roth
PS3568.O855 I53 2008

City of thieves : a novel
by David Benioff
PS3552.E54425 C58 2008

A jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
by Elaine Showalter
PS147 .S46 2009

Idiot America : how stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free
by Charles P. Pierce
JK275 .P378 2009

This is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America
by Ryan Grim
HV5825 .G735 2009

Cheap : the high cost of discount culture
by Ellen Ruppel Shell
HF5429.215.U6 S54 2009

Conservation refugees : the hundred-year conflict between global conservation and native peoples
by Mark Dowie
GF50 .D69 2009

Renegade: The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe
E908 .W65 2009

Kindles & Flips & Zooms, Oh My!

Posted: 12:40 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

This year the Lupton Library is experimenting with a few new tech gadgets for students to check out and use. The most exciting of these may be the 3 Kindles, the ebook reader from Amazon. We’ve got 2 of the Kindle version 2 (smaller) and 1 of the Kindle DX available for checkout, preloaded with over 150 classics of literature, from Shakespeare to Jane Austen. We also purchased 4 Flip video cameras, 4 Canon digital cameras and 2 Zoom H2 audio recorders.

All of the above tech gadgets for 3 days except for the Kindles which check-out for 7 days.

It Just Got a Little Easier

Posted: 12:38 PM EDT in Fall Semester 2009

Libraries across UT System streamline direct borrowing.

Students, faculty, and staff at University of Tennessee campuses across the state will find it easier to borrow library materials when visiting sister campuses. No special borrower’s card required! Now, the ID card issued by the library user’s home institution is sufficient to borrow library materials at any campus in the UT System. Continue reading »