University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor Steve Angle invites you to join us for the Grand Opening of UTC’s new state-of-the-art library.
Come enjoy tours, entertainment, refreshments, and see our new technologies.
Thursday, January 29, 2015, 3-7 p.m.
Remarks and ribbon cutting at 5:30 p.m. at the Chamberlain Field entrance.
We hope you will join us as we bring a new level of information resources to Chattanooga.
Parking is available in the 5th Street Garage, which is located at 700 East 5th Street.
Please RSVP by January 23 to ChancellorEvents@utc.edu or to (423) 425-1257.
Check out the new UTC Library
Lots of computers, Chromebooks loaded with software and tools for all disciplines, a media studio—the new UTC Library also has a 3D printing and scanning equipment. The new facility is open to students, faculty, staff, and more.
UTC alumni may use the UTC Library if they present a card issued by the UTC Alumni Office of Alumni Affairs. With the courtesy card, alumni may borrow books, DVDs, and use a laptop at the library. See the UTC Library borrowing policies for UTC alumni.
UTC retirees and Hamilton County teachers may also use the new library with a courtesy card.
Visitors who would like to access library materials can pay $50 for a courtesy card. They will need to present a state-issued photo ID with a current address and pay by cash or check. The card can be used for one year from the date of issue.
Visit the UTC Library online and learn additional information about patron groups, hours, and much more.
Prepare to be wowed
From 1974 until 2014, the UTC Library was housed in the Lupton Memorial Library, named for T. Cartter and Margaret Rawlings Lupton. On January 5th, 2015, the UTC Library moved into a brand-new, state-of-the-art building with more than 400,000 titles held in its collection.
Enter the ground floor and you’ll find most of the physical collections, including books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials. Quiet study areas area nestled here.
On the first floor, Circulation Services will provide laptops, cameras, and calculators. There’s a film collection, magazines, newspapers and special reading sections, including new books and children’s literature. Students and faculty can reserve small study rooms. There’s a graduate student lounge, open reading areas, a 24/5 study space and Starbuck’s.
Take the speedy elevator to the second floor and there are 200 seats in the Information Commons, where students can request assistance with research. Several practice presentation rooms, classrooms, large study rooms, and offices are also available.
The Studio, a high-end media center with audio and video support and a presentation studio, is an exciting part of the third floor. Quiet reading areas, multiple study rooms, the Center for Advisement and Student Success, the Writing Center, and tutoring services fill the remaining space.
A grand reading room is located on the fourth floor, amid private study areas, meeting spaces, Special Collections, and the University’s permanent Art Collection. The Walker Teaching Resource Center and the Center for Academic and Innovative Technologies are also housed there.
Plan a visit soon!
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Will UT-Knoxville students or State employees be allowed courtesy cards like Hamilton County teachers or will we have to pay a fee?
UT System and TN Board of Regents students, faculty and staff do not pay fees for library courtesy cards. More information and requirements regarding courtesy cards is available via http://www.utc.edu/library/services/alumni-visitors/courtesy-cards.php