July 17, 2025 – The Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST) is pleased to announce the University of Tennessee Libraries as its newest member and its second in the State of Tennessee. The UT Libraries joins as a Supporting Partner, allowing access to the EAST Lending Network, which includes more than 170 libraries in the eastern United States. This network supports borrowing and lending via libraries’ standard interlibrary loan services.
Tina Baich, EAST Director, stated, “UT Libraries’ decision to join EAST as a Supporting Partner demonstrates the strength of the EAST collective collection and the importance of expanding the universe of resources available to local users through a trusted network of libraries.”
Libraries interested in joining EAST can visit https://eastlibraries.org/about-us/joining-east/ for more information.
Contact:
EAST: Tina Baich, Director, tbaich@eastlibraries.org
About EAST
EAST’s mission is to secure the print scholarly record in support of teaching, learning, and research. It does so through the collaborative effort of more than 170 academic and research institutions spanning 15 states to document, protect, and provide long-term access to their print collections. By ensuring that scholarly content across the libraries is retained locally on behalf of all EAST members, faculty, students, and scholars can have confidence that they will have ongoing access to these resources through the EAST Lending Network. Today, more than 11 million books and 37,000 journal titles are protected through the EAST collective collection.
About UT Libraries
The University of Tennessee Libraries serves the flagship campus of Tennessee’s premier public research university. It supports the teaching, research, and service mission of the University of Tennessee and enhances the academic experience of each student at the Knoxville campus – through outstanding print and electronic collections, reference and instructional services, and top-notch facilities and technological resources.