Tenn-Share regrets that our State Librarian and Archivist, Jeanne C. Sugg, has announced her retirement effective in January 2010. 

Ms. Sugg has been an advocate for Tennessee libraries and, especially, the Tennessee Electronic Library since coming to the office in 2005. Her career has spanned more than 40 years and, in addition to 25 years at the Tennessee State Library, included service at Trevecca College, Nashville Public Library, and expatriate community libraries in Saudi Arabia.

We wish her well!

The Tennessee State Library and Archives, in cooperation with the Department of State and ten other state agencies, has submitted the State of Tennessee Broadband Stimulus Grant Proposal to increase broadband availability to the greatest number of underserved citizens in rural areas of Tennessee.

Recent articles on prospects of increasing broadband with federal dollars.

From The Tennessean: Rural Tennessee Gets Broadband Hope

From The Wall Street Journal: Broadband Providers Big and Small Seek Dollars

Smarter, Faster, Cheaper
Two days focusing on innovative ways to do more with less; at Nashville Public Library

DataFest: Thursday, October 29 

• 20 Vendor demonstrations
• 8 Free government resources demonstrations
• TEL training
• Other electronic resource sessions/meetings with your colleagues

Read more and Register

Conference: Friday, October 30, 9:00-3:00

• Keynote Address by Matt Goldner
• Breakouts on Smarter, Faster, Cheaper Resources
• TEL 10th Birthday Cake and Celebration

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School Library Collection Fair: Thurs-Fri, Oct 29-30

The Tennessee Resource Sharing Award recognizes an individual, institution, organization, or group for their efforts to make available shared library and/or information resources that benefit the organizations involved and the patrons they serve, and that would not be available to them without cooperative efforts.

Nominations are now being accepted and are due by September 16. The award will be presented at the Tenn-Share Fall Conference on Friday, October 30, at Nashville Public Library.

Nomination Form

Library Services on Cloud 9

In his Keynote Address at the Tenn-Share Fall Conference, Matt Goldner will discuss how cloud computing and web scale applications support libraries and how WorldCat products such as Local and Navigator can take resource sharing in Tennessee to a new level.

Matt Goldner is the Executive Director, End User Services at OCLC with responsibility for WorldCat.org, WorldCat Local and Social Network Services. He  holds an MSLS from the University of Kentucky (1978) and an MA in religion from Asbury Theological Seminary (1980).

The Tenn-Share Fall Conference will be held in the Conference Center of Nashville Public Library on Friday, October 30, this year. It is preceded by the Tenn-Share DataFest, also at NPL, on Thursday, October 29. Concurrent with these two annual events is the School Library Collection Fair. More information will be coming soon on all three events