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Tenn-Share Fall Conference 2013
"Who are the people in your neighborhood?"  Effectively serving our libraries' diverse users

Fall Conference will be held on Friday, September 20th, at the Nashville Public Library Conference Center.  The theme of the 2013 Tenn-Share DataFest and Fall Conference is serving  diverse communities. Elements that comprise diversity can include language, socioeconomic levels, religion, ethnicity/race, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, geographic location, education level (Common Core and Complete College Tennessee Act), national origin, immigration status, political beliefs, and more.

Presenters will share programs, services, resources, and strategies that they are employing for this purpose. Possible presentation topics could include: using electronic resources to meet the needs of diverse or marginalized populations, the digital divide, marketing credible resources for minority populations, and minimizing/eliminating accessibility barriers to electronic resources. Attendees will learn about how better understanding and meeting the wide ranging needs of their unique users can make their libraries more relevant and valuable. We hope you'll join us!

Highlights from previous Fall Conferences

Tenn-Share hosts a Fall Conference every year, focusing on resource-sharing opportunities for all types of libraries.

The 2012 Fall Conference was held on Friday, September 28.  The theme was The Future of Resource Sharing: It's Still About the Book, and it featured:

  • Brett Bonfield, director at Collingswood (NJ) Public Library was the keynote speaker who challenged us to think about the Hundred Year Library.
  • Sessions were held about the Firefly courier service, Digital Rights Management Patron-Driven Acquisitions and the future of resource sharing.

The 2011 Fall Conference was held on Friday, October 28 and featured:

  • Keynote speaker Eric Forte, Member Consultant at OCLC, on OCLC's Perceptions of Libraries, 2010 report, a sequel to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
  • A panel discussion following the keynote address, led by Dr. Steven Smith, Dean of Libraries, UT Knoxville
  • Sessions on the new Volunteer Voices website, the OCLC resource sharing platform, WorldCat Local, and ebooks

The 2010 Fall Conference was held on Friday, October 29 and featured:

The 2009 Fall Conference was held on Friday, October 30 and featured:

  • Keynote speaker Matt Goldner of OCLC
  • Sessions on Smarter, Faster, Cheaper resources
  • TEL 10th Birthday celebration
  • Check out the photos

The 2008 Fall Conference featured:

  • Tennessee's Digital Debut of Volunteer Voices
  • Keynote speaker Sherrie Galloway Library of Congress Educator in Residence
  • Sessions on other digital collections from across the state
  • Check out photos