DataFest
DataFest 2013
Who are the people in your neighborhood?" Effectively serving our libraries' diverse users
DataFest will be held on Thursday, September 19th.
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.
Vendors will showcase products and services that could help us more effectively serve our increasingly diverse communities. Presenters will share programs, services, resources, and strategies that they are employing for this purpose. 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!
More about Datafest
The Tenn-Share DataFest is a day-long vendor fair and conference held each year at the Nashville Public Library.
Each year's DataFest Committee meets in the late spring and summer to determine the "hot" areas in electronic resources. A number of themes are developed, and vendors are invited to present certain products in 25-minutes sessions. Because of space limitations, DataFest vendors do not have exhibit space, although they are welcome to meet with interested librarians in the hospitality room.
The DataFest Committee strives to offer our members several resources in the same category or subject area for comparison purposes. We also attempt to appeal to all our membership types: academic, public, school, and special.
Previous DataFests: