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

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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

 OMG! Have u heard?

 
Round 2 of Learn & Discover starts next week!
 
The ocean of information and the tidal pools of Web 2.0 technology can be tricky to navigate for experienced sailors, and daunting for greenhorns. Set sail with a band of fellow librarians & library staff from across Tennessee as we explore previously uncharted Web 2.0 waters. What Ports of Call will we be visiting?  (click Read More to find out!)

More News from Tenn-Share VP Tricia Bengel of Nashville Public Library, 

The Broadband Stimulus rules were released on July 2, so it is now possible for the State to start writing the grant proposal for libraries. The first round of grant applications must be submitted between July 14 and August 14 and the Library Stakeholders want to be part of that window. Arnie Reed, Consultant, Economic Analysis & Policy Division of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, with Jeanne Sugg and Jane Pinkston of the Tennessee State Library and Archives and representatives from the four Metro libraries are working with Theresa Pepin, Science Alliance, University of Tennessee/Knoxville-Oak Ridge National Laboratory TARRABTOP Initiative, to put together a grant package for public libraries both rural and urban.

More details to come as they unfold!

Guidelines for Broadband Stimulus Grant Proposals

June 15 Message from Assistant State Librarian Jane Pinkston

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