Topic: Tennessee Electronic Library

The Woodward Libary Society to present its first fall program

September 11, 2009 |

The Woodward Library Society at Austin Peay State University will have its first fall program at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15 at F&M Bank, located at 50 Franklin St.

The program, will feature Riley Darnell, former Tennessee secretary of state. He will speak briefly on the development of the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), which was implemented during his term of office. TEL, a program of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, is a virtual library that provides free access to thousands of resources for all Tennesseans.

A live demonstration showing how TEL is able to link users to more than 400,000 electronic resources also will be a part of the program.

For more information about The Woodward Library Society’s fall programs, contact Joe Weber, library director, by telephone at (931) 221-7613 or by e-mail at .

Tennessee electronic library makes ‘back to school’ easier to handle for students and teachers

August 7, 2009 |

After a nice summer vacation, some students may dread the thought of heading back to school. But the Tennessee Electronic Library can help make the transition easier.

The Tennessee Electronic Library (www.tntel.info) makes available at no cost an extensive collection of online educational materials to help make returning to the classroom a less daunting experience.

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) provides an Internet link to databases that provide access to a variety of materials on various subjects.

Students who are working on research for classroom assignments can tap into TEL to find a huge selection of newspapers, news magazines and scholarly journals containing information about current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, literature, art, politics, social science, technology and more. «Read the rest of this article»

APSU librarians give free books to campers

August 5, 2009 |

When the Junior Govs Summer Camp ended last Friday, the 75 children campers who spent their summer at APSU each went home with a brand new book.

The Junior Govs is a recreational-based summer camp that gets kids active in sports and games, but on several occasions, campers found their way into the APSU Woodward Library. That’s where they met instruction team librarians Christina Chester-Fangman, Philenese Slaughter, Inga Filippo, Nancy Gibson and Sharon Johnson. Over the last few weeks, the professors conducted enrichment activities for the campers, such as story times and lessons on research with the “age-appropriate” database Kids InfoBits, provided by Tennessee Electronic Library or TEL.

When the camp ended last Friday, the librarians decided to offer a special farewell to the children they’d come to know. That’s why they contacted the Clarksville Arts and Heritage Development Council and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts about providing free books to each camper. «Read the rest of this article»

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