Tennessee Newspapers now part of TEL!

According to a message from the Tennessee State Library and Archives on December 3, the four metropolitan newspapers from Tennessee are now part of the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL). The news release from TSLA follows:

We now have full-text access for the four metropolitan Tennessee newspapers for all Tennessee residents! The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) now provides full-text content of Chattanooga Times-Free Press, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Knoxville News-Sentinel, and The Tennessean (Nashville).

You may go to the Tennessee Newspaper Collection from the Tennessee State Library and Archives Web site located at www.tennessee.gov/tsla and click the link in the "News and Updates" section. Soon the TEL access link will be moved to a central TEL Web portal that is presently under development.

To go directly to the Tennessee newspapers:
http://infoweb.newsbank.com?db=NEWSBANK&s_sources=cusBucket1

If you are asked for a password, it is the same as the password for TEL. (Call your local TN public library if you don't know the password!)

PACHUG Phase II Computers have arrived!

The long-anticipated new public access computers have been arriving all week around the Fort Loudoun region. These new computers, made possible through the 2nd phase of the PACHUG program (Public Access Computers Hardware Upgrade Grant), are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Library Foundation. The schedule for installs has not been formalized yet, but expect installs to occur between December 7 and Christmas. In all, the member libraries of the Fort Loudoun region will be receiving 132 new PACs. Thanks, Bill and Melinda!