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Hi –

As we are near the end of the year & the decade, I want to extend my appreciation and thanks for all the help you have given to support, promote and advocate on behalf of the Tennessee Electronic Library. Without everything that you do, TEL would continue to be a hidden gem instead of a robust, actively used resource that is putting quality information in the hands of our students, librarians and TN residents.

I recently had the pleasure of presenting the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) Trainer of the Year to Shannon Bismark at Tenn-Share’s 2019 Fall Conference. At this year’s conference, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of TEL. TEL would not have reached this milestone without teachers and librarians, like Shannon, spreading the word across the state about TEL’s valuable electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal records, and more.

Let me tell you a little more about this year’s Trainer of the Year. Shannon is the Teen Services Librarian at Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. It is her mission to open doors and create partnerships with the local schools. When asked who benefits from TEL, she said, “Students, absolutely, of any grade. The way TEL functions, it is easily accessible for any age and it makes citing sources painless.” Shannon knows this from experience because she used TEL when she was a college student.

Shannon spends her days engaging with students. She helps high school students with their research papers. She uses memes and video games to relate her students, all while teaching them about citations and the importance of knowing the source of their information. Her persistence and good humor set an example of what it takes to reach out and build a community of informed, engaged young Tennesseans.

Congratulations to Shannon for being the 2019 TEL Trainer of the Year! You are an asset to your library and community.

Read the blog post here: https://tslablog.blogspot.com/2019/12/bismark-named-2019-tel-trainer-of-year.html

And “like” the TSLA’s Facebook post HERE.

If you have provided TEL training, please report your training efforts through this form (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKY72D5) to be considered for next year’s TEL Trainer of the Year.

Thank you!

Andrea Zielke

TEL Administrator

Tennessee Electronic Library

Tennessee State Library and Archives

Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett

403 7th Avenue North

Nashville, TN 37243

Phone: 615-532-4627

Fax: 615-532-9904

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