Good afternoon!

TEL is happy to announce the addition of Tennessee historical newspapers. On June 1^st, TEL users will be able to access the Knoxville News Sentinel (1886 – Present), Memphis Commercial Appeal (1841 – Present) and Newspapers.com Southeast Edition.

For the Knoxville News Sentinel and Memphis Commercial Appeal, TEL will provide full scans of the paper although users will not have access to recent content published within the last 7 days or online only content. On July 1^st, TEL will be switching from the daily full text of the Tennessean to full scans of the newspapers with the 7 day delay on content. Participating TEL libraries will also be able to acquire yearly Tennessean microfilm at a discounted rate for the duration of the contract via ProQuest – more details about that later. Information about training, set-up, MARC records and marketing materials will be sent out later this week.

June 1^st

Knoxville News Sentinel

Coverage from 1886 to recent (7 days after content is published).
Tennessee State Library and Archives owns a perpetual archive license until from 1886-2009.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Coverage from 1841 to recent (7 days after content is published).
Tennessee State Library and Archives owns a perpetual archive license until from 1841-2009.

Newspaper.com Southeast Edition

SE – 2066 Titles (452 TN Titles) – See Attachment
3 year contract
This is the Library Edition so title coverage is different from the consumer version.

July 1^st

RNP – Tennessean (recent newspaper).

Replace Current Newspaper Tennessean – daily full text with RNP-Tennessean.
It is full color scan of the Tennessean (7 days after content is published).
There is a minor coverage issue. HNP-Tennessean coverage is 1812 – 2002; RNP-Tennessean coverage is 2010 – Present (7 days after from published). The 2002 – 2010 gap will be prioritized to be completed by 2023.

Thanks!

Andrea

Andrea Zielke

TEL Administrator

Tennessee Electronic Library

Tennessee State Library and Archives

Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett

1001 Rep. John Lewis Way North

Nashville, TN 37219

p 615-532-4627

f 615-532-9904

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