The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) will host a free workshop on Saturday, October 13 from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the TSLA Auditorium, tracing the history of the Nashville Jewish community back more than two centuries.

The workshop will focus on prolific people who contributed to local history and Jewish life in Nashville.

Some of the people to be featured include the man who raised more than $2 million to help finance World War I, the man who introduced seeing-eye dogs to America, the first woman to run for governor in Tennessee and the screenwriter who drew from his Nashville youth in crafting the popular movie, Dead Poets Society.

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Representatives from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee State Museum will be in Dyersburg Sept. 24 to record and digitize Civil War memorabilia owned by local residents for a new exhibit.

Archivists will be at the Dyersburg Professional Development Center, 305 College Street in Dyersburg, from noon until 4 p.m. that day. During that time, they invite area residents to bring in photographs, documents and other artifacts related to the Civil War.

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History is being recreated at the Tennessee Library and Archives (TLSA) with the opening of a new exhibit highlighting the events of the Civil War in 1862.

Included in the exhibit:

• The Battle of Shiloh
• The death of General Felix Zolicoffer at the Battle of Mill Springs
• The Battle of Fort Henry
• The fall of Fort Donelson
• Union Occupations of Nashville and Memphis
• The Prison on Johnson's Island

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The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has a new addition to its roster of public services, one that will make research and study easier for many Tennesseans.

The Zeta Book Scanner was installed at the TSLA building last month. The new piece of equipment makes scanning books or documents a free, quick, and easy process.

"The Library and Archives continues to find new technology to better serve its customers, the taxpayers of Tennessee," Secretary of State Tre Hargett said. "This scanner has proven to help bring the research materials that were previously only available in the library to people's fingertips across the state, making the library resources more accessible and easier to use."

"We have already received a positive response from patrons who have used the new scanning technology," Director of Public Services Gordon Belt said. "It can be very cost effective for those who require multiple copies since we don't charge patrons to store documents on their own storage devices."

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Representatives from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee State Museum will be in Centerville Aug. 30 to record and digitize Civil War memorabilia owned by local residents for a new exhibit.

Archivists will be at the Hickman County Historical Society at Hickman County Courthouse in Centerville from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Aug. 30. During that time, they invite area residents to bring in photographs, documents and other artifacts related to the Civil War.

The archivists will scan or take digital photographs of the materials, some of which will be featured in an exhibit titled, “Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee.” The archivists will not actually take possession of the items from their owners.

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The Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA), an online program of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), is proud to present a new digital collection featuring one of the most decorated soldiers of World War I and one of Tennessee’s greatest native sons, Alvin C. York.

"Digital collections are a fast and customer-friendly way to share a portion of what the Library and Archives has to offer," Secretary of State Tre Hargett said. "With this digital collection, the life of a great Tennessean is highlighted and available at any time, to anyone with Internet access."

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A unique collection of videotaped interviews of prominent Tennessee lawyers and judges is now available for public use at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

The Tennessee Bar Foundation Legal History Project is a collection of video oral histories that began in 1998. The collection consists of 76 interviews sponsored by the Fellows of the Tennessee Bar Foundation.

"I commend the Bar Foundation for conducting interviews with many of our great state's most prominent judges and lawyers highlighted in this collection," Secretary of State Tre Hargett said. "This collection will serve as a new source of firsthand legal history, available to all Tennesseans."

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The Tennessee State Library and Archives is proud to announce the popularity of the Regional E-book and Audio Download System (READS) Program over the last fiscal year.

READS is a free program that offers thousands of digital e-books and audio books to patrons of public libraries that belong to the Tennessee Regional Library System with the simple click of a mouse. Digital titles can be downloaded to a personal computer or a variety of portable devices.

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The Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 round of State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants.

SNAP is a program for improving the preservation of and access to Tennessee's historical records. Since 2009, THRAB has awarded a total of $148,000 in SNAP Grants to archives and historical records repositories across the state. Funds provided by the SNAP grants are used to increase funding for Tennessee's historical records, preserve and provide access to Tennessee's historical records, educate and train records custodians, and support archival program development and enhancement.

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