The Planning and Development Section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives provides assistance to local public libraries throughout the state. Since 1999, the Division has included the Tennessee Regional Library System which has twelve multi-county regional libraries with approximately 95 regional employees. Seven Planning and Development staff members based in Nashville provide statewide consultation and leadership in the areas of library construction, statistics, cataloging and interlibrary loan, grant management, legal issues, technology, continuing education, etc. Five additional Network Services consultants from the Department of State’s Information Systems division are assigned to work with regional and local libraries in providing hands-on assistance with computer hardware and software and training.

Planning and Development Organization Chart

Organization Chart (.pdf)