Tara Blair 
This series of blogs will summarize and highlight important portions of our recent white paper, The New York City DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative: Bridging the Gap Between High School and College, which you can view here.
Read moreBridging the Gap Between High School & College: Part 7
By Judy G. There have been many libraries in my life beginning with the classically beautiful St. Paul Public Library that I would wander through (and use) when I was just a kid. It was and still is downtown. But when I got old enough to ride a bike, during summer vacations, I would also … Read more
By Kathy Y. Truthfully, I never thought I’d find myself working in a library. I wanted action so I went into the military shortly after graduating from college and action I got. When I got out, I worked for the county and then a private college. I didn’t really feel those jobs … if you … Read more
By Lucy A.
“In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends…”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
I stumbled upon this quote of Emerson’s, many years ago, and jotted it down – on one of those pieces of paper that people who don’t use tablets or phone lists to record things keep around them.
A look at a current news item through the lens of different titles available on GVRL. By Michelle Eickmeyer Lorde was right; we will never be Royals. (At least not most of us, at any rate.) Of all the British things we Americans like, the Royal family is top of the list. Particularly, we are … Read more
Gale is continually updating and adding new content to our In Context products, ensuring that they offer timely, authoritative, useful information. The items below were added or updated during the week of December 8, 2014.
Read moreProduct Updates: New In Context content for 12/08/14
We’re thrilled to announce that videos, the item most requested by our customers, have been added to the multimedia mix in National Geographic Kids. With 92 videos, each tailored to be accessible and understandable to young learners, the resource has become even more engaging.
Kids InfoBits, Gale’s fun, authoritative K-5 resource, has many features to engage young learners. Among our favorites are InfoBits, fun facts available for each category – Animals, Music and Movies, People, and more.
Gale is committed to providing its customers with robust and easy-to-use resources. As such, we will soon unveil a completely new interface for 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. This new interface will look and feel similar to other historic newspaper collections from Gale such as The Independent Digital Archive and The Daily Mail Historical Archive, offering researchers the ability to:
Read more19th Century U.S. Newspapers is getting a face lift
This series of blogs will summarize and highlight important portions of our recent white paper, The New York City DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative: Bridging the Gap Between High School and College, which you can view here.
Read moreBridging the Gap Between High School & College: Part 6