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| By Nicole Albrecht | When I was growing up, technology wasn’t something my friends and I depended upon much. Though it was exciting—from pagers to AOL instant chat sessions—my friends and I were able to connect more than ever, but it wasn’t a constant in our school. By the time I was in college, … Read more
| By Sydney Fairman | Starting Tuesday, Sept. 25, the Belleville Public Library will be unveiling a new writers’ group called the ‘Belleville Public Library Writer’s Collective.’ Meeting every fourth Tuesday of the month, the group will discuss works in progress, gather ideas and gain insight on how to improve their writing. To prepare, BPL … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Adjusting to how students learn is just as important as developing the curriculum for what they learn. Help your students develop a clearer understanding and appreciation for the world around them with National Geographic Ladders: Social Studies series on Gale eBooks on GVRL. Each title comes in three reading levels and a Spanish language … Read more
| By Sydney Fairman | Containing over 180,000 titles and 32 million pages, Eighteenth Century Collections Online is the largest and most comprehensive online historical archive of its kind and an essential resource for advanced study of the eighteenth century. The collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the … Read more
| By Beth Manar | October is National Bullying Prevention Month, a nationwide campaign founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to raise awareness about and help prevent bullying.[1] Bullying is generally defined as intentional, aggressive behavior that results in emotional distress or physical harm to the target, generally on multiple occasions. It … Read more
| By Deirdre Hiam | Diets! Almost everyone has tried one and many people are on one right now—66% of Americans, according to Women’s Marketing1. A recent Washington Post article stated that “45 million Americans go on a diet each year2.” In fact, Americans also spend over $33 billion on weight loss products each year,” … Read more
| By Lisa Novohatski, Marketing Analytics Consultant, Gale | There are three things all libraries should consider when gathering and using data. Lindsay Hanson, Data Analysis Librarian at Sno-Isle Libraries in Marysville, WA and Jason Kucsma, Deputy Director at Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) in Toledo, OH, recently shared their insights on these “three … Read more
| By Sydney Fairman | Subjects like human anatomy are difficult to teach and can be frustrating for undergraduates. To overcome, students are often led to downloading applications on their phones or laptops. However, these applications may not have the best approaches towards learning the complex and often tedious material. Join us and the American … Read more
| By Lisa Novohatski, Marketing Analytics Consultant, Gale | No surprise to any of you–library culture is focused around information. Working alongside librarians for the past five years has helped me to understand how this culture both empowers staff and the communities it serves. I’ve also seen that not only are libraries great sources of information, … Read more
| By Jeff Levine, Patron Services Manager, The Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, NY | Our library system’s mission, to engage the community in life-long learning through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff, might sound very familiar to some of you. Engaging the community and life-long learning is something that … Read more