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New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in February 2015
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Librarians Overcome Distance and Tradition with GVRL eBooks
Terry Beck, the Information Services Manager for Sno-Isle Libraries north of Seattle, knows firsthand how to deal with logistical nightmares. Beck is responsible for serving approximately 697,000 people in two counties across 21 community libraries. To complicate matters further, Beck lacks a central or main library location from which to work and was quickly running out of room for reference materials.
“We don’t have one great big place,” Beck bemoaned. “We knew we needed to grow our reference collection but we had no room for additional print materials.”
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Product Updates: New In Context content for 03/02/2015
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 March 2, 2015.
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Moving from Gatekeeper to Gardener: An Introspective On Librarianship
By Jamie LaRue
I believe that librarianship is at the threshold of transformative change. Some of that change is society-wide. Some of it is specific to libraries. In recent years, I’ve spent a lot of my professional time exploring and talking about three key trends. Together, they make up my platform as a candidate for ALA president.
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The Woman I Wanted to Become
By Mary M. Books have always played a very important part in my life since I was very young. One of the role-models for the woman I wanted to be when I grew up was a young librarian: I grew up during the 1960’s and this librarian was hip! She wasn’t at all the stereotype … Read more
The Best People Hang Out at the Library
By Kim C. My daughter is turning thirteen today (shiver appropriately), and she has grown up with our local libraries and librarians. We started out in toddler time, she has been a princess, she has pet a snake, she has even read a few books. She started out with cut and glue crafts and advanced … Read more
Inspire A Lifelong Love of Reading…One Party at a Time
By Adam W.
The love of reading happens over the Summer, after you shut the text book for the year and chart your own reading course. Kids are going to read in November because they read what they wanted in the Summer. The Summer Reading Party is just an extension of reading, it is one chapter to spark a lifelong love.
The 2014 theme is Spark a Reaction and that is exactly what we do with the Library Kick-Off Party. We kickstart the rest of the Summer. We have rides, bounce houses, authors, prize giveaways, Kindles, GoPros, Boat Rentals, even a PS4.
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I <3 My Library!
By Shawn K. Our library is a small, but a vibrant part of our rural community. They are constantly looking to the community for ideas on how to improve and make things better. My kiddos love going to check out books, of course, but they also love going to all of the different activities sponsored … Read more
Who Are Your Patrons? Where Are They Coming From? And What Branches Do They Visit?
Patrons at your main branch mostly hail from all over town, but patrons at your eastside branch come from within just a few blocks away. Or do they?? Do you know how far people travel to get to a particular location? And, if you did know, how might it change your collection and outreach programs?
Branch Insights, a new Analytics On Demand app, tracks cardholders’ use across various branches in a single library system. With this information presented in maps and tables, you can gain insight into where and how individual patron types are engaging the library system so you can tailor materials, programs, services, and outreach to meet patron needs at each library site.
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