You asked, we delivered! | By Gale Staff | Based on librarian feedback, Thorndike Press has put together the most-requested standing order plans. These plans are designed to save you money and valuable staff time—even the shipping is free. Better yet, there’s no contract or lock-in. You can start or stop a standing order at any … Read more
New Enhancements Simplify User Dashboards | By Gale Staff | The Gale Analytics team listened to your feedback and has made enhancements to Tableau Reader dashboards. Check out these helpful upgrades: Increased visibility of your service-area boundary. See where your patron and nonpatron activities and household characteristics are clustered within your service area to uncover … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Enough already with the mud, the crud, and the weeds that have lingered—now’s the time to dig in and discard! In order to produce enticing collections, let’s start by addressing unsightly reads that are hanging tight on your shelves. If you don’t give them a hearty yank, you won’t have … Read more
| By Gale Staff | In a post-pandemic world, where patrons’ needs have changed, you’ll have to make decisions to better align your library’s collections and services with the needs of the community. Data and analytics are the tools that help drive these decisions. But what if it’s difficult to encourage decision-makers to make the … Read more
| By Gale Staff | There’s something about burying yourself in a good book that can be even more rewarding when it digs deep into lives—whether tangled or traditional. Our April titles let readers follow in the footsteps of women as they navigate their personal journeys that deliver both despairing lows and soaring highs, with … Read more
| By Shirelle Phelps | Every day we look at the coins in our purses, pockets, and wallets and never really think much about the artists who created the images on them. The dime is no different—or is it? The dime is the smallest coin in U.S. circulation, but if you look closely, you’ll see … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | Over fifty years ago, on December 4, 1969, 14 Chicago police officers stormed an apartment occupied by the Black Panthers, claiming they were acting on a tip that it was an arms depot. They shot and killed sleeping Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton, 21 years old, and Panther Mark Clark, 22 … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Is there any debate more committed, more divisive, more heated than book versus movie? Sure, there’s dog versus cat, mountains versus seaside, toilet paper hung over versus under, Miracle Whip versus mayo, and Democr . . . er, let’s skip that one, shall we? It’s not just readers and viewers … Read more
| By Tara Atterberry | An educated review of North American immigration isn’t complete without discussion of New York Harbor’s Ellis Island, the primary East Coast port of entry into the United States from 1892 to 1924.1 Although immigration into North America had occurred for more than 300 years by the time Ellis Island opened … Read more
| By Andrea Drouillard | I confess. I’ve given into guilty-pleasure binge-watching during the pandemic: Schitt’s Creek, Selling Sunset, and Tiger King, to name a few. I’ve also enjoyed period pieces, such as Bridgerton and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Period pieces always leave me wanting to know more. So I set out to learn more … Read more