Posted on January 27, 2016
This enhancement increases accessibility and improves usability of the product so that it’s easy for users to navigate on any device. The change happened within the product and no action is required for libraries.
First Graduating Class Receives Diplomas and Career Certificates through Innovative Program at Los Angeles Public Library
Posted January 26, 2016
LAPL is nation’s first public library to offer Career Online High School; Mayor Garcetti helps confer degrees
Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2016 —The first graduating class of 28 students received their high school diplomas through Career Online High School (COHS), an innovative program offered through the
Los Angeles Public Library. The ceremony was held today at the Central Library and was officiated by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Librarian John F. Szabo, Board of Library Commissioners President Bich Ngoc Cao, and State Librarian of California Greg Lucas. Los Angeles Public Library is the first public library in the nation to offer adults the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate online through COHS.
8 Ways To Give Local Businesses An Edge
Posted on January 25, 2016
These robust assets allow libraries to replace multiple product subscriptions with one affordable resource your users will return to time and again for business information. Small business owners can compile a variety of reports—standard and custom—that will help them make informed decisions. DemographicsNow: Business and People helps boost your local economy by providing:
1. Customer upload and data blending — Users can obtain Census block-group demographic data, maps, and more on their actual customers. Other eyeopening data is also available for B2B businesses.
A Look at the New SAT
Posted January 25, 2016
By Rosemary Long
As the March 5 launch date for the updated SAT comes closer, now’s a good time to take a closer look at what the revamped test is all about. Detailed information abounds, so the goal of this post is to winnow it down to the essentials.
New Features
Perhaps bowing to the competition, the new SAT features content that is similar to the ACT. And it has also adopted two ACT features. Test takers don’t lose points for wrong answers—so there’s less temptation to leave an answer blank—and they are offered only four choices of response instead of five.
Kansas City-Area Institutions to Give Local Residents Access to Accredited High School Diplomas
Posted January 22, 2016
By Kristina Massari
Three Kansas City-area institutions – Kansas City Public Library, Mid-Continent Public Library and Literacy Kansas City – to offer accredited online high school diplomas and career certificates to area residents through Career Online High School. According to the Missouri Department of Education, Kansas City Public Schools’ drop-out rate for 2015 was 10% compared with the Missouri statewide average of just 2.2%.
“As we see communities like Kansas City working on improving education access, it is exciting to see Career Online High School inspire innovative partnerships between libraries and local organizations as a one solution that can make a difference,” said Paul Gazzolo, senior vice president and general manager, Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. “The program will help these organizations support local economic and workforce development but, more importantly, it will provide residents with education that can lead to life-changing opportunities.”
WorldMark Global Business and Economy Issues Wins Big!
Posted on January 19, 2015
ALA’s RUSA (Reference & User Services Association) awarded Worldmark Global Business and Economy Issues as a 2016 Outstanding Reference Source and the Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention.
This title is available in print or eBook format, on GVRL— the research-optimized, mobile accessible platform.
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See, Hear, Touch, CLiC
Posted on January 19, 2016 By Megan McCarthy My son plays hockey, and when he was little, he held his stick wrong. No matter how many times his coach told him to put his right hand further down the stick, he would slide it back up to the top with his left. This gave him … Read more
New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in December 2015
The titles below have been recently added and can be located in the product using Basic or Advanced Search forms. Titles can be found via Browse Publications within two weeks. For complete coverage information please see the product title lists.
Academic OneFile
- Accounting, Economics and Law – A Convivium (Walter de Gruyter GmbH) 2194-6051 Peer-reviewed
- Air Quality (American Bar Association)
- American Journal of Play (The Strong) 1938-0399 Peer-reviewed
- Appellate Practice (American Bar Association) 1937-2965
- Cankiri Karatekin Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi Dergisi (Cankiri Karatekin Universitesi) Peer-reviewed
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New Library Program to Help High School Dropouts
Posted January 12, 2016
By Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel
High school dropouts can turn to libraries in Lake, Orange Counties for free help earning diplomas
Adults without high school diplomas who live in Orange and Lake Counties now have a new way to finish school, courtesy of their public libraries.
Cold Enough For You?
By Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner
Posted on January 11, 2016
Winter is one of my favorite seasons to do reader advisory. Yes, you read that correctly. Bad weather, especially snow and ice, are good for reader advisory. I can sell any book or video when the weather is bad. Weather is my go-to subject for ice breakers. This, at least, gets the conversation started and can lead a librarian right toward the patron’s information need. For those of us in the northern parts of the Midwest, we share with our patrons the long suffering experience of long, grey winters, and all the problems that can bring. Even if you love winter, by February things are looking pretty sad. Winter, where I live, can sometimes stretch right into May. It’s not the cold temperatures; it is the seemingly endless days of dark and grey. By late January, most of my customers coming into the library look like they are on a casting call for The Walking Dead, and misery loves company.