| By Gale Staff | In early 2024, the Strada Education Foundation published a study revealing concerning metrics about recent college graduates and underemployment. According to the research, 52% of graduates are underemployed within a year of earning their bachelor’s degree, and 45% remain underemployed 10 years after graduation.1 The problem isn’t that jobs aren’t … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Public librarians strive to deliver equitable learning opportunities across diverse communities. The right online learning platform lets them cater to the needs of people with a variety of goals, schedules, and backgrounds. How can you ensure language barriers don’t hinder your patrons’ access to valuable learning resources? Offer access to … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Want to help your patrons develop skills that today’s employers want? Give them access to high-quality, on-demand courses covering leading business and technical topics. Powered by the largest teaching and learning marketplace, Gale Presents: Udemy provides engaging, self-paced upskilling courses to help library patrons build the latest in-demand skills. Curious … Read more
| By Gale Staff | From developing technical skills that support career advancement to learning soft skills that support personal growth, patrons accomplish their goals with the help of librarians who connect them to high-quality, self-paced courses on Gale Presents: Udemy. With over 25,000 courses in over 75 categories, Gale Presents: Udemy offers diverse options … Read more
| By Gale Staff | During Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (September 18–24), you have a chance to promote the many ways your library supports these important, mission-critical functions. In addition to helping adults build their foundational skills, the National Coalition for Literacy aptly broadens adult education activities to include developing computer skills, studying … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Libraries play an essential role in offering adults in their communities resources to continue their educations, learn new skills, advance their careers, and accomplish personal and professional goals. But how do you ensure your library is connecting patrons to the solutions that fit their needs? Provide access to the new … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Building a new life after serving a jail or prison sentence can be viewed as an insurmountable challenge. Ensuring returning citizens have access to programs and services is vital to their success. As noted in ALA Policy Perspectives—Libraries & Reentry: The Importance of Public Spaces, Technologies, and Community to Formerly … Read more
| By Gale Staff | As today’s employment landscape becomes more difficult to traverse, many job seekers and workers are feeling discouraged about the future. People are looking for new ways to become more employable, advance in their jobs, and transition into new fields. According to the recent COVID-19 Work and Education Survey by Strada … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Unconscious bias is all around us, though we don’t often realize it. Gail Tolstoi-Miller, CEO of Consultnetworx and Udemy instructor, writes, “An unconscious bias is when incorrect and often biased judgments about people occur due to stereotyping. These types of biases are so ingrained in our culture and society they often … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The International Collection brings courses taught by subject matter experts in their native language to learners throughout the United States and Canada, going beyond traditional content dubbing and video captions. Give library patrons an authentic learning experience with Gale Presents: Udemy With nearly 2,000 courses to choose from, learners can … Read more