Evanston Public Library Enhances Patrons’ Experience with Gale’s Vast Online Resources

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Lesley Williams is Head of Adult Services at theEvanston Public Library(EPL) in Evanston, Illinois. In the 18 years that sheEvanston Public Libraryhas worked there, the library has continually subscribed to products from Gale. Today, as a primary “go to” resource for the library’s broad range of patrons, GVRL eBooks are instrumental in helping EPL fulfill its mission. That mission is to be the heart of the community, promoting the development of independent, self-confident, and literate citizens by providing open access to cultural, intellectual, technological, and informational resources. “GVRL is the only online reference book service that we’ve ever had,” says Lesley.

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饥饿游戏,教室里上课

Posted on November 20, 2015

By Traci J. Cothran

Hunger Games: Mockingjay, 第2部分终于搬上银幕,迷人的年轻吗minds with the drama, action and adventures of Katniss Everdeen. Nestled in with all the unfavorable odds and pageantry are real issues that students can explore – while flexing their critical thinking skills – under this pop culture umbrella.

Global Warming and Climate Change.The Hunger Games,美国已经崩溃之后的一系列毁灭性的干旱,火灾和风暴,导致对剩余的有限资源的斗争。产生的社会,施惠国,玫瑰在其身后。Science In Context提供事实概述,以及对全球变暖,空气污染有深度的文章,和他们持久的影响。

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New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in October 2015

Posted on November 17, 2015

New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in October 2015

下列的游戏最近添加,可以设在使用基本或高级搜索形式的产品。标题可以通过浏览出版物在两个星期内被发现。对于全覆盖的信息,请参阅该产品标题列表

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Fighting Educational Trauma: Public Libraries + Career Online High School

Posted on November 16, 2015

霍华德利伯曼博士,Founder and CEO/Superintendent of Smart Horizons Career Online Education

There is an epidemic in the United States that gets little recognition—the high school dropout crisis. Every 26 seconds another student gives up on school, resulting in more than 1 million American dropouts a year, or 7,000 every day. Today, there are nearly 40 million adults without a high school diploma and there are limited options available for students age twenty-two and older who are looking to return to high school.

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Content Updates for Gale’s In Context (week ending 11/13/2015)

Posted on November 16, 2015

Take a look at the new resources now available in many of your favorite在Contextproducts:

Biography In Context
New homepage spotlights were added in the past few weeks that include:

  • Country music star Carrie Underwood who recently co-hosted the 2015 Country Music Awards with fellow artist Brad Paisley.
  • Native American leader Geronimo, in recognition of Native American Heritage Month.
  • Actress Jennifer Lawrence will be appearing in the final installment of the Hunger Games series,Hunger Games Mockingjay, Part 2打开11月20日。
  • New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
  • Journalist and author Ta-Nahisi Coates who won a MacArthur Genius grant this year and whose bookBetween the World and Mewas shortlisted for the 2015 National book Award in Nonfiction.

New portal pages and a homepage video were posted including:

  • 臭名昭著的海盗爱德华·蒂奇(“黑胡子”)和威廉·基德(“基德船长”)
  • Feminist writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft, mother of Mary Shelly who is the author of “Frankenstein”
  • 斯蒂芬 - 库里,球员为金州勇士
  • “The Walking Dead” actor Steven Yeun
  • Video “Out There: Einstein’s Telescope”: A nod to the 100th广义相对论的爱因斯坦的理论周年

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2015 TEAMS Award Ceremony and Celebration

2015年TEAMS奖

Posted on November 12, 2015

祝贺我们2015年TEAMS奖获得者。上周奖的赞助商大风和图书馆媒体连接(LMC)的AA金宝搏彩票SL会议期间举办一次庆祝活动在哥伦布科学与工业COSI中心,OH,与他们的证书和奖品目前赢家。This year’s voting committee had amazing applications to review and discuss – from a school community garden putting a new spin on “farm to table”, to a 3D gallery walk featuring student artwork and videos, to a social action research fair with fundraising muscle – and all displayed exciting, creative ways in which teachers and media specialists are working together to promote learning and student achievement.

领奖的获奖者包括:

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Peer Picks…Meet Our Newest Peer Picks Selector

Posted on November 11, 2015

罗宾·布拉德福德罗宾·布拉德福德is currently the collection development librarian for fiction, Large Print, DVD, music and world languages for the Timberland Regional Library System in Washington. Prior to moving to Washington a few months ago, she was the fiction collection development librarian for the Indianapolis Public Library. She has worked in a variety of libraries, academic and public, in a variety of positions, from student assistant to librarian. The one thing that has been a constant throughout, however, is a love of reading. When she isn’t working, or tweeting, or blogging, or reading, or at a conference focused on books, Robin is looking at the map and planning her next adventure.

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社会技能在数字时代

Posted on November 10, 2015

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Communication is more complex than ever. Today, we tweet, chat, blog, email, text,…and, oh yeah…talk. New tools that enhance communication can also complicate it, making it difficult to navigate professional communication and steering people away from face-to-face communication that was more typical for earlier generations.

为了支持社会和职业沟通能力的发展,你的库提供一个新的在线资源。Life and Career Skills: Social Skills提供了简单、直观的指导来发挥ce verbal, written, and non-verbal communication that’s useful in all aspects of life. It’s designed especially for young adults who are entering the workforce or transitioning to new environments.

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From Toddlers to Seniors: Learning at Every Life Stage

Posted November 6, 2015

罗斯玛丽龙

图书馆继续在大众媒体如书籍库,为故事时间的地方代表,以及 - 最先进的电视节目 - 人们使用的地方活生生(得到这个!)电脑

Popular culture hasn’t caught up with the reality of today’s public library, where the mission has transitioned from providing information to delivering outcomes-based learning. Not just information seeking, but engaging in active learning. Gale’sonline education programs通过支持教育,技能发展,个人致富帮助图书馆影响生活。

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Encourage Literacy with NaNoWriMo!

Posted on November 5, 2015
By Anne Nagrant, Customer Success Manager

I enjoy the act of writing, and I used to write really long essays in college, but I’ve never tackled a major project like writing an entire novel. It seems so daunting. I think I might have trouble staying motivated long enough to really make progress. Luckily for people like me, November brings usNaNoWriMo的(National Novel Writing Month)!

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