资源帮助工匠培养,连接和创建

Knitting at your library

玛丽莎,其在制定兴趣由Pinterest的激起,取得的伟大意义上市library Resources for The Crafterof accomplishment in learning new skills and has even begun to sell her creations on a craft website and in a local shop that carries unique handmade items.

Erica Domesek, founder of PS I Made This and a judge on The Learning Channel’sCraft Wars,认为这是年轻消费者的强烈趋势,他说:“人有兴趣,使他们的生活更美好,更有趣。”自制工艺品提供从客观的,大规模制造的商品的增殖受欢迎的喘息。

As crafting grows in popularity, thanks to enthusiastic sharing of craft ideas on social network sites and a renewed desire for handmade artistry, community members are looking for resources that can support their interests.

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金宝搏彩票大风客户服务可能是你成功的关键在提高使用率

By Tanisha Howard-Hall

Does anyone remember, the singing group New Kids on the Block? Well, I can’t sing but I am the new Customer Care Consultant on the block! I am new to this role but not new to Gale. I was first introduced to Cengage Learning and Gale as the Web Marketing Intern. I recently graduated with my MBA with a concentration in Marketing. As the Web Marketing intern, I worked on a variety of projects and quickly learned how dedicated Gale is to serving its library partners.

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网上职业高中公认为白宫大学机会峰会的一部分

College Opportunity Summit

Last Thursday, President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden convened the nation’s education, business and nonprofit leaders to collaborate and share best practices for increasing college opportunities for first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students – some of the very same students served frequently by our public libraries. Among these leaders was Michael Hansen, CEO of Gale’s parent company, Cengage Learning, and Dr. Howard Liebman, founder and superintendent ofCareer Online High School, who participated in this important discussion about how to engage disconnected youth and increase educational opportunities.

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新的营销行动分析点播应用服务赞助和非赞助

分析按需营销活动

Create meaningful outreach programs to targeted segments of your community

Discover the insights you need to make (and measure!) an impact withAnalytics On Demand, a new data solution that helps libraries quickly and easily learn more about their users and communities.

Take marketing action! Watch a short video to learn how the apps can help your library.

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New Access Point and Enhancements for Analytics On Demand

Analytics On Demand Public Library

Analytics On Demand is moving off the Alteryx server and will undergo some look and feel enhancements. The new site will be available today, December 3, 2014. With this change, we’re also adding free bonus apps and a collaboration site for users.

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It’s All about Horsepower for Gearhead Patrons

Chilton Auto Resources at Library

By Ryan Lee Price

科尼赛克的305立方英寸的发动机”egacar” is capable of producing 1,360 horsepower from its gas-powered V8, propelling the 1,360-kg car to a top speed of 280 mph in 20 seconds. That’s a lot of power, and one can’t help but to imagine 1,360 horses hitched to the front of the $1.5 million car attempting to pull it up to 280 mph. However, in either guise—engine or horse team—1,360 horsepower represents the work of a lot of horses, and to understand how the term has been applied to cars, we have to go back about 100 years before cars were even invented.

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Picture This: Your community’s photography interests covered

Photography Programming Public Library

蒂娜Creguer

周杰伦,一个年轻的专业,一直对摄影感兴趣。而现在,他终于有时间(在某种程度上)和资源,更严重的是学习他们感兴趣。他与他的iPhone拍照,并试图通过他们的关作为艺术作品来完成。时间学习一些真正的技能,使他的大部分新的数码相机。他发现一些免费指导视频在线,但希望更可靠和专业的指导。他哪里能轮到专家资源?

超过26万的人在美国参加了拍摄于2010年1– with varying levels of expertise. With the lower cost of quality digital cameras making them more accessible than ever and the increasingly “photo-centric” nature of communications (especially with social media), this hobby is gathering steam.

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Calling All Patrons–Perfecting Community Outreach

By劳拉·达蒙 - 摩尔

有效地达到您的社区可能会非常棘手。10月31日,劳拉·达蒙 - 穆尔,联合创始人图书馆作为孵化器项目,分享她的专长在社区推广每周一次的Gale Geek. Laura was unable to do the usual live Q&A because her webinar was prerecorded; however, she still answered listeners’ questions… see below!

I was bummed not to be able to be there “in person” for our conversation last Friday, but I’m pleased to be able to continue to share some insight on community outreach with Cengage-Gale’s readers today.

我要扩大一些问题,我的谈话后收到上周五,在希望其他人会发现我的应答。

How do you use the community based mentors or volunteers IN your library to support programming?

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Electronic Resources – Marketing on a Shoestring

Public Library Marketing on a Shoestring

By Sally Dewey

随着电子资源经理,我的工作的一个重要组成部分,是推动我们买的资源。其实我已经有这个工作(下一个标题或其他),因为CD-ROM网络是各地,当时我们只是想,我们有一些超越书籍在书架上,提醒在大楼的用户。然后,在1997年,基于网络的数据库它是关于图书馆成为顾客的信息主页24/7,或“凡所有点击。

Today, as public libraries are battling to stay relevant, we want to want to attract, snag, and entice patrons into discovering the wealth of resources we make available online. Why would we want to do that? To battle patron ignorance.

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