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Support local small businesses…and watch them grow!

公共图书馆支持粮食的卡车业务

By Kim Martin

对于小企业主资源Jorge, a skilled cook and heir to his parents’ restaurant business, has been watching thefast riseof the food truck business. The time and circumstances seem right for him to expand his business by putting a truck on the road. But he wonders…has the trend already peaked? Is this the right idea to pursue?

Jorge和在社区中的其他小企业主正在寻找的信息，可以帮助他们了解市场情况，制定商业计划，并做出明智的决定取得成功。你可以提供给他们给财富500强和其他成功的企业使用相同的资源他们即时访问易于使用的电子资源。

Be part of your community’s economic growth by providing entrepreneurs the support, information, and planning tools they need to thrive—including online courses, electronic database resources, and eBooks:

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Shifting Perception: Valued for what we do

Edmonton Public Library, 2014 Library of the Year

By Tina Thomas

库一直处于生存的十字路口，自从五年前加入埃德蒙顿公立图书馆（EPL） - 之前可能很好，可能是很多年的到来。在他的文章[1]outlining that “being essential” is not enough to sustain libraries, Rick Anderson highlights that an important thing libraries must do is provide value and a return on investment.

我们知道，如果你问1000人，如果他们认为图书馆是重要的绝大多数会说是的。但我们也知道，这些同样的人可能不知道现代图书馆做什么，甚至使用图书馆本身。

目前的挑战是库通常重视作为一个机构或想法，而不是为他们提供的服务。而且，里克的角度来看，如果“必要”的崇高理念，为所有的图书馆有，我们很可能将挑战找到我们的基本服务海做的工作的支持。

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Shifting Perception: Libraries = Education

弗雷德里克路霍华德县图书馆系统

By Valerie J. Gross

There’s a powerful movement afoot and it’s gaining momentum.

Hailed by图书馆杂志as “a 21st-century library model, with a position, doctrine, purpose, and curriculum worthy of study and consideration by every other library in America, if not the world,” this effective strategy takes libraries back to their original purpose.

At the turn of the 20日世纪，图书馆建立的教育机构在教育提供平等的机会给大家。不知怎的，一个世纪后，我们有发现自己稀释的目的，以至于完全有三分之一的美国人不知道我们做什么。

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Shifting Perception: Why Essentialness is Not the Problem

Chattanooga Public Library

By Corinne Hill

The fact that the topic of “the essentialness of libraries” is trending right now reveals a completely different issue that has nothing to do with the library being essential.

这个趋势topic and ensuing discussions reveal about our profession is that we’re totally insecure. We are frantic in our zeal to be everything to everyone, and we’re so busy and distracted with the gathering of evidence to defend our existence that we forget who we are.

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Highlights and Notes tool coming to Gale’s digital resources

We all know the rules – don’t take notes in your textbooks and don’t write in books you’ve checked out from the library, or else you might face a fine.

As eBooks and digital resources have become more and more popular, a similar problem has presented itself: how can a user easily take notes without opening a separate program? Gale has found the solution with our newHighlights and Notes工具，计划推出周二，9月30日或前后，在Artemis Literary Sources,GVRL,In Context*,InfoTrac,Kids InfoBits,文献资源中心,LitFinder和PowerSearch.

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New Customer Data Upload Feature for DemographicsNow! Business and People

DemographicsNow Public Library Business Resource

Now, business researchers andsmall business ownerscan be even savvier with more customer knowledge. A new feature withinDemographicsNow!gives your users the ability to upload their customer or business data and blend it with rich consumer information, like demographics, psychographics, and Experian consumer segments!

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Gale Artemis: Literary Sources gives you more with cross-searching

Artemis Literary Sources

Did you hear the news?Gale Artemis: Literary Sourcesis taking another step towards helping you get the literary information you need when you need it with the additions ofSomething About the Author和Dictionary of Literary Biography! If you have these series, you’ll now be able to cross-search with other incredible literary sources likeTwayne’s Authors Online, Scribner Writers Online, Literature Criticism Online和more.

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周末出行读取

Large Print Book on a Beach

By Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly

你去度周末。你有几个hours to kill on the plane, or maybe in the car, and you love to read. You don’t want to think too much, though – after all, you’re on vacation! You need a book you can devour in a weekend. What’s it going to be? Here are some suggestions for quick, light reads perfect for vacation.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows (2008)
历史爱好者会发现这短短的小说（274页）工作一个完美的假期阅读。二战期间德国占领的根西岛的设置，人物是谁，形成了文学社一个可爱的，古怪的组。名为朱丽叶的一位作家通过自己的社会很感兴趣，并加入他们的格恩西岛。她的信的细节她自己的家在战争期间占领期间与人谁成为真正的朋友，和他们的奋斗经历。

Big Girl Pantiesby Stephanie Evanovich (2014)
有每个人的东西这个名单上！小鸡的球迷点燃，饶舌风格，和一点点（好吧，很多...）性感浪漫的会喜欢这个快速阅读。霍莉·布伦南，一个年轻的寡妇，钩了一个教练让她进入形状。当然，他们之间有不可否认的化学反应！这一个是notrecommended for a family car ride audio book! Load up your e-reader and bring a fan, because this one is hot, hot, hot! Perfect for the beach!

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