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5 Ways to Increase Gale Courses Traffic Online from Greene County Public Library

By Anne Nagrant, Customer Success Manager

Posted on August 26, 2015

Greene County Public Libraryin Ohio recently renewed their annual subscription toGale Courses–online, instructor-led classes which are free to library cardholders. Tamar Kreke, Adult and Technical Services Coordinator, shares five things her library does to recruit students to the resource:

  • Gale Coursesis posted on their website underDigital Collectionsinstead of the “Research” page where databases are listed. Tamar knows that Greene County patrons are already going to Overdrive, Zinio, and Mango, so she feels that people are more likely to come acrossGale Coursesin the same area where these other high-trafficked products are found. The library also created its ownlanding pageabout Gale Courses, with a description and more information about it.

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Posters, Social Media Images, Widgets, and More to Promote eBooks

Research Matters. And how you share that message to promoteGVRLeBooksmatters, too. We’ve created a number of tools to help you promote your library’sGVRLcollection to your community. Feel free to download, order, print, distribute, and modify to meet your needs.

Posters
We focused the poster series on some of the most common eBook content. Each poster is available in two sizes 8.5″ x 11″ and 12″ x 18″. Click the thumbnails to enlarge and print yourself. Or, order and customize in Gale Promo!

  • Health
  • Cooking
  • Teen Issues

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How Somers Library Uses Social Media

Social Media

By Valerie Herman

Social media offers an opportunity that intersects beautifully with the librarian’s role; after all, curating information and disseminating it to the public is what we have always done, but now we can do it faster, better, and more extensively.

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