Our subscription to World Book Online has ended. The Reference Services Committee has been studying its usage over the past year and determined that it was woefully underused. We tried a variety of placement suggestions on our website, but nothing really changed our usage. We do not plan to add large print encyclopedias at this time.
Month: September 2014
Interesting historical photos
A fascinating look at Seattle, then and now.
New features in Demographics Now!
Watch for some really cool enhancements to Demographics Now in early October. Here’s the blurb from Gale:
Now, small business owners in your community can be even savvier with more customer knowledge. A new feature within DemographicsNow! gives your business users the ability to upload their customer or business data and blend it with rich consumer information, like demographics, psychographics, and Experian consumer segments!
In early October, the new customized reports will be available to business owners throughDemographicsNow! Business and People. The reporting (formerly “Report Wizards”) tab will have several new reporting options where users can upload their data securely in the cloud-based tool, where it’s blended with demographic data, and creates a report with valuable insights. The existing custom geography selection functionality provides the ability to input a single target location and to define trade areas.
What this means is that your local entrepreneurs can learn more about who is currently being served by their business, and who isn’t, so they can make adjustments in their products or services to grow their customer base and increase revenue.
DemographicsNow accepts address data in XLS, XLSX, or CSV formats. Checkboxes are used to customize the analysis, like to limit by geography. Read more about this.
Virtual Genealogy Fair
The National Archives is trying something new–they’re hosting a virtual genealogy fair in October. All of this will take place on YouTube, so there’s no registration or login required. They are planning to archive the sessions, so if you can’t make one, you’ll be able to see it later. The schedule looks promising- day one is below. Be sure to check out days two and three on the NARA Virtual Genealogy Fair website:
Day 1: Tuesday, October 28 (Eastern Time) Watch live on YouTube 
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Time |
Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
10 a.m. |
Introduction to Genealogy | Claire Prechtel Kluskens National Archives at Washington, DC |
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2 |
11 a.m. |
Preserving Your Personal Records | Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler National Archives at College Park, MD |
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3 |
noon |
When Saying ‘I Do’ Meant Giving Up Your U.S. Citizenship | Meg Hacker National Archives at Fort Worth, TX |
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4 |
1 p.m. |
Overview of American Indian Records and Resources on the National Archives Website | Jessica Hopkins National Archives at Kansas City, MO |
GVRL Top Ten in August
Lots of travel plans going on, I think!
| The Rough Guide to Tunisia e8 2009 |
| The Rough Guide to Iceland e4 2010 |
| The Rough Guide to India e8 2011 |
| Adam Sandler 2004 |
| Arts and Humanities Through the Eras vol. 5: The Age of the Baroque andEnlightenment 1600-1800 |
| Encyclopedia of Aging vol. 1 |
| Dutch Oven Cooking 2008 |
| The Rough Guide to France e12 2011 |
| Turkey 2012 |
| Heroin 2002 |
Top Ten in Mango
August top ten:
| Spanish (Latin American) Complete 2.0 |
| French Complete 2.0 |
| ESL Spanish (Latin) Complete 2.0 |
| German Complete 2.0 |
| Scottish Gaelic Complete 2.0 |
| Italian Complete 2.0 |
| Russian Complete 2.0 |
| Chinese (Mandarin) Complete 2.0 |
| Korean Complete 2.0 |
| Japanese Complete 2.0 |
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