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Friday, Dec. 4
Durham Public Library: Main Library
http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/locations.php
(We will be let in even though the library doesn't open to the public until 2pm)
Please RVSP with Steve Cramer for planning purposes.
9:30-10:00 Networking & introductions
10-11:30 Nonprofits workshop (Lydia Leovic Towery, Nancy Poole, Susan Neilsen, & John Raynor)
--serving their needs
--marketing library services and collections to them
--researching them
--Foundation Center update
lunch: at downtown restaurants
1:00-2:00 Web 2.0 & social networking training & discussion in the computer lab (Mary Scanlon)
--IM (yes, without using downloaded software)
--Google Group profiles
[Based on popular demand, the plan is to do a little web 2.0/social networking training at the next few workshops]
2:00-2:30 Discussion of an interesting business reference question [new regular feature?]
2:30-3:00 BLINC business
--NCLA 2009 wrap-up, assessment
--askBLINC/NC LIVE support update
--next meeting: March, Charlotte? (PLCMC or Johnson & Wales?) focus: Eco Census 07 with local Census rep?
--early summer: High Point Public? focus: best practices on teaching business research skills/business info literacy?
--late summer: Cameron Village, Raleigh? focus: ?
Join the BLINC Google Group!
askBLINC -- askBLINC@gmail.com -- provides library staff across North Carolina with a consultancy service designed to support librarians’ business research needs.
We can help libraries use the business resources provided by NC LIVE, such as SimplyMap, ReferenceUSA, Business Source Premier, and Morningstar Investment Research Center, as well as other business research sources available online or in print.
Library staff can email business resource-related questions to askBLINC@gmail.com. The askBLINC team will respond within one business day. (However, it may take more than one day to provide a complete answer.)
But for questions concerning technical issues, such as logging-in to SimplyMap or technical problems with any database, please contact the NC LIVE Help Desk.
BLINC began as a regional interest group in 2003, and now includes members from public, school, academic, and special libraries. We all share an interest in business librarianship. However, you don't have to be a business specialist to be a member, or to attend our free quarterly workshops and meetings!
Please feel free to contact us: