GALILEO Planet News
Posted April 17, 2013
Georgia’s Bookmobiles: Bringing Library Services to You
In honor of National Bookmobile Day, take a look at how Georgia public libraries are using bookmobiles to meet needs in their communities. Bookmobiles still carry books, audiobook, DVDs, and other materials, but many also provide computer labs and internet access. Bookmobiles also serve many in the community who may not otherwise be able to easily access the library, including students, nursing home residents, homebound patrons, and more.
If you or someone you know has benefitted by a bookmobile, please take a moment to write to your library and thank the staff for their service. For your library’s contact information, please see the public library directory for the Georgia Public Library Service.
Posted April 16, 2013
GALILEO is there: Finding Your Next Favorite Book
In celebration of National Library Week, we are doing a series on how GALILEO is there supporting your community.
Yesterday, we looked at GALILEO resources to help you find jobs and further your career.
Today, let’s talk about NoveList, a book recommendation tool to help you find a new book or author based on your favorite books or authors.
First, you can search for a favorite book title or author. Find your favorite book or author in the results list and then check out the links to Title Read-alikes and Author Read-alikes links to see recommendations. You’ll also see Series Read-alikes for some books.
Second, you can search for a topic of interest and then narrow your results using “appeal terms” on the right side of the screen. You can narrow by the type of Storyline, the Pace or Tone of the story, by the Writing Style, or by a particular Subject or Location.
Third, find book lists on the Home page of Novelist. Note that you can see recommended reading lists for many genres, including historical fiction, mysteries, romance, science fiction, and more. Just look at the list on the left of the Home page of NoveList.
Also, see some of the tips we’ve shared earlier on how to use NoveList:
* Tip: Find Out about the Next Book in a Series with NoveList Series Alerts
* Finished the Hunger Games and Looking for the Next Series to Read?
* NoveList Tip: Find Authors in a Specific Genre
* Books to TV and Books to Movies in NoveList
* NoveList Best Books Lists of 2012
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access. Contact your local public library for assistance.
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Posted April 16, 2013
Give Your Favorite Library Worker a Star for National Library Workers Day
Today is National Library Workers Day, a day for library staff, users, administrators, and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.
So, here’s your chance to submit your favorite library worker’s name for a star to let them know why you appreciate them.
Gaze at the galaxy of stars to see why others love their library workers.
Posted April 15, 2013
GALILEO is there: Acquiring Your Next Job and Advancing Your Career
In celebration of National Library Week, we are doing a series on how GALILEO is there supporting your community.
Let’s start by taking a look at the job and career resources in GALILEO.
Job and Career Accelerator helps you create professional and effective resumes and cover letters, master interviewing techniques, improve your work skills, and prepare for occupation-related exams. It will also help you explore occupations and find your occupation match. See our earlier tips on how to use this resource to build your resume and write your cover letter.
LearningExpress Library offers practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and more. Check out our earlier tip on how to use this resource to practice for occupational exams.
Georgia Career Information System can help you explore occupations, identify occupations based on your skills, locate schools with your program of study, find job opportunities, create resumes and cover letters, prepare for job interviews and more. You will need to log in to GALILEO through PINES or with a public library password, and then you will need to get the GCIS username and password for your library to access the database.
Find these resources and more in the Browse by Subject > Careers section of GALILEO.
GALILEO has upcoming training sessions on LearningExpress Library, RB Test Prep, and Job and Career Accelerator during April and May. Register for these on the GALILEO Training page.
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access. Contact your local public library for assistance.
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Posted April 15, 2013
2013 State of America’s Libraries Report
With the celebration of National Library Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has released the 2013 State of America’s Libraries Report, which details the challenges facing libraries around the nation.
Read the 2013 State of America’s Libraries Report at the ALA site.
See the press release about the report from ALA.