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North Carolina’s ^ Secret Weapon for Statewide Economic DevelopmentJill Morris, Assistant Director, NC LIVE
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NC LIVE’s Mission:
•Supporting Education
•Enhancing Economic Development Statewide
• Increasing the Quality of Life in North Carolina
Supporting small business and entrepreneurs is a key part of what we are meant to do!
NC LIVE – Statewide Online Library ServiceA consortium of 198 libraries across North Carolina.
Public Libraries
Community College System
NC Independent Colleges & Universities
We’re especially well-positioned for success because everyone across North Carolina has access to the SAME core set of eResources through their local library.
COICOI
University of North Carolina System
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SuccessSuccess
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MARKETING & FUNDRAISING
• SimplyMap – • Use exclusive market
research data, consumer expenditure, and census information to develop maps & reports.
• ReferenceUSA –• Generate mailing lists• Find your competitors &
potential customers
• Hoover’s Online (Coming Soon!)
• Company Profiles (part of BSP)
• Business Source Premier (soon to be BSC!)
• Wall Street Journal in full-text
• New York Times & other regional newspapers in full-text
• Morningstar
• eBooks
• & more!
NEWS & INDUSTRY TRENDS
Resources that Drive BusinessAll libraries have access to tools business can use via NC LIVE.
NC LIVE Promoting Business Resources
The NC LIVE Business Portal• We re-imagined the
traditional list of databases libraries typically list on their websites to create a more task-based portal approach
• http://business.nclive.org
• NC Tech 4 Good• NC LIVE proposed and was selected to
give a presentation – we partnered with librarians from Elon University and UNC-Greensboro.
• NC LIVE sponsored a booth.
• NC Entrepreneurship Summit
• NC LIVE sponsored a booth• We partnered with BLINC &
Campbell University
Getting the Word Out!Local Events & Conferences
• Other Examples• Land Trust Assembly • County Department Heads Meetings• NC Association of County
Commissioners
• A patron comes in to their library with a business question
• Example: I need to write a business plan and do market research. Can you help me?
• The Librarian assists the patron, but isn’t sure they fully answered the patron’s questions.
• The Librarian sends an email to askblinc@nclive.org to get help from business librarian experts.
• The askBLINC team responds to the librarian with helpful advice.
Partnering with BLINCaskBLINC – a “train-the-trainer” approach to business resources
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