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Power to the Kentuckian
Gale’s Vision
The library world is full of vendors; Gale strives to be a partner.
Advocating for libraries is not a choice; without libraries, we cannot exist.
By better understanding users and empowering them; we bring value to the library.
We are the glue that brings information together, making sense of it all.
Gale as a Partner – the Value Promise
We held our prices flat for all customers in 2009, saving libraries more than $10,000,000.
We worked with hundreds of accounts by pricing their resources to fit their current budget constraints.
We saved 8 states more than $3,000,000 by having them switch to Gale resources from EBSCO.
We are now moving all customers to unlimited usage.
Understanding Users
Power to the User; Value to the Library. Understanding users leads to better products. Better products lead to more usage. More usage leads to more value per dollar to the
library.
Power to the user.TM Value to the library
What Do these Companies Have in Common?
They Understand Their Users
They also do extensive user research, using a leading consumer satisfaction firm…
What We Never Knew
27% of our users are under 18.59% are female.29% are college students.5% are professors and 6% are teachers.On any given day, 35% of our users are there for the
first time.29% found our products via the library website.59% found what they were looking for.72% trusted the content more than what they found
on Google.But, 81% still use Google.
Understanding Your Users
Taking Action
Given the number of users that find out about our products from library websites, we set out to make the website experience better. We have designed more than 1,000 websites for
libraries in the past year – including the state site for Florida.
We have created more than 300 new widgets, with each customer now seeing a 400% increase in their usage.
Usage in the last three months is DOUBLE what it was last year.
Your Proposal
General Periodicals
Health and Medicine
Business and LawEducation
Endless Choices
With the purchase of InfoTrac, choose 50 titles from a list of more than 450:
Gale Virtual Reference Library Package
Content that Students Need, No Restrictions
Fewer than 200 titles with an embargo. Full-text of major newspapers, with 24 years
of the New York Times, updated multiple times per day.
Abstracts for full Elsevier Collection. Linking to Google Scholar, ISI Web of Science,
JSTOR.
ProQuest Central
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Complete
Academic OneFile
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While quality trumps quantity every day, perception is important.
InfoTrac is, hands down, the largest aggregation of
academic content.
The Story Behind the Numbers
Nature Biotechnology Nature Cell Biology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Digest Nature Genetics Nature Geoscience Nature Immunology Nature Materials Nature Medicine Nature Methods Nature Nanotechnology Nature Neuroscience Nature Photonics Nature Physics Nature Protocols Nature Clinical Practice Urology Bone Marrow TransplantationBritish Dental Journal British Journal of Cancer British Journal of Pharmacology Cancer Gene Therapy Cell Death and Differentiation Cell Research
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology Journal of Human Hypertension Journal of Investigative Dermatology Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings Journal of PerinatologyKidney International Laboratory Investigation Leukemia Modern Pathology Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Systems Biology Molecular Therapy Mucosal Immunology Neuropsychopharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics EMBO reports European Journal of Clinical Nutrition European Journal of Human Genetics Evidence-Based Dentistry Eye Gene Therapy Genes and Immunity HeredityImmunology & Cell Biology International Journal of Impotence Research International Journal of Obesity Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Obesity Oncogene Prostate Cancer Spinal Cord The Pharmacogenomics Journal Vital
Recent Acquisitions
45 peer reviewed journals in biotechnology and other areas from Mary Ann Liebert. All in full text, no embargo.
Key Titles AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science Biotechnology Law Report Cloning and Stem Cells Election Law Journal Human Gene Therapy
Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research Journal of Neurotrauma Journal of Child and Adolescent
Psychopharmacology Obesity Management Stem Cells and Development
Not available in other
databases
Not available in other
databases
Recent Acquisitions
3 of the top ten US searches on Academic Onefile in 2008 were related
to stem cells and cloning.
Live surgeries from OR LIVE
Rhinoplasty, Knee Replacement, Heart Transplant, Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy,
Craniotomy Treatment for Meningioma Tumors, Anterior Spinal Fusion, Kyphoplasty
for Vertebral Compression Fractures
Recent Acquisitions
Key Titles Business Law today Criminal Justice Labor and
Employment Law ABA Journal Fidelity and Surety
Digest State and Local Law
News
More than 50 titles from the American Bar Association.
Recent Acquisitions
Recent Publisher Signings
Academic Journals, Inc. Was EBSCO ExclusiveAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc. Was EBSCO ExclusiveAsian Institute of Development Communication (AIDCOM)Boulevard: Journal of Contemporary WritingExpert Reviews Ltd. Was EBSCO ExclusiveFuture Medicine Ltd.Institute of Art and LawInstitute of Law, Psychiatry & Public PolicyInternational Visual Literacy Association Was EBSCO ExclusiveJournal of College Literacy and Learning Was EBSCO ExclusiveJournal of Medical Internet ResearchManchester University PressMassachusetts Medical SocietyNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial ResearchNew York Folklore SocietySociety for American MusicSouthern New England School of LawThe Black ScholarThe Evelyn Waugh Society
The Best Periodical Collection Available
Time, back to 1923. Full collection of NPR recordings, with
transcripts. Collections of videos from NBC, PBS,
Associated Press. More than 500 travel guides, including every
Fodor Travel Guide.
More Magazines than Anyone Else
ProQuest Central
EBSCOhost
InfoTrac
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InfoTrac is, hands down, the largest aggregation of
serial content.
Support for Avid Gardeners
Magazines, Journals and Books Step by step guides around floral design,
landscaping, and floral arrangements Perfect for the botanist or weekend
gardener
Support for the Next Emeril
Perfect for chefs and aspiring cooks alike The Textbooks the World’s Best Chefs Use Magazines such as Bon Appétit Catering Journals
Exclusive texts of the:
Support for Extreme Makeovers
From Small Projects to New Construction 250 full-text titles How-to-Guides in Color Also covers Interior Design
Support for the Jetset
500 Travel Guides, full Fodor’s collection 400 full-text magazines Focuses on travel for leisure and the
hospitality industry as a career path
Helping Students Succeed
InfoTrac StudentMore than 1,200 full-text magazines, reference books and
primary sources for High School Students.
InfoTrac JuniorMore than 350 full-text magazines and books for middle school
students.
Support for Children
New PowerSearch Interface
A New User Experience.
Since 2002, Gale has experimented with the “one search box” Google experience.
Users are now asking for something different.
Named User Support,
allowing users to create
profiles and save content.
Featured content, including user-
specified RSS feeds to keep homepage
personal.
Featured publications,
including recently added and titles
chosen by librarians.
Better, more visible navigation
links.
More visually appealing home
page, giving users more of a “web-like” experience.
My HomePage
Search within results; limit results by subject, publication, document type; date.
Easy navigation using sliders.
Context-sensitive multimedia, including images, video and podcasts. Web 2.0 sharing
functionality, including RSS.
Engaging Search Results
Web 2.0 Functionality
Additional Web 2.0 sharing tools
Full Multimedia Gallery
Company profiles, including corporate
parent/sibling relationships (over 440,000)
Industry rankings and statistics
Products and brands (over 365,000)
Investment reports from Reuters Research
on Demand
Current investment ratings
Comprehensive and exportable financial
overviews
Pricing momentum and key ratio measures
Financial ratios
Coverage of major business events and trends
from 1980 to the present
Industry newsletter news and analysis
Business & Company Resource Center provides a complete solution for your libraries, offering:
Business and Company Resource Center
Business & Company Resource Center allows users of all-levels, whether an economics student in high school or a casual investor, access to a wealth of business information through one dynamic portal.
Conserves library financial and staff resources and provides more content for patrons (through an integrated interface) - buying any of the individual resources individually is costly.
The database adds new features and content on a regular basis to meet business research needs of many levels of patrons from the student to the day-trader to job seeker.
Provide job seekers with the company information they need to succeed in interviews or to locate job opportunities in the community.
Support the casual investor using the library to manage their portfolio.
Engage business students as a resource with a tool that meets core curriculum requirements for undergraduate and graduate marketing, economics and finance case study work.
Meeting All Patron and Student Needs
Main tabs provide high-level navigation cues.
Sub-tabs provide navigation within that section
Users can view annual or interim information and can look back 6
years or 5 interim periods
Radio buttons let the user choose to make comparisons between
companies or across time
One-click export of whatever data is on-
screen
The Fundamentals Analysis tool offers patrons a dynamic tool for analyzing financial data, comparing a company’s financials to its competitors or non-related companies, and allows for exporting custom reports!
Fundamentals Analysis Tool
Sub tabs provide navigation within the Financials Dashboard
section
The Financials Dashboard allows users to quickly receive up-to-the minute financial information on the company they are researching via the detailed quote sub tab, users can also locate
company news, interactive charts, SEC filings and historical data.
Podcasts, conference calls, press releases, and other news available from the
News sub tab
Web 2.0 sharing tools allow users to share
information and connect with others
Financials Dashboard
Small Business Resource Center
Report Functionality
COUNTER compliance: Annual Independent Audit
New requirement for COUNTER compliance. Performed by UK firm ABCe. Completed in October, results expected this month.
Book Report 2 Implemented July, 2008. Awaiting initial certification.
Code of Practice for Journals & Databases, Release 3 Published August, 2008. On schedule to implement by Summer 2009.
SUSHI Compliance: Implemented August , 2008.
Dedicated Website for Customer Usage Reports
Access to usage reports is separate from InfoTrac admin account.
Portal can be configured at every level: Consortium Institution Location.
Improved timeliness: Real-time connection to
Gale usage database; Reports available by the 2nd
or 3rd of each month.
New Usage Reporting System
Updated User Interface
View Reports Online or Download to Excel
Graphical Reporting Capability
Our Commitment to You
Full Gale resources directed at ensuring your success: Full marketing support to promote the products and services that matter. Technical support & analysis to help increase usage. Databases live when award is announced. Full training support. Your feedback sought and incorporated into Gale’s strategic planning
processes.
We appreciate your time, and thank youthank you for all of your
business.
More Power to You.