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Library Resources Workshop at LaunchPad (or, how to make $20,555 per hour)

Event Details

Time: May 17, 2012 from 7:30am to 8:30am
Location: Nectar Tasting Room (Barrel Room)
Street: 120 N. Stevens
City/Town: Spokane
Phone: 444.5312
Event Tags: small business month, spokane public library
Organized By: Mark Pond
Latest Activity: May 17, 2012

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Event Description

That's right, folks.

In the span of one hour Mark Pond, Business Reference Librarian for the Spokane Public Library, will showcase three online business databases for which the library pays $20,555 per year. Come in at 7:30 in the morning and you'll leave at 8:30 with nearly $21,000 worth of business resources tucked in your pocket.

Who should attend?

Anyone who can't afford to spend $20,555 on subscription databases but needs high-quality, on-demand, online business information for generating sales leads lists, conducting market research or keeping current on industry trends. Also, if you like donuts and/or coffee, you should attend.

Why should you attend?

We live in the Information Age. No arguing that point. Given that, the question is this: How good are your infosmithing skills? If you wanted to survive and thrive in the Iron Age, you had to know how to bend iron to your will. If you want to survive and thrive in the Information Age, you need to know how to bend information to your will. Come learn.

Isn't all of the content I need available through Google?

Some of it, but certainly not all of it. And the part that isn't freely available online? If you can get to that part, that's your edge over your competition.

What is the cost to attend this training?

Like everything else from the library, the price of admission is already paid.

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Comment by LaunchPad INW on May 17, 2012 at 7:04am: Looking forward to this workshop and forgot to mention: there will be coffee and donuts!

Comment by Mark Pond on May 9, 2012 at 4:11pm: Thanks, Megan!

Comment by Megan Schuyler Kennedy on May 9, 2012 at 3:43pm: Sounds awesome, can't wait! Congrats on the big gift from Friends of the Library today, by the way! I love seeing good news! In other news, I accidentally let my library card expire... shame on me. ;)

Comment by Mark Pond on May 3, 2012 at 12:52pm: Thanks, Jason! Hope to catch you the next time around.

Comment by Jason Coleman Heppler on May 3, 2012 at 11:29am: Sorry I will miss it this time. I will however attest that I have heard Mark talk on many occasions about these data bases and it is well worth the time. I use Reference USA (one of said databases) regularly.