Library Intelligencer

Gale PowerSearch 2.0 Now Available
Since its launch in 2002, the Gale PowerSearch platform has offered comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. Gale has incorporated new enhancements, creating Gale PowerSearch 2.0, a platform providing even greater ease and giving more power to the user.

Gale PowerSearch 2.0 simplifies browsing through Gale’s more than 20,000 publications, providing the ability to search across more than 150 million documents.

Improvements include:
Web 2.0 sharing tools including Del.icio.us, MySpace, Reddit, Digg, Facebook, Newsvine, Twitter and others to connect users with their community, allowing them to push interesting articles out to the Web to share with others
ReadSpeaker (text-to-speech technology), allowing users to have all articles available from within the platform read aloud to them. All articles are fully downloadable in MP3 file format and can be played on an iPod or other audio devices
Addition of “named user” functionality, allowing researchers to create custom profiles, name and save any search and modify RSS feeds on the product’s homepage, thus facilitating ongoing research and supporting user’s interests
Search results that incorporate portals of context sensitive multimedia (images, video and podcasts)
On demand translation of documents into 11 different languages, helping institutions support a global community of users
Current Gale customers can enable Gale PowerSearch 2.0 now by contacting Gale Technical Support at 1-800-877-4253, option 4. Gale PowerSearch 2.0 will be implemented for all customers in July 2009. Click on the “Find Out More” link on the Gale PowerSearch Web site www.gale.cengage.com

Gale Announces New MARC Records Site
Gale debuted a new MARC records delivery site to connect library customers to Gale Directory Library (GDL) materials. This complimentary site allows librarians to designate a MARC record for each of their Gale eDirectory titles, providing library users direct access to Gale resources from the library’s online catalogue or library Web site.

In addition, libraries may use this site to generate lists of URLs that provide direct-to-eDirectory links for use in promoting titles on their library sites. Librarians can access the new MARC records site at http://access.gale.com/gdl.

To use the site, a library should have a list of their Gale eDirectory titles and location ID information. If you do not have a location ID number, simply contact Gale Technical Support at 1-800-877-4253.

View Videos That Promote Libraries
The time for submitting entries to the Librareo 2009 “Power to the user” Ad Madness contest has passed. Our panel of judges is narrowing the field to five finalists.

Visit www.youtube.com to view all the qualifying videos touting the importance of libraries. Then add your comments to persuade our judges to vote for your favorite. The finalists will be posted on this site on July 6 and the 2009 Librareo Grand Prize winner will be announced at the American Library Annual Conference in Chicago on July 11.

Gale and Rough Guides Enter into Agreement
Gale and Rough Guides Ltd., part of Penguin Group, announced a licensing agreement that allows for the inclusion of more than 100 travel titles within the Gale Virtual Reference Library, Gale’s popular eBook platform.

Rough Guides publishes guidebooks to hundreds of destinations worldwide, as well as providing content online. Known for its extensive coverage of travel destinations through content and photos, Rough Guides helps independent-minded travelers plan entire trips with useful information on such topics as transportation, history, cultural attractions, eating, shopping, accommodations and more.

Gale Virtual Reference Library offers thousands of eBooks from dozens of publishers. Access Gale Virtual Reference Library.