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.

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University of North Carolina System

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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

Thank you!Questions or Comments?

Jill MorrisNC LIVE(919) 513-0451jill@nclive.orgOn Twitter @ncliveOn Facebook facebook.com/NCLIVEOnlineLibrary