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Gale Improves User Experience and Discoverability of Gale Small Business Builder with New Integrated Access to Business and Legal ResourcesPHILADELPHIA, March 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PLA Conference -- Gale, a Cengage company, is making it easier for new entrepreneurs and existing business owners to find and access their library's key business and legal resources. Gale Small Business Builder now provides integrated access to Small Business Resource Center, DemographicsNow and Gale LegalForms. Libraries that subscribe to one or more of these products now have access to additional business and legal content through Gale Small Business Builder, giving their patrons a direct path to the resources and tools they need within their business planning workflow. Entrepreneurs need access to a wide variety of supporting information and data when they are in the business planning process. In many cases, they're unsure about the type of information or data they need and don't know where to find it. The new integrations in Gale Small Business Builder link users directly to the appropriate content, making business planning more actionable, enabling libraries to guide entrepreneurs to relevant resources with less staff involvement. Naperville Public Library in Illinois uses Gale Small Business Builder as the foundation of the NaperLaunch Academy, a library program that offers coursework in entrepreneurship, where Gale Small Business Builder is used to help new startup entrepreneurs create a business plan. Kent Palmer, business librarian at Naperville Public Library believes the new integration will help streamline the process of finding and accessing information that entrepreneurs and small business owners require for business planning: "Entrepreneurs using Gale Small Business Builder at NaperLaunch will appreciate the ease of accessing important subject information for their business plans. The guidance and resources fom Small Business Resource Center and Gale LegalForms makes my job much easier as we guide startups through the plan development process. Importing demographic and legal information will help them build the best business plans possible. Gale Small Business Builder's new integration makes the library experience for entrepreneurs significantly better than any incubator," said Palmer. Gale Small Business Builder includes integrated access to:
"Having direct access to quality resources and tools is key to creating a successful business plan. Gale Small Business Builder's new integration achieves this by making content easily discoverable and accessible," said Leigh Ann Cusack, senior director of public and consortia products at Gale. "As entrepreneurship and small business rapidly grow, public libraries have become the epicenter for research and support. Gale Small Business Builder's new integration provides access to resources that are vital to businesses and entrepreneurs, helping libraries drive economic development within their communities." Gale Small Business Builder's new integrations will be available in April. Demonstrations of the new experience will be conducted at the Public Library Association (PLA) Conference in Philadelphia at the Gale booth #501. About Gale Small Business Builder About Cengage and Gale Follow Gale on:
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