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Information Today May 6, 2014 Brandi Scardilli |
Free Language Learning Tools at the Library Both public and academic libraries may provide tools that teach a variety of languages for free. Here are a few popular examples. |
Information Today January 16, 2014 |
Gale Brings High School Diploma Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, teamed up with Career Online High School to create an accredited high school diploma program that is now available to Gale's public library partners across the country. |
Information Today June 21, 2012 |
Gale Brings Online Education Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced a new program, ed2go for public libraries that brings turnkey online training and education solutions to the public library market. |
Information Today June 30, 2011 Marydee Ojala |
Cengagement: Cengage Acquires National Geographic School Publisher The acquisition gives Cengage the National Geographic Science series, National Geographic Explorer! Magazines, and Hampton Brown's literacy and language programs. |
Information Today April 11, 2011 |
Gale Offers Free Access to Resources During National Library Week Gale is offering free access to six online resources for use by any library. Free access runs through National Library Week, from April 10 to April 24, 2011. |
Information Today May 19, 2015 Woody Evans |
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'? Duolingo Adds New Languages (Including Klingon) Duolingo is a web-based language-learning tool. It just released a Turkish course in beta, and its upcoming language courses include Esperanto, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Klingon. |
T.H.E. Journal November 1999 |
This Just In... Instant Language 2000 |
Information Today December 7, 2009 |
Online Language Service Now Available to Public Libraries Byki Online-Library Edition is a language-learning system designed specifically for use by patrons of public libraries. |
Information Today October 6, 2011 |
Gale Launches Librareo--Free Web-Based Community for LIS Students Librareo is a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies programs with free access to the professional resources they'll rely upon following graduation. |
Information Today August 4, 2011 |
Gale Enhances PowerSearch Platform Based on user feedback, Gale has added many new features, including search assist, enhanced results lists, language customizability, expanded content, and enhanced subject and publication search options. |
PC Magazine May 18, 2005 Carol A. Mangis |
Visual Thesaurus 3 A remarkably inventive and interactive way to explore language, Visual Thesaurus was one of our favorite products in 2003. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 |
Matematicas by EducationCity.com EducationCity.com has launched Matematicas, the Spanish-language version of its e-learning resource for math, made especially for students whose primary language is Spanish. |
Information Today February 3, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Update on Gale -- Mobile, Global, and In Context At the recent ALA Midwinter meeting, I caught up with Nader Qaimari, senior vice president, marketing, Cengage Learning, to talk about recent developments at Gale and get a peek at some forthcoming products. |
Information Today September 3, 2013 |
Thomson Reuters Enhances Elearning Options Thomson Reuters recently enhanced its governance, risk, and compliance solutions for the global community with a new Learning Management System, Accelus Learning Manager, and WeComply. |
D-Lib May/Jun 2010 Laurence Lannom |
Special Issue on Digital Libraries in China Significant language, culture, and political gaps between China and the more established digital library players in Western countries remain, of course, and will present challenges on all sides for years to come. |
Information Today March 19, 2012 |
Gale Aims to Transform the Online Library Experience With Gateways Designed to represent the unique way in which a community interacts with its public library, Gale Gateways bring together thematic products and services to provide an organized approach to help patrons find and use information. |
Information Today January 14, 2016 |
Gale Offers Libraries Interactive Science Products for Students Gale launched three new science products for academic and school libraries that are designed to help students understand science beyond simply reading their textbooks. |
Information Today February 5, 2015 |
Gale Increases Its Primary Sources Content Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced that several Gale Digital Collections for academic and special libraries are now available on the Gale Artemis: Primary Sources platform. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 |
CompassLearning Odyssey for English Language Learners CompassLearning has designed a product to assist English Language Learners in forming better reading and writing skills. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Alex Roman |
Special Product Focus: ESL and Foreign Language Software An overview of language software products for students: EazySpeak, Professor Toto Educational Kit, SUBE: Language Learning Thru Art, Music and Games, Before You Know It Educator Edition and English Discoveries. |
Information Today January 27, 2015 |
Gale Introduces New Apps for Analytics on Demand Gale, part of Cengage Learning, added three apps to Analytics on Demand, its Big Data analytics solution for public libraries. |
Information Today January 28, 2013 |
OCLC and Gale Expand Partnership OCLC and Gale agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 |
Tell Me More Version 9.0 by Auralog Auralog introduces the latest version of its language learning software, Tell Me More Version 9.0. |
Information Today October 21, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser |
Gale Wants to Know How Libraries Positively Impact Communities Career Online High School delivers accredited education to public libraries. Gale's customer care and training teams partner with libraries as they encourage students to join and as they enroll them in the program. |
Macworld August 29, 2006 Cyrus Farivar |
Berlitz Premier Inexpensive applications provides various ways to learn a new language. |
Information Today December 8, 2011 |
Gale's Online Ebook Platform Gets a Facelift After extensive user analysis and market feedback, the interface has been overhauled with improved navigation and organization, and a vibrant and engaging display to draw in students, researchers, professionals, and general readers. |
Information Today March 25, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
Gale Announces New Initiatives Gale VP and general manager Jim Draper notes, "Our new products and services ... have broadened our scope beyond traditional library resources to help libraries solve real and emerging problems and create tangible outcomes for their users." |
Information Today July 1, 2010 |
Gale Announces Next Generation of Online Resources Designed as an online learning environment, the resources will deliver accurate, authoritative content that builds collaboration from the library to the classroom. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 19, 2012 Kim Girard |
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of `Englishnization' CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren't as effective in their learned language. |
Information Today March 26, 2015 |
Gale Gives Students Easier Access to Primary Sources; Starts Arabic Digitization Project Gale will integrate Gale Artemis: Primary Sources into Cengage Learning's MindTap elearning platform, which will bring library content directly into students' learning paths. |
National Defense May 2011 Eric Beidel |
iPhone Translation App Will Add Afghan Languages A New Jersey-based company that has developed speech translator applications for the iPhone is turning its attention to languages that would be useful to the military. |
Information Today September 24, 2015 |
Cengage Learning Acquires Ed Tech Company Cengage Learning acquired Learning Objects, whose learning platform and instructional design services power online programs and courses for higher education institutions. |
Information Today May 6, 2014 |
Gale's New Technology Boosts Research Relevance Gale, part of Cengage Learning, launched a new technology that links current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles with contextual references from within ebooks on Gale Virtual Reference Library |
ONLINE May/Jun 2008 Greg R. Notess |
Multilingual Searching: Search Engine Language Tools For savvy searchers, the multiple languages and content from distant countries create new opportunities for finding previously buried information resources. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 |
EazySpeak Language Software Designed like a game, this application (available in English and Spanish) from Kutoka Interactive is a practical program for students 12 and up who want to learn a second language. |
Information Today December 17, 2009 |
Gale Announces New iPhone Application for Library Research AccessMyLibrary, an advocacy program, is a portal from the internet to libraries, allowing web searchers to find what they need by connecting them to their local libraries. |
Information Today April 28, 2015 |
Gale Provides Literacy Resource for Young Library Patrons Miss Humblebee's Academy is designed to help 3- to 6-year-old patrons build foundational literacy skills. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Learn a Language, Get a Job Multilingual workers are in demand. |
Information Today August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Information Today June 17, 2013 |
Gale-Smithsonian Partnership's Magazine Archive Goes Live Earlier this year, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to create library and academic resources by digitizing some of the Smithsonian's collections. |
Information Today November 18, 2014 |
Gale Encourages Researchers to Work With Its Data Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced that it would make content from its Gale Digital Collections available to academic researchers so they can use it for data mining and textual analysis |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Crai S. Bower |
Se Habla Technology Whether in the lab or without, advancements such as laptops, MP3 players, and videoconferencing are helping enrich foreign language instruction. |
Information Today October 14, 2002 |
News Digest Gale Licenses Reference Titles to Books24x7... LexisNexis Enhances Scope of International Content... JSTOR Releases Language & Literature Collection |
AskMen.com Justin Becker |
How To: Learn The Basics Of Spanish Here's a quick tutorial on the basics of Spanish, especially useful for travel. |
Information Today October 21, 2010 |
IEEE Launches eLearning Library With Short Online Courses The IEEE eLearning Library is composed of nearly 200 short, online courses in core and emerging technologies ranging from smart grid and biometrics to telecommunications and green engineering. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 Ruth Reynard |
Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction. |
Information Today June 5, 2014 |
Gale Virtual Reference Library Adds Wiley Ebooks These monographs cover topics such as business and economics, medicine, and computer science, as well as about 180 subjects in the For Dummies series. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Li Wang |
Technology Integration in Foreign Language Teaching Demonstrates the Shift From a Behavioral to a Constructivist Learning Approach Do we need technology in language classrooms? What kinds of services do computer technologies provide for these classrooms? |
Search Engine Watch June 2, 2010 Christian Arno |
Thinking Beyond a Monolingual Audience If you're in the business of selling products or services online, here's how to avoid cutting out more than three-quarters of your potential customers -- non-English speakers. |
Information Today June 17, 2010 |
ABC-CLIO eBooks Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library "By adding these titles to Gale Virtual Reference Library, we are expanding our reach and are providing librarians, students, and researchers with greater access to our ebooks," says Tom Fitzgerald, ABC-CLIO's vice president of sales. |