INFORUM 2011

Gale’s New Learning Environments: Gale’s "In Context" Products and the "Gale Virtual Reference Library"

Author

Karsten Sydow, Gale - Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd, Germany

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• Presentation

Abstract

Gale’s new portfolio of online solutions is designed to meet the needs of today’s students, educators and librarians alike. The new Gale In Context family of products — including topical Biography, Canada, Opposing Viewpoints, Science, Student Resources and History (U.S. and World) editions — represents a fundamental shift in Gale’s approach to product development. This learning environment provides a revolutionary user experience that’s supported by:
• The acclaimed content for which Gale is known — including more than 5,000 unique titles
• Engaging, highly-relevant and media-rich content delivered in context through more than 1,800 Web-like topic pages
• Customizable options to help you best serve your users
• Convenient user tools such as Search Assist, interactive maps, Web 2.0 sharing, ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology, language translations and more The Web has changed how people gather and consume information. With this in mind, Gale applied feedback from the community and extensive user research to develop an evolved set of tools to support these 21st-century learners as they develop critical thinking and information literacy skills. The results are the Gale In Context suite of online solutions and Gale’s Virtual Reference Library 2.0 that make discovering information engaging, simple and fun for the user.

Author's professional CV

Karsten Sydow has been working as Sales Representative for Gale – Cengage Learning (Library Reference Division) for Central and Eastern Europe, and most parts of Germany since December 2008. He studied Library Science, Modern History, and Political Science at Humboldt University in Berlin. University-, State and Special Libraries in Central Europe are in cooperation with him on print- and eBooks, digital collections, and online databases.