1. North Carolina’s ^ Secret Weapon for Statewide Economic Development
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North Carolina’s ^ Secret Weapon for Statewide Economic Development
Jill Morris, Assistant Director, NC LIVE

2. 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!

3. NC LIVE – Statewide Online Library Service
A consortium of 198 libraries across North Carolina.
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Public Libraries
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Community College System
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University of North Carolina System
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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.
Success

4. Resources that Drive Business
All libraries have access to tools business can use via NC LIVE.
MARKETING & FUNDRAISING
NEWS & INDUSTRY TRENDS
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!

5. 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

6. Getting the Word Out! NC Entrepreneurship Summit
Local Events & Conferences
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
Other Examples
Land Trust Assembly
County Department Heads Meetings
NC Association of County Commissioners

7. Partnering with BLINC
askBLINC – a “train-the-trainer” approach to business resources
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 to to get help from business librarian experts.
The askBLINC team responds to the librarian with helpful advice.

8. Thank you! Questions or Comments? Jill Morris NC LIVE (919) 513-0451 On
On Facebook facebook.com/NCLIVEOnlineLibrary