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ResumeMaker is offering a group discount free trial period to TBLC members. See below for more details, and contact Vickie Frost at (813) 622-8252 (ext. 224) for more information.

ResumeMaker helps job seekers write professional resumes and search millions of job openings from one location.  Quick-and-easy step-by-step wizards quide patrons through building resumes and cover letters, without assistance from Library Staff.  ResumeMaker provides everything patrons need to create, store, and distribute top-quality resumes and cover letters, and keep track of contacts, companies, data, and documents that contribute to finding a job.

ResumeMaker’s career resources include virtual interview practice, interview tips, expert job search advice, and an internet job finder – linking job seekers to over 60 job boards across the country from one screen.  Job finder gadget sits on the computer screen and instantly notifies a patron when a job is posted that meets their specific criteria. 

ResumeMaker has been rated the #1 selling resume writing and career development solution for the last 10 years.  ResumeMaker is published by Individual Software, Inc., a 26 year old company, with a rich history of designing and publishing software solutions for education and business. 

ResumeMaker is a popular solution for libraries because it is easy for patrons to use, requires little or no help from library staff, and has thousand of professional samples, cover letters, and phrases written by certified resume writers.  It is the only software solution designed for the broad demographic base of patrons served by libraries, from entry level to the most seasoned professionals, in almost every conceivable market sector and industry.

TBLC maintains a collection of free videos that are available to all our members, and we’ve just added a new title.

Supervisory Solutions: 6 skills you need to succeed in management
Do you often feel a little overwhelmed in your role as manager or supervisor? Do you feel that others have unreasonable expectations of you now that you’re “part of management”? While that’s not necessarily fair, it’s usually a fact.

Chances are that you got into management because you excelled at what you were doing. You had mastered a special set of skills. Along the way, others noticed your healthy ambition, desire to lead, and maybe even a natural gift to teach others. All of those skills helped you get to this point. Now, what does it take to survive and succeed in this new management role?

Presented by Janet Kirch.

Click here to request this video or view all available titles.

Thorndike Press offers the following discounts to TBLC members. If you are interested, email sherry.cookson@cengage.com. Use promo code L2790 and mention that you are a TBLC member.

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Thorndike Press, part of Gale/Cengage Learning, is the World’s Largest Publisher of Large Print Books. We offer over 1,200 individual titles a year to choose from, at a 20% discount, and shipping is FREE!

We also have over 37 Large Print Standing Order Plans. Our editors take the guesswork out of title selection. Using the same collection development criteria that librarians use — like Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and the New York Times Book Review — they look for well-reviewed and award-winning titles for your Standing Order Plans. Large Print readers want to read what everyone else is reading, and we publish the most New York Times bestsellers available in Large Print, as close as possible to the standard print publications date.

Most Thorndike and Wheeler Standing Orders are discounted at 25% and shipping is always FREE! Standing Orders allow you to bring the best there is in Large Print to your patrons automatically each month.

16-point Plantin
NAVH approved
All titles are complete and unabridged

Simultaneous Publications:

Each year, Thorndike Press will publish approximately 105-120 Large Print bestselling titles simultaneously with the Original Publishers’ Standard Print Edition. This allows you to bring these exciting titles to all your patrons, without the wait!

How to Order:
Phone: 1-800-223-1244, ext. 4 or 1048
Fax: 1-800-558-4676
E-mail: sherry.cookson@cengage.com  
Visit us on the web @ www.gale.cengage.com/thorndike/

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KENNEBEC LARGE PRINT

Kennebec Large Print offers high quality, bestselling titles in the popular softcover format at a more affordable price to help you enhance your Large Print collection just when demand is highest.

Kennebec Large Print offers 4 softcover Standing Orders at a 40% discount and shipping is FREE! But if a Standing Order is not for you, any of the Kennebec Large Print titles can be purchased individually at a 20% discount with FREE shipping. And you can combine these titles with Thorndike, Wheeler, and Five Star titles to meet your Librarian’s Choice Plan commitments.

How to order
Phone: 1-800-223-1244, ext. 4 or 1048
Fax: 800-558-4676
E-mail: sherry.cookson@cengage.com 
Visit us on the web @ www.kennebeclargeprint.com

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FIVE STAR PUBLISHING

Our Five Star (standard print) original fiction titles bring you even more title selection for your patrons, also at 20% and FREE shipping on individual titles!

But if a standing order is the way you want to go, when you sign up for a Five Star standing order, you will receive great original fiction standard print titles by bestselling and award winning authors, as well as fresh and exciting voices in the publishing field. An all our Five Star Standing Orders are offered at a 25% discount, and shipping is always FREE. Our titles are well reviewed by Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Save Time and money by signing up today so you can start receiving these fantastic additions to your collection.

How to order
Phone: 1-800-223-1244, ext. 4 or 1048
Fax: 800-558-4676
E-mail: sherry.cookson@cengage.com  
Visit us on the web @ www.gale.cengage.com/fivestar

The Area Agency on Aging has entered into a partnership with public libraries in Florida this year, in order to provide information and assistance to seniors. Five video components have been assembled in order to provide library public service staff and patrons with new resources to access government and community information.

Your input is very valuable to us. If you would take a few minutes to review each component and respond to some survey questions, your comments will help us to finalize a prototype for the Area Agency on Aging/Public Libraries Partnership for Seniors. The prototype is under development and will be a webpage with Agency videos, forms and tutorials.

With your input, the prototype will also be utilized by the Florida E-Government Work Group as a template for any government or community agency that would like to partner with Florida public libraries.

The deadline to respond to this survey is May 1. If you need assistance or have any questions, please email Catherine Cottle at catherine_cottle@yahoo.com.

This project is brought to you by USF School of Library & Information Science, the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, the Area Agency on Aging and the Pasco County Library Cooperative.

The survey includes a link to the video components.  The survey is here.