Ohio: “Akron-Summit County Library Reaches Out to Entrepreneurs, Opens Microbusiness Center”
From Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com:
Librarians won’t be shushing folks at a new center for entrepreneurs at the Akron-Summit County Main Library in downtown Akron.
Library leaders have launched the library’s Microbusiness Center and Co-working Space. Think shared or communal work space — available for free and with easy access to resources, such as business librarians and databases used to research competition.
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The center had a “soft opening” in February and formal opening last week.
So far, 18 people have applied to use the center and have gone through an informal orientation, [Linda] Hale, [microbusiness specialist], said.
Funding for the new center came from a Knight Foundation grant awarded on Jan. 1, 2015. Details here.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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