Business e-Newsletter from the Ottawa Public Library
The Ottawa Public Library Services to Business publishes a Business e-Newsletter every two months. Each issue introduces valuable resources on a particular topic. To date we have covered topics such as business innovation, leadership, and home-based business. Resources introduced include relevant recent titles (print and audio) in the Ottawa Public Library collection; useful websites, blogs, and podcasts; statistics and quotes; and a recommended database from the Ottawa Public Library.
Subscribe to the Business e-Newsletter by emailing us at InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca.
Subscribing will also keep you up to date on Business Workshops at the Ottawa Public Library.
Current Issue
Past Issues
- September 2018 - Market Research
- April 2018 - Business Networking
- January 2018 - Intergenerational Workplace
- November 2017 - Succession Planning
- September 2017 - Food Business
- May 2017 - Social Entrepreneurship
- March 2017 - Work-Life Balance
- January 2017 - Business Planning and Business Models
- November 2016 - Speaker Series Highlights
- September 2016 - Online Business
- May 2016 - Social Media Marketing for Your Business
- March 2016 – Navigating Business Insurance
- January 2016 – Business Taxes
- November 2015 - Highlights from OPL Speaker Series, BDC Small Business Week™ 2015
- August 2015 - Hiring and Managing Employees
- May 2015 - Business Networking
- March 2015 - Business Financing
- January 2015 - Business Innovation
- November 2014 - Highlights of Small Business Week® Speaker Series 2014
- September 2014 – Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
- January 2014 - Market Research
- November 2013 - Small Business Week
Archived Issues
If you would like to access archived issues of the business e-newsletter, dating September 2013 and earlier, please email InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca. Please specify the issue and topic title (chosen from the list below) which you would like to access.
- September 2013 – Customer Relations
- May 2013 - Bootstrapping
- March 2013 – Are You an Entrepreneur?
- January 2013 - Leadership
- November 2012 - Small Business Week 2012 Roundup
- September 2012 – Customer Relations Management
- July 2012 - Social Enterprise
- May 2012 - Social Networking
- March 2012 - Home-based Business
- January 2012 – Resolutions
- November 2011 – Small Business Week Roundup
- September 2011 - Change management
- July 2011 – Marketing
- May 2011 – Buying and Selling a Business
- March 2011 – Human Resources
- January 2011 - SME Resources in Ottawa
- November 2010 - Growing your business
- September 2010 - Finance
- July 2010 - Networking
- May 2010 - Non-Profit Business
- March 2010 - Intergenerational Workplace
- January 2010 - Work-Life Balance
- November 2009 - Leadership
- September 2009 - Business Innovation
- July 2009 - Home-based Business
- May 2009 - Business Success
Blogs
29/10/2018
Rubina Ahmed-Haq, personal finance journalist explains the major roadblocks to saving and outlines what you can do today to start being better with your money.
Blog entry
26/10/2018
November is Make a Will Month. Learn about the importance of having a will...
Blog entry
20/09/2018
Have you been following #askalibrarian on Twitter but would really prefer to #askalibrarian in...
Blog entry
08/08/2018
Did you know the Beaverbrook branch is home to a Business Librarian ? The...
Blog entry
Online resources
Helps learners develop their written business communication skills in the context of emails, SMS, letters and reports. Topics include the writing process, linking ideas and writing clearly.
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Up-to-date information on hundreds of Canadian grant-making foundations and corporations, as well as more than 150 American foundations that have a history of philanthropy in Canada. Choose your terms carefully when you set up your search. A range of options...
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Analyze industry events and trends, company performance and activity, as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Publications include broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings, investment reports, market overviews, country snapshots, and industry...
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A directory of 1.5 million Canadian company profiles compiled from telephone directories, annual reports, government data, chamber of commerce information, business magazines, newspapers, specialty directories, and postal services information. Enables entrepreneurs, job-hunters, and consumers to find businesses in any industry...
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Provides an introduction to Euromonitor International’s global business research. It offers unlimited access to more than 5,000 industry and country reports across 80 countries as well as daily breaking news articles on factors influencing the business landscape.
Database
The Value Line Investment Survey and Small & Midcap Survey offers access to over 3,500 stocks across 100 industries. This includes analysts’ reports, statistics and forecasts of stock performance.
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