SBDC Center Director & HBRL In The News

An article in the Honolulu Advertiser today recognized the work of O`ahu Center Director, Caroline Kim, with a local swimming pool service company in obtaining a small business loan. The article also mentions the use of the HBRL by Kim to obtain resources and information that have helped the client run his business. Click here to read the full-text.

Library Director Ruth Corn Retires

On February 2, 2007, Ruth Corn retired as library director of the Hawai`i Business Research Library. Ruth founded the library in 1992 when it was first created by the Maui Economic Development Board, and later oversaw its eventual transition to a specialty center under the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network's statewide small business assistance program. In 2004 she was recognized for her achievements when she received the SBA's Research Advocate Award for the State of Hawai`i. The new Acting Director is Sonia Isotov King.

Libraries are Key to Building Local Economic Base Says New Study

January 11, 2007 (Evanston, ILL) – Public libraries build a community’s capacity for economic activity and resiliency, says a new study from the Urban Institute. Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development adds to the body of research pointing to a shift in the role of public libraries -- from a passive, recreational reading and research institution to an active economic development agent, addressing such pressing urban issues as literacy, workforce training, small business vitality and community quality of life. The study was commissioned by the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Click here.