Posted in demographics, entrepreneurs, just for fun, library services, statistics on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the 18th annual South Carolina Industry Appreciation Week last week, we spent some time thinking about our local industries.
Facts about Charleston’s Business Community:
Charleston County has 11,959 business establishments as of 20061
179,971 workers were employed by these establishments in 20061
Gross sales by Charleston County businesses were $12,880,870,684 during fiscal year 2005-061
The top 5 industries in Charleston [...]
Posted in just for fun, library services, statistics on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This blog turned one year old yesterday! It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been writing here for a year. Apparently there are about 52 posts (some of which are drafts I’ve yet to publish), so that averages about one a week, which was kind of what I was hoping for in the first [...]
Posted in SC, statistics, traffic counts on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting and sometimes frustrating part of the business librarian’s job is the sheer amount of information out there to be found. Saying you’re a business librarian is like saying “I live on Earth.” There are so many facets to the business reference world that it seems like it would take more than one lifetime [...]
Posted in business plans, business resources, demographics, essential sources, statistics on February 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Part 2 of the Essential Sources series, and we’re back in the world of statistics for another post. Both of these titles are published by New Strategist Publications and offer easier access to BLS data.
Best Customers is another work based on the BLS’s Consumer Expenditures Survey. This book looks at spending patterns by demographic [...]
Posted in business resources, demographics, essential sources, marketing, statistics on January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here at the library, we field a lot of the same kinds of question about business. Most of our patrons are in various stages of planning a small business, so as a result, we tend to use some of the same books over and over again to solve the same problems. “Essential Sources” will be [...]
