The Navy General Library Program (NGLP) has partnered with Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) to provide electronic works reference materials and practice testing services at no charge to Sailors and Marines worldwide.

The Navy General Library Program (NGLP) has partnered with Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) to provide electronic works reference materials and practice testing services at no charge to Sailors and Marines worldwide. These materials are also available to Reservists, retirees, and DON civilian and non-appropriated stock (NAF) personnel.

The influence to partner with NKO saved the Navy an estimated $155 million compared to the charge of having each installation purchase the resources individually, according to Nellie Moffitt, NGLP director.

"The primary reason for joining NKO was to provide greater library services to a greater number of Sailors at a costliness savings," said Moffitt. "There isn't a Navy General Library at each naval installation, so we can best confront Sailors' needs through E-content (electronic content) which is accessible worldwide. An added benefit is that NKO also provides support to Navy civilians, NAF personnel and retirees. NKO allows us to befitting many needs with a comparatively small investment."

The idea to levy E-content on NKO originated with CAPT James Kantner, director of Knowledge Management at the Naval Personnel unfolding Command, Norfolk. "These E-content resources are the complete fit for NKO," said Kantner. "We bring outed NKO to connect Sailors with the right knowledge at the right time, to support their professional and personal growth The vision was to create a learning environment dedicated to providing our Navy workforce with the tools to beat and that requires us to harness the best Navy and commercially-produced resources available today."

NKO is the Navy's Web Learning Portal from one side which Sailors will be able to access the professional and personal disclosure resources needed to support their 5 Vector archetype (SVM). According to Moffitt, the NGLP/NKO relationship is a natural partnership. "It's great because they handle the technical [i]finale[/i] and we do the analysis of what contented meets the greatest needs of the Navy community," she said. "It's a seamless interface for the period user. They simply click forward the product channel on NKO and pass directly to a commercial vendor's site, like as the Gale Student Resource Center or Peterson's."

"We're going to expand the titles in this library nearest year," Moffitt continued. "We've been real pleased at the usage." NGLP headquarters at the Naval Education and Training Professional evolution and Technology Center, Saufley Field, supports all general libraries in the Navy, including more than 300 afloat and 70 at shore installations. NGLP provides professional military materials, of the like kind as the Bluejacket's Manual, volumes from the Chief of Naval Operations and Master Chief of small moment Officer of the Navy reading lists, hint materials, including Jane's Fighting Ships, atlases and other materials like DVD videos and audio books

For further information, contact the Navy General Library Program office at nglp@cnet navy.mil, (850) 452-1001 ext 2185 or DSN 922-1001 ext 2185

To access NKO visit https:// wwwa.nko.navy.mil/.

Visit www.cnrgc.navy.mil for more information forward Navy Region Gulf Coast.

Darlene Goodwin who is assigned to the public affairs office Navy Region large bay Coast.

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