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... a resource of the Enterprise
and Economic Development Library which is free and open
to all. To browse the main sections of the library, CLICK
HERE.
Page 10 of the Introduction
to The Network is a directory to the main section and some
other popular areas of the library. Page
9 of the introduction is about
the search promise. The following paragraphs append the information
at the top of this page.
The promise is an offer of personal assistance as a free service
in the event that you reach a dead
end while searching or are otherwise dissatisfied
with what you find.
The offer is extended to cover your searches
outside The Network. In
other words when you initiate a search
from within a website of The Network our (who
we are) promise
goes with you.
Of course, we can't fix problems such as broken
links or wrong information that leave you at dead
ends outside The Network. We will investigate and respond with
guidance as a free service if you ask us to deliver on our search
promise. Send us an email.
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A footnote to the history of The
Network search
promise involves
the demise of an association once well know in corporate
real estate and industrial
assets management as well as economic development circles for the
networking opportunities organized for its members.
A remnant of the membership
directory of the International Development Research Council (IDRC) remained
online for months after the association was disbanded. Although well-intended,
the IDRC contact
directory become more and more outdated
as time passed, as might be expected. It fouled
search engines
and contributed to many dead
end frustrations.
The upside for participants in the mission
of The Network was
that names and addresses of the associates of
the International
Development Research Council were salvaged from the final issue
of its membership directory by Economic
Development Services as we recreated
records for all associate
members in the global directory of contacts maintained by The Network.
There they remain to this day but not without attention given to updating contact
data.
See the
answer to the question of why there are so many dead
ends online.
Access to directories other than its own Global
Registry of Contacts is provided by The Network for its users. For example, see the file, US
Economic Development Directories. Also, The Network freely
provides access to websites
such as Ecodevdirectory.com.
Yet another example of how The Network provides multiple options
for users to search for contacts is the addition of radio
buttons for querying the websites of publications to the the Google/.network search
engine. Want to make a search now to see what a publication dedicated
to site selection and economic development has to offer? CLICK
HERE.
All resource
and service provider contact information from the final membership
directory published by the American
Economic Development Council was copied to the GRC database in 2001.
Today users of The Network can submit an
update of a database record without incurring any cost or
obligations. The Network is open
access. Our offer to keep records
from the AEDC database
comes under the search promise of The Network.
FAQ: Can I check to see if my contact data in
available through the GRC? answer
FAQ: Where can site selectors discreetly gather
information about locations? answer
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