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Career Services and Workforce Development Centers for Libraries

A Guide
Buch | Hardcover
168 Seiten
2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-8650-3 (ISBN)
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This book is the starting point for libraries interested in supporting career/workforce development work. It goes beyond the “collection development” activities and suggests the model of embedded librarianship to actively position librarians in career centers and librarians within workforce development issues.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, at least 5.6 million people are seeking for new job opportunities since April 2024. Libraries can play an important role in supporting job seekers through several ways. Career Services and Workforce Development Center for Libraries: A Guide serves as a resource for libraries interested in creating, supporting or enhancing their career services, economic and workforce development programs for their communities.

Going beyond collection development and hosting job fair activities, the book covers:



teaching resources and interviews from library leaders supporting workforce development initiatives or collaborations
ideas on how libraries can be embedded in the workforce development community by providing a series of job readiness activities, programs, and services
how academic and public librarians can support their users exploring career opportunities and development
examines employment trends and resources such as generative artificial intelligence to dive into these issues so libraries can stay active in identifying new skill development and technologies to support their communities

How can one start a career services or job center program in their libraries? What are specialized career services in libraries being offered? How can libraries advocate for funding for workforce development? Divided into five chapters, each chapter addresses these questions and provides a series of examples, ideas, and resources for readers to consider replicating in their own libraries. If you are looking for ideas for your libraries to support a community of job seekers, this is the book for you.

Raymond Pun is the academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education. He previously served as a career coach for New York Public Library’s Career Center and has experiences supporting entrepreneurship programs. In his past experiences, he has partnered with Student Affairs, Career Development Center, Writing Center and other departments to create student engagement programs. Arpine Eloyan is a community library manager in Los Angeles County Library. She has previously worked in Glendale Public Library in various roles. Native speaker of Armenian, Arpine is an experienced librarian with many years working in public libraries such as collection maintenance, community and social services engagement, especially with the Armenian community. Michael R. Oppenheim has been business research and collections librarian in the Rosenfeld Management Library, UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, since 1997. Prior to working at UCLA, he was a government information and reference librarian at California State University, Los Angeles, and the federal documents depository librarian at Whittier College.

IntroductionChapter 1: Career Services and Job Centers in LibrariesAn Interview with Marzena Ermler
An Interview with Lateka Grays

An Interview with Elizabeth Joseph

Chapter 2: Specialized Career Services in LibrariesAn Interview with Kara Van Abel

An Interview with Monika Chavez

An Interview with Rebecca Hastie

Chapter 3: Workforce Development and Impact on LibrariesAn Interview with Lori Fisher

An Interview with Megan Janicki

An Interview with Dr. Corinthia Price

Chapter 4: Resources and TrainingChapter 5: Vignettes and Scenarios Appendix A: SurveyB: Interview/Focus GroupsC: Practice Questions to Ask in an InterviewD: Resume Formatting E. Assessment Meeting with a Job SeekerAbout the Authors

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.11.2024
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10 1-5381-8650-0 / 1538186500
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-8650-3 / 9781538186503
Zustand Neuware
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