Career Services and Workforce Development Centers for Libraries

A Guide

AvRaymond Pun,Arpine Eloyan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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With the rise of unemployment, increased career growth opportunities, and changing workforce demographics, libraries can support job seekers in 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 collaborationsideas on how libraries can be embedded in the workforce development community by providing a series of job readiness activities, programs, and serviceshow academic and public librarians can support their users exploring career opportunities and developmentexamines 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 communitiesHow 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-18
Mått:158 x 236 x 17 mm
Vikt:395 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:164
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538186503

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Mer om författaren

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.

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A timely and essential read for libraries looking to enhance career services while grappling with post-pandemic realities and the rise of generative AI. Offers actionable insights that will help you deliver practical services to your community.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1: Career Services and Job Centers in LibrariesAn Interview with Marzena ErmlerAn Interview with Lateka GraysAn Interview with Elizabeth JosephChapter 2: Specialized Career Services in LibrariesAn Interview with Kara Van AbelAn Interview with Monika ChavezAn Interview with Rebecca HastieChapter 3: Workforce Development and Impact on LibrariesAn Interview with Lori FisherAn 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 AuthorsIndex