Due to popular demand,
the American Library Association will host another free e-government
webinar for public librarians on May 1, 2013 @ 2 p.m EST. Librarians who
take part in the new webinar, titled “E-Government in Action: Matching
People with Jobs,” will learn how to provide job-related e-government
services to patrons. Register now
The
new webinar will focus on the ways that libraries can provide patrons
with job assistance. As part of the webinar, participants will hear from
numerous e-government grant recipients on innovative workforce
development programs that have successfully connected people with jobs.
Speakers include:
- Janice Collins: The Mandel Public Library (West Palm Beach, Fla.) technology supervisor will discuss the “Career Catalyst Program,” a career initiative that creates and manages employment initiatives to assist unemployed library users in one setting.
- Betha Gutsche: The WebJunction OCLC programs manager will discuss the organization’s partnership with the State Library of North Carolina, which produced an innovative curriculum and provided training for library staff throughout the U.S. to assist patrons with job and career skills through their Project Compass Program.
- Tiffany McClary and Sheri Shafer will discuss NJ Works @ your Library, the New Jersey State Library Program that gives libraries the tools they need to expand services to the unemployed and underemployed.
- Jeff Scott: The Tulare County (Calif.) deputy county librarian will detail the library’s innovative “Job in a Box” grant program that reaches the unemployed through job-resource book vending machines at One Stop locations.
