Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, taking interview classes, and making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way. Through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), WebJunction, the online learning community for library staff created by OCLC, a nonprofit library service and research organization; and the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) [our emphasis]have launched a one-year initiative to gather and share best practices for providing library-based employment services and programs to the unemployed.
“We know that libraries are making important contributions to the nation’s economic recovery, and IMLS is committed to helping those libraries help their communities get back to work,” said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director. “We admire this grant because of the educational opportunities it will provide and the relationships between libraries and economic and workforce development agencies that it will foster.”
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Additional IMLS resource: Libraries to the Rescue is a set of five podcasts, including one by Mary L. Boone, State Librarian of North Carolina, that focuses on how libraries are helping citizens access all types of employment assistance. Click here for a list of Online Resources for Libraries and Jobseekers.
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