Workforce Resources
From WebjunctionWiki
Use this section to collect links to online resources that help libraries support the workforce in their community.
Resources for Job Seekers
Many state and local libraries have created or enhanced their websites to provide ready access to a variety of online resources to help job seekers. This list of sites is organized by state, with state library sites indicated in bold type. Please add to this list. An version is maintained and updated on WebJunction in the Workforce Resources area.
IMLS also has a collection of state library resources: Online Resource for Libraries and Jobseekers
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
- Arkansas State Library R.A.I.S.E.: Resource Assistance in Seeking Employment
- Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library
California
Colorado
- Arapahoe Library District Databases and Find a Great Job
- Boulder Library Business and Jobs
- Broomfield's Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library
- Denver Public Library
- Jefferson County Public Library and eTrain Mobile Training Lab
- Pueblo City County Library
Connecticut
- Connecticut State Library Job Search Toolkit
- Avon Public Library
- Bridgeport Public Library
- Darien Public Library
- Fairfield Public Library
- Ferguson Library
- Hartford Public Library
- Henry Carter Hull Library
- Russell Library
- New Haven Free Public Library
- Norwalk Public Library
- Simsbury Public Library
- West Hartford Public Library
- Westport Public Library
- Wilton Library Association
Delaware
- Delaware Division of Libraries Recession Resources Guide
- Delaware Division of Libraries Virtual Career Center
District of Columbia
- DC Job Seekers provided by the DC Public Library
Florida
- State-wide LSTA funded projects Get Help Florida and Right Service at the Right Time
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
- Iowa's Library Service Areas
- In collaboration with Iowa Workforce Development, the Resource Guide for Job Seekers
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Louisiana Jobs and Careers Center provided by the Louisiana State Library
Maine
Massachusetts
Maryland
- Baltimore County Public Library
- Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center - Job Seeker's Toolkit
Michigan
(Log in for access to MeL databases using Michigan Driver's License or State ID number)
Minnesota
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County Library - Jobs and Careers
- Morris Public Library
- Northfield
- Washington County Library - Jobs & Careers
- Rochester Public Library - Employment/Job Search Resources
- James J. Hill Reference Library (St. Paul-private business library)
- Ramsey County
- St. Paul
Mississippi
Missouri
- Career Development Toolkit on WebJunction-Missouri
Montana
- Employment Services from MT.gov, state workforce site at Montana State Library
Nebraska
New Jersey
- New Jersey State Library Get Help
- New Jersey State Library Virtual Career Center
- Burlington County Library System Jobs & Careers
- Trenton Public Library
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
- State Library of North Carolina Job Search Toolkit
- Forsyth County Public Library
- Union County Public Library
Ohio
and WebJunction-Ohio Resources for Job Seekers
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- WorkSC.org - Coordinated by the SC State Library
- State Library of South Carolina Network Business Resources Wiki and Starting a Business
South Dakota
- Black Hills Knowledge Network - Coordinated by the Rapid City Public Library
Tennessee
- Tennessee Library Association Libraries and Tough Economic Times. Includes 3 main sections: Job Training and Unemployment Resources, For Library Patrons, and For Libraries.
Texas
- Texas Workskills Development for Libraries. Includes end user sections as well as a Library Tools. Under library tools link, there are two complete course curriculums for librarians on resume writing, cover letters and interviews and Job Search Skills. See also the archived webinars on Getting Their Resumes Noticed.
Utah
- Employment and Career Information on Pioneer - Utah's Online Library.
Virginia
Washington
- Washington State Library Hard Times Resource Guide. See also webinar with the creators of the guide.
- Camas Public Library
- Everett Public Library
- Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
- King County Library System "Look to Your Library...Especially Now" site is a recipient of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. Congratulations KCLS!
- Liberty Lake Municipal Library
- Mount Vernon City Library
- Pierce County Library System
- Port Townsend Public Library
- Seattle Public Library
- Sno-Isle Libraries
- Spokane Community College Library Media Center
- Tacoma Public Library
- Timberland Regional Library
- Whitman County Library
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL) Jobs Start at your Library
- Antigo Public Library Career Connection (link in the left navigation column)
- Arrowhead
- Eastern Shores
- Indianhead
- Milwaukee County
- Outagamie Waupaca
- Winding Rivers
- Winnefox
Jobs for Librarians See page on WebJunction
Collaboration Resources
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford
Web Resources:
- WebJunction's Guide to Partnership Resources
- Community Partner Collaboration Guide
- MaintainIT Cookbook Resources: Effectively Collaborating with Other Libraries and Partners and Communication and Partnerships - Tools
- Library Collaboration: What makes it Work? by Murray Shepherd
- 8 things to know about collaboration from Reflections on Knowledge Management and Organizational Innovation
- Collaborative Librarianship A quarterly online journal on the topic Articles include (available as PDFs):
- Collaboration: The Big Picture An interview with the journal’s founder Gayle Dendinger v.1, No. 3 (2009)
- Collaboration Matters by Nicole Engard v.1, No. 3 (2009)
- An Iconoclast’s View of Collaboration: an interview with Stephen Abram v.1, No. 4 (2009)
- Tough Economic Times Call for More Library Cooperation: Report on a Wyoming and Colorado Alliance Conference v.1, No. 4 (2009)
- Collaborative Solutions Newsletters from Tom Wolff & Associates: Summer 2005 and Fall 2004
- From the Foundation Center, Nonprofit Collaboration Database including ways to collaborate.
Print Resources:
- Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, edited by Carol Smallwood, Published by ALA
- Collaboration for a Change: Definitions, Decision-making models, Roles, and Collaboration Process Guide. By Arthur T. Himmelman (see for info on requesting in this Collaborative Solutions Newsletter)
- Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition: A Review of Research Literature on Factors Influencing Successful Collaboration, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Webinars:
- WebJunction webinar: Collaborate in 2008, a "Top 10" list of ideas to reinvigorate cooperation among libraries
- WebJunction webinar: Building Community Partnerships, resources and best practices for connecting to others in the library community
- Infopeople webinar: George and Joan on Partnerships and Collaborations in Tough Times
Success stories
- Please take this short survey to tell us about your library partnership with a local workforce agency
- Library collaboration expands and translates job search skills training (Pima County, AZ)
- Ten Examples of Successful Library Collaborative Projects
