Career Centers and Libraries - Leading Together, Cindy Verduce

1. CAREER CENTERS AND
LIBRARIES: LEADING
TOGETHER TO ADVANCE
CAREER INFORMATION
LITERACY
Connie Scott, Director, McMillen Library
Cindy Price Verduce, Director, Career Services
CDPI Fall Conference
Oct 2010

2. August 2009
WELCOME
 Who you are
 Who we are & what we do
 What is Career Information Literacy and why
we support it
 Mutual Benefits
 Your Best Practices
 References

3. August 2009
WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
 Indiana Tech Core Purpose: To provide career-
focused, professional programs of higher learning
 Indiana Tech Fact Sheet
 McMillen Library
 Career Planning and Development Center
 www.IndianaTech.edu

4. August 2009
WHAT IS CAREER INFORMATION LITERACY?
Combining Information Literacy Skills with
Career Focused Learning:
 Know
 Access
 Evaluate
 Use
 Understand ethical, legal and social
issues of information
From: ACRL Information Literacy Standards in a Nutshell
Adapted from http://www.acrl.org

5. August 2009
WHY CAREER INFORMATION LITERACY?
 Employment-always a hot topic
 Past, present and future economies
affect libraries and career offices
 Diverse workforce: age, race/ethnicity,
second & third career entry
 Reciprocal Referrals

6. August 2009
CAREER SERVICES
“This statement from a 1989 article, Working
With Your College Library, succinctly outlines
the dominant theme found in the literature:
collaboration between career services and
libraries strengthens the quality of services
for each entity and provides greater access
to information for students.
Quenoy, P., Orgeron, E. (2003). Working with Wisdom: Collaboration Between Career Services and University Libraries.
Library and Information Technology website: http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/pdf/orgeron.pdf

7. August 2009
CAREER SERVICES
“The consensus among all of the literature is
that the presence of career service literacy
among library personnel and career
professionals well versed in library services
may be the key component in service
provision for career and job seekers.”
Quenoy, P., Orgeron, E. (2003). Working with Wisdom: Collaboration Between Career Services and University Libraries.
Library and Information Technology website: http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/pdf/orgeron.pdf

8. August 2009
CAREER SERVICES
 Reciprocal Referrals
 Educate Library Staff on Services offered in the Career Center
so that they can direct the students to our office
 Discuss/Emphasis Information Literacy as it relates to career
planning & development
 House all Career Center career related materials in the library –
 Walk students down to the Ray Broshar Career Resource Center located in
the McMillen Library
 Fully understand the services offered in the library that relate to
career planning & development in addition to pertinent skill
development (resumes, cover letters, interviewing, etc.) and
inform Career Center Staff
 Share newsletters, flyers, postings, etc. in each other’s offices

9. August 2009
CAREER SERVICES
 Educate both Librarians & Career Center Staff
 Help Career Center Staff understand how the field is changing
 Global Considerations
 Knowledge management
 Specialty Librarians
 Media - Jonathan Milder of the Food Network
 Corporate
 Technology
 Law
 Teaching
 Museum, Archived, Genealogy
 Share materials, websites, etc. with Career Center Staff -
 Help staff in recognizing the traits necessary to be successful
librarian in the future so they might suggest the profession to
students.
 Post information you receive on scholarships, etc. with the Career
Center – website, Warrior Jobs Announcements
 Personality types similar to engineers and computer sciences

10. August 2009
CAREER SERVICES
 Collaborate
 Career Leadership Institute Weeks
 Book Chapter -Environments for Student Growth and
Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration
Sponsor Displays related to Career Center topics -
American Business Women’s Day Celebration,
Professional Dress, resumes, etc. – provides information
and brings attention to events
 Sponsor Career Related Events in the Library – Mock
Interviews, Psychology Presentations, Breakfast with Santa
 Sponsor Workshops – graduate school admissions
resources co-sponsored together
 Workshops on use of databases and resources for
research on companies
 Joint Advertising for events such as LIS Online Career Fair

11. August 2009
MUTUAL BENEFITS

12. August 2009
YOUR BEST PRACTICES
 Share ideas about your
experiences…
 What types of collaborations do you
have with your library?

13. August 2009
REFERENCES
 LibraryCareers.org
 Getajob.ala.org
 Kate Joranson and Eve Wider, “Librarians on the case: Helping
students prepare for job interviews in an uncertain economy.”
College and Research Library News, 70:7(2009) 404-407
 Tracey Simon, “Librarianship as a Second Career,” Library Worklife:
HR E-news for Today’s Leaders, 2:10 ,2005 (accessed October 2,
2009)
 Quenoy, P., Orgeron, E. (2003). Working with Wisdom:
Collaboration Between Career Services and University Libraries.
Library and Information Technology website:
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/pdf/orgeron.pdf

14. August 2009
THANK YOU
But what can a man see of a library
being one day in it?
- James Boswell
Contact us:
cescott@indianatech.edu or
cpverduce@indianatech.edu