Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: A series of generous grants by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to public libraries in several states (first in New York, and later in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nebraska, and Washington) has in the last several years resulted in the creation of a number of education, job, and career information centers.These centers have enriched services in libraries by bringing librarians in direct contact with other professionals, most notably career counselors and adult educators, and by making available to library users interactive career counseling software and career guidance services.There is a great range of professional practice subsumed in these Kellogg funded education information centers (EICs).These centers, usually start with a very strong materials collection, interactive software packages, and information services needed to support the needs of job seekers and career changers.Most EICs, known by such names as Job and Career Information Center, Work Place, Work World, and Education Information Center, provide extensive client centered activities which include advisement and counseling regarding the job seeking/career change process.At some sites there are career counselors working at the library; at others librarians refer clients to the services of career counselors.These services have provided badly needed, free assistance to citizens in well over a hundred communities in the funded states.Their success has been due to several factors: their design--which focuses on the needs of the individuals, a well designed training package, a community based approach which involves working closely with ap-
Source: Journal of Career Development
DOI: 10.1007/bf01321272
Author: Joan C. Durrance
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W1968781490