Name: Libraries as Career Boosters: Helping Our Patrons Soar
Start: 2024-05-09T14:50:00-0600
End: 2024-05-09T15:40:00-0600

Welcome to the 2024 joint conference for the Utah Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association!

Wifi network ULA-MPLA 2024, password ULAMPLA24

Libraries as Career Boosters: Helping Our Patrons Soar

How can libraries support the career and employment needs of patrons? Come learn from the experiences of librarians in both academic and public library settings! The presenters will share best practices for identifying patron needs and designing services to meet them, recommended affordable career research resources, and collaborating with organizations outside the library. Whether you work with students preparing for jobs, individuals returning to the workforce after time away, entrepreneurs and small business owners, or adults looking to switch careers, there are simple ways you can enhance library services to better support patrons.

Speakers

Maggie Marchant

Economics, Finance & Data Librarian, Brigham Young University

I am the Economics, Finance, and Data Librarian at Brigham Young University. I started my current role in the fall of 2021 and love the opportunity to work with and help students and faculty. I also love getting to work and constantly learn with great colleagues at BYU and throughout... Read More →

Lee Whiting

Manager, Salt Lake County Library

Member of the Utah Health Literacy Coalition. Interested in supporting CHIS Training. Interested in topics of business librarianship and supporting small business/ entrepreneurial activities in public library settings. Chair-elect ULA Business Roundtable.