“Career research is often helpful when you can creatively connect students to existing resources“ (Pun, R., & Kubo, H., 2017).
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Pun, R., & Kubo, H. (2017). Beyond Career Collection Development: Academic Libraries Collaborating with Career Center for Student Success. Public Services Quarterly, 13(2), 134–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2017.1300558
This is a qualitative case study of an academic library in Fresno State that decided to collaborate with their local Career Development Center. It details exactly how the library sought out connecting, collaborating, and bringing cohesion to their very own collection and resources by linking them under the banner of Career Development. The program was a success and lead to the development of a drop-in career consultation center from within the library. There is a afterword with advice on how to best engage library patrons with career development services and programming.
For the purposes of INFO 266, here is a great real-life example of the concept of connection development and the immediate benefits of its practice. It details exactly how one library decided to move beyond its collection and take advice from outside parties to breathe new life into their existing resources (whether it be their librarians, book collection, subscribed databases, access to LinkedIn Learning or Mango, etc), things that would have otherwise been limited to strictly academic use. Having identified Career Development as a fertile asset in my library branch of study, the examples here were immediately applicable with equivalent connections I was able to discover locally.
Future students seeking to discover ideas for potential connections for their libraries of study can find plenty of real-life examples and new angles to consider in this case study.
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