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Project Compass News

► January 9, 2012 Year Two Project Report: Project Compass Lights a Path to Workforce Recovery (PDF). If you would like to request print copies of the report, please contact Zola Maddison maddisoz@oclc.org.

► September 1, 2011 Library Journal Feature Story by Betha Gutsche, Program Manager, A Boon to the Workforce: How Librarians Help Workers in Need of 21st-Century Skills

► August 2011 IMLS Primary Source, Featured Project Profile: National Librarian Training Program Supports Workforce Recovery Efforts

Key Resources

Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Highlights from Project Compass (webinar archive)
The Project Compass team and special guests reviewed the highlights from the staff training workshops and from the actions libraries have taken as a result of the project.

NEW! Project Compass Curriculum Workbook for training library staff on providing workforce recovery services

Project Compass Workshop Materials: individual handouts from the curriculum

Guide to WebJunction Workforce Resources

Library Web-Based Directories guiding patrons in hard times

Webinar Archives and Videos related to economic recovery

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Project EASE: Education Assistance to Support Employability
This program at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District helps job seekers acquire basic education and employment skills to be more marketable in a competitive job market.
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Project Compass Oregon Online Workshop Materials
Collection of slide presentations and supporting documents for Oregon State Library's online offering of the Project Compass workshop curriculum.
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Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Highlights from Project Compass
Archive and related resources from October 27, 2011 webinar with Project Compass staff, trainers and participants on project highlights.
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Small Business Start-up Backpack
Cindy Parker, director, Friends' Memorial Public Library (PA) introduces the Small Business Start-up Backpack that was created for McKean County libraries by the Entrepreneurship Program University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
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Ideas for Workforce Recovery from Small but Mighty Libraries
When staff from rural and small libraries in 14 states gathered to focus on workforce recovery, they generated a wealth of ideas.
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