Re-tooling Frontline Staff with E-government Resources
Originally presented June 3, 2010.
Knowing how to find and use E-government resources is critical for patrons who need access to information related to unemployment, food stamps, Medicaid, tax forms, health and housing; and many people are asking their public library to help them navigate this information. To meet these new and increased demands on frontline staff, libraries in Florida are collaborating with government agencies and social service organizations to provide the best service possible to patrons in their state. Join us for this webinar with representatives of Florida libraries, who will share their strategies used to educate both the public and frontline staff on how to access this information and their experiences building partnerships with other agencies in their communities to respond to workforce development needs. Presenters include Nancy Fredericks, E-Government Librarian, Pasco County Public Library Cooperative; Karen Clinton Brown, Library Program Specialist, State Library and Archives of Florida; Sol M. Hirsch, Library Director and Otto C. Pleil, Reference Librarian from the Alachua County Library District.
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Resources on WebJunction:
- Workforce Resources
- State and Local examples of Library Websites providing Resources for Job Seekers
- Community Accessed E-Government Websites compiled by Nancy Fredericks for Pasco County Public Library Cooperative
- Federal Workforce Development Resources and an Overview of the US Public Workforce System
- Examples of Library Partnerships with Workforce Agencies
- Community and Library Services Analysis Tools
- Government Information in the 21st Century
- Collaboration Resources
Addtional Links:
- State Library and Archives of Florida
- E-Government in Public Libraries: Legal Concerns featuring Mary Minow (Webinar recording from November 12, 2009)
- LegalConcerns E-Government: Tips, Tools and Best Practices (Webinar recording from August 11, 2009)
- TipsTools E-Government in Public Libraries: Helping Patrons File for Unemployment (Webinar recording from May 26, 2010)
- PascoLibraries.org
- Career Central Mobile One Stop
- Pasco County Public Library Cooperative E-Government Services
- Employ Florida database www.employflorida.com
- Florida One-Stop Centers www.floridajobs.org/
- Career Central sponsored by the Pasco Hernando Workforce Board
- And more Pasco Library E-Government Tools (E-gov, Statistics, Tutorials, Videos, Blogs)
- Alachua County Library District and Library Journal article, In Gainesville, FL,"The Library Partnership" Merges Branch, Social Services
- The future of libraries, with or without books CNN.com, 9.4.09
- www.211.org/
- Serving Older Adults
- Serving Spanish Speakers
