Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning

<p dir="ltr">The pressure on higher education institutions to produce employment-ready graduates is high, and academic libraries can contribute to this goal by collaborating with non-academic departments. The Georgetown University in Qatar library partnered with the Career Services C...

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Library and information studies
Career Services
Human Library
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description <p dir="ltr">The pressure on higher education institutions to produce employment-ready graduates is high, and academic libraries can contribute to this goal by collaborating with non-academic departments. The Georgetown University in Qatar library partnered with the Career Services Centre and the Alumni office in launching Careers Library programme that expanded on the idea of the Human Library by creating an online week-long event aimed at empowering senior students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in professional life after graduation. This practice paper illustrates how the library can engage in broader activities beyond information literacy instruction and leverage alumni relationships to develop students’ competencies. The collaboration proved to be beneficial and it fits well within the framework of library outreach activities. The value to the academic community is that this event can be easily replicated and it offers an easy way to draw on the expertise of alumni willing to give back to their school.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.53377/lq.13612" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.53377/lq.13612</a></p>
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spelling Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learningTatiana Usova (23275330)EducationEducation systemsInformation and computing sciencesLibrary and information studiesCareer ServicesHuman Librarycollaborationalumni<p dir="ltr">The pressure on higher education institutions to produce employment-ready graduates is high, and academic libraries can contribute to this goal by collaborating with non-academic departments. The Georgetown University in Qatar library partnered with the Career Services Centre and the Alumni office in launching Careers Library programme that expanded on the idea of the Human Library by creating an online week-long event aimed at empowering senior students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in professional life after graduation. This practice paper illustrates how the library can engage in broader activities beyond information literacy instruction and leverage alumni relationships to develop students’ competencies. The collaboration proved to be beneficial and it fits well within the framework of library outreach activities. The value to the academic community is that this event can be easily replicated and it offers an easy way to draw on the expertise of alumni willing to give back to their school.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.53377/lq.13612" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.53377/lq.13612</a></p>2023-08-01T00:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.53377/lq.13612https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Careers_Library_Unconventional_collaboration_to_boost_learning/31444180CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/314441802023-08-01T00:00:00Z
spellingShingle Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
Tatiana Usova (23275330)
Education
Education systems
Information and computing sciences
Library and information studies
Career Services
Human Library
collaboration
alumni
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title_full Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
title_fullStr Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
title_full_unstemmed Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
title_short Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
title_sort Careers Library: Unconventional collaboration to boost learning
topic Education
Education systems
Information and computing sciences
Library and information studies
Career Services
Human Library
collaboration
alumni