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Looking for support in assisting the unemployed, job seekers, and small business developers? If you read the WebJunction Crossroads newsletter for December 2010, you may have discovered that MELSA is collaborating with WebJunction to provide a series of national webinars for the library community on Jobs and Small Business. State Library Services is pleased that the connections MELSA made as one of its Minnesota representatives to the 2010 Project Compass Summit have led to this excellent opportunity.

Here are the details, excerpted from Crossroads.

Jobs and Small Business Webinar Series

Starting in January and extending through May, WebJunction will be hosting a series of webinars produced by MELSA, the Metropolitan Library Service Agency in Minnesota on topics related to serving the workforce in your community:
- Understanding Unemployment Insurance and Its Impact On Your Customers. One simple change in library hours can have an unexpected impact on a large number of library patrons: Unemployment Insurance (UI) customers. On January 27, [1-2pm CDT] we will be joined by an Unemployment Insurance Specialist from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, who will explain out how the service works. In addition, Alice Neve, Public Service Manager at St. Paul Public Library, will describe how your library can support UI customers. Using her library as an example, she will describe how to collaborate with local UI offices, analyze challenges and implement solutions throughout your library system. More Information and registration »
- Working With Your Workforce Center. Workforce Centers operate with myriad funding streams to support the unemployed, but not every job seeker qualifies. Learn how this impacts your library patrons and what libraries can do to make better connections for our customers. (Date and time to be announced)
- Small Business Support Toolbox. Explore several examples of community partnerships and resources designed for all types of entrepreneurs. (Date and time to be announced)
- Foreclosure, and Bad Credit and No Job, Oh My! In these tough economic times people need help and are too afraid to ask. Discover how you can connect library patrons to trustworthy financial assistance information. (Date and time to be announced)
More information will be provided as it becomes available. Webinar recordings and handouts will be available after each presentation in the WebJunction Webinar Archives.