This is our maiden voyage,” said Courtney Robinson as he greeted the first group of job seekers at the library’s new JobLINC Bus. Image via JobLINC Web Site
The bus, called a “mobile career center,” is like an unemployment office on wheels.
The 38-foot bus still had a new-vehicle smell as eight people boarded Tuesday on the parking lot of Gaston Park Public Library, looking for help to refine resumes and to see if jobs have been posted that match their skills and experience.
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The Memphis and Shelby County Public Library & Information Center’s old JobLINC bus was retired two years ago after 20 years visiting library branches and other locations to bring specialized job-search help to people who often use library computers to search for jobs.
The new bus was financed through a grant from the Plough Foundation for $314,000, said library director Keenan McCloy, who visited the bus Tuesday while touring library branches across the city.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
