Library Outreach to Veterans Initiative Panel Program CLA 2013
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Californi a Library Associati on Conferenc e 2013 Why should libraries reach out to U.S. Veterans? Serving Those Who Served Us Library Outreach to Veterans Initiativ e
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This will be the powerpoint presentation we will use to start a panel discussion about libraries and veterans at the California Library Association 2013 Conference in Long Beach, November 5, 2013. Please attend the program to learn what librarians have learned in working with veterans in California.
Transcript of Library Outreach to Veterans Initiative Panel Program CLA 2013
California Library
Association
Conference
2013
Why should libraries reach out to U.S. Veterans?
Serving Those Who Served Us
LibraryOutreach
toVeteransInitiative
Kristen Mulvihi l l , ModeratorJohn “Buzz” Kraft , Ca l i forn ia Department o f Veteran
Aff airsMaria Rutledge , Kern County L ibrary
Shei la Burnett , San Diego Publ ic L ibraryElizabeth Kel ley , Shasta Publ ic L ibrar iesKaren Bosch Cobb , In fopeople Consu l tantChris Brown , Contra Costa County L ibrary
Veterans Outreach Program Panelists
The Library Outreach to Veterans Initiative is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Pacific Library Partnership. This material is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Share & Share-Alike license. Use of this material should credit the author and funding source.
Veterans in California
• 9% of U.S. veterans
• 30,000 new veterans each year• Increasing by 8k to 10k per year as
overseas military activities draw down
• Service-connected disability claims
Why Libraries?
Libraries “play a crucial role in positively changing the way that veterans return to their communities -- without having to undergo the isolation, fear, pain and shame that so many veterans have experienced.
Libraries still have a viable character in our culture of being safe places where people care and want to help, and where core professional values of respect and confidentiality are upheld.”
Jason Deitch, Ph.D.Returning Veterans of America
Seriously, Why Libraries?
Knowledge management
Relationship-building
Neutral zone, safe place
Confidentiality and accessibility
Helping organizations that help veterans without duplicating their efforts.
Panelists
CalVet – John “Buzz” Kraft
Kern – Maria Rutledge
San Diego – Sheila Burnett
Shasta – Elizabeth Kelley
Contra Costa – Chris Brown
Infopeople – Karen Bosch Cobb
Digital Duffel Bag
http://librariansservingveterans.wordpress.com/documents/
Programs for Vets?
Stand Downs
Host
LC Veterans History
Books
Why should libraries reach out to U.S. Veterans?
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