CT Libraries ‘Morph’ Into Career Centers In Tough Economy

In response to skyrocketing unemployment rates, more Connecticut libraries are adopting job training resources — from workshops to online databases. And more people are taking advantage of them.

Kellie O’Donnell, coordinator of the job and career center of Hartford Public Library, said roughly 300 people a month attend workshops or use its career-searching computer workstation — triple the amount that were attending two years ago when the library began offering such education.