Eric Cohen Email & Phone Number

Business & Career Librarian with exceptional skill in: •Delivering and Developing Workshops: Provide and continually improve workshops for job seekers, including Resume Writing Basics, Interviewing Basics, LinkedIn Basics, and information sessions for Brooklyn Public Library’s online learning platforms. Also have developed successful programs on college and career selection, financial aid, business databases and more. •Providing Training: Develop training curriculum for delivering library workshops and programs; have trained more than 50 librarians and volunteers on providing workshops and one-on-one assistance with resumes, cover letters and interviewing skills. Serve as a trainer and mentor to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Job Information Librarians.•Providing One-on-One Services: 5+ years’ experience conducting Resume & Career Help, a service offering individualized assistance to job seekers, and Book a Librarian, which provides individualized research assistance to entrepreneurs and students. •Online Learning Platforms: Well-versed in using and teaching Lynda.com, Learning Express Library, Career Cruising, the Metrix Learning System, SimplyMap and other platforms and databases.

Listed skills include Collection Development, Library, Cataloging, Electronic Resources, and 17 others.

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  Assistant Division Manager

  Brooklyn Public Library

  Sep 2021 - Present - Brooklyn, Ny

  • Manage a staff of six librarians, serving as in-charge librarian after retirement of Division Manager in March 2024. • Work together with staff to manage an $80,000 book budget and $6,000 programming budget. • Coordinate and market highly successful programs such as Theater Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, and Short Story Discussion Group.• Maintain a vast collection including General Fiction, Genre Fiction, Large Print, World Languages, Language Learning, Linguistics… Show more • Manage a staff of six librarians, serving as in-charge librarian after retirement of Division Manager in March 2024. • Work together with staff to manage an $80,000 book budget and $6,000 programming budget. • Coordinate and market highly successful programs such as Theater Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, and Short Story Discussion Group.• Maintain a vast collection including General Fiction, Genre Fiction, Large Print, World Languages, Language Learning, Linguistics, Poetry/Plays, and a very large Storage collection, continuously managing the purchase and weeding of materials. • Provide excellent customer service at an active reference desk at BPL’s largest branch. • Liaison with many other departments such as Strategic Planning, Marketing & Communications, Facilities and Public Safety to maintain smooth operations in the division and at our programs. Show less