THE FUTURE OF COMMERCE

摘要

Supporting entrepreneurship is one way libraries can engage the workplace of the future. The Arizona State University (ASU) Entrepreneurship Outreach Network is an example of collaboration across institutional types to realize benefits of scale. The network of libraries, museums, and economic development organizations provides community members with access to continuing education in entrepreneurship, mentors, service providers, and other community-based resources. Launched in 2013 at Scottsdale's Eureka Loft, "ASU staff visited libraries to deliver weekly workshops, but to make the program sustainable, [it] transitioned to a train-the-trainer model," Susan Halverson, manager of grassroots entrepreneurship initiatives at ASU's Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, tells LJ.