
Susan Banwnart
Branch & Outreach Services Manager
La Porte County Public Library
La Porte County Public Library
Branch & Outreach Services Manager
Oversee the operations and staff of six library locations as well at our library system's outreach services.
I work in a library which is a career that is vastly misunderstood. Much of my job now is related to communication and project management. Organizing people and resources is a daily job. Working with other colleagues to develop procedures or policy that impact employees as well as users. In any given day, I can write an article for a website, update the website, go out to a meeting with community members, negotiate a contract for services, resolve customer or staff issues, answer emails.
Here's the first step for college students
Grow your people skills. Know how to communicate. Know how to plan and implement projects. Work in your community and be active and engaged with community organizations that you believe in.
"I'd say there were three main roadblocks in my path that could have caused me to move in a different direction. Lack of opportunity, bad advice from other professionals, and encouragement from others that almost kept me from pursuing my ultimate goal. "