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Direct linkBrose, Friedrich K. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
This paper describes the many difficulties of a newly founded satellite branch library to evolve into an independent college library within sixteen years. Changing roles and priorities are discussed, as well as the influence of the accrediting agency on this small California community college library. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Private Colleges, College Libraries, Accreditation (Institutions), Institutional Evaluation
Swanson, Troy A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
Shifts in networked technologies have removed the need to store information geographically close to students, staff, and faculty on college campuses. This shift has put libraries on the offense to remain vital to the campuses they serve. As the library of the future emerges, new models for decision making that place an emphasis on the teaching and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Library Role, Library Development, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedSuter, Marcia; Kramer, Margy – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1995
Reviews the history of libraries and learning resource centers in Ohio's two-year colleges for the past two decades, focusing on efforts related to networking and evaluation. Presents data from studies on learning resource programs published in 1981, 1984, and 1989. Includes a comparison of the 1988-89 data with seven national learning resource…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational History
Navarro, Leslie Anne – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
This study examines college libraries so as to determine whether or not they have successfully adapted to reforms at their colleges, based on Terry O'Banion's concept of the learning-college. Although numerous studies exist documenting the transformation of community colleges to the learning-college concept, few empirical studies have clarified…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, College Environment, Library Role
Peer reviewedMiranda, Cecilia; Horton, Weldon – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1983
Discusses the decisions involved in the creation of library services in support of the associate degree nursing program at Midland College, such as whether to establish a separate or integrated collection and how to organize the collection. Looks at the philosophy underlying these decisions and the way problems were handled. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Library Collection Development, Library Role, Library Services
Peer reviewedVisser, Michelle – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2003
Discusses issues of identifying, storing, handling, and providing access to rare books and materials in institutions without special collections departments. Suggests that although many community colleges do not collect rare materials, they may nonetheless be in possession of books that are rare and that should receive special care. (ontains four…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, College Libraries, Community Colleges
