A look at life in community college libraries on urban, suburban, rural, and technical college campuses, this book discusses the search for library excellence with a focus on library organization, bibliographic instruction, the relationship between librarians and teaching faculty, the structures of learning resource centers, and the future of community college libraries. Contributors are librarians and deans from colleges throughout the U.S. and Canada: Ngozi P. Agbim, Camila A. Alite & Alice Beverley Gass, William V. Costanzo, Alan Dyment, Margaret Holleman & Annette Peretz, Judy Jorgensen & Ruth Ahl, Rosanne Kalick, Antoinette M. Kania, Gloria B. Meise., and Edwin F. Rivenburgh.
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Focuses on library organization, bibliographic instruction, the relationship between librarians and teaching faculty, the structures of learning resource centers, and the future of community college libraries.
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...remarkable...excellent work... * Robert Pedersen, College College Week *...a strong collection...anyone interested...should not only enjoy most chapters, but should find a great deal of useful, practical information... * Derrie B. Roark, Collection Management *...the strong point of both books is their discussion of technology and their cautious hopes for it as a method of resourse sharing and as a way to end the isolation of rural or financially strapped institutions. Recommended for library school collections. * Library Journal *
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780810826076
Publisert
1992-12-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Scarecrow Press
Vekt
404 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
142 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
210

Forfatter

Biographical note

Rosanne Kalick (BA, MA, Brooklyn College; MLS, Pratt Institute) is Chairperson, Library Department, Westchester Community College. She was a high school English teacher and has been a librarian at WCC since 1970 and department chair since 1982. She has written articles for library journals, spoken at national and inernational conferences, and served as an officer in several library organizations.