Full Description
Community colleges are a cornerstone of higher education and serve the unique needs of the communities in which they reside. Collections and technical services librarians at these institutions need expertise in their area of library work, but also a deep understanding of the community they serve to curate and make discoverable the resources their users need.
The Community College Library: Collections and Technical Services highlights the various approaches to collection development and the technical services work being done by community college librarians around the U.S. You'll find strategies for developing equity-centered collections, data-driven acquisitions, cataloging, systems migrations, zero textbook cost degrees, and more. These programs can serve as a model, providing new and innovative ways to approach this work at your own institutions.
Community college librarians are engaged in meaningful work designing and delivering library programs and services that meet the needs of their diverse populations and support student learning. ACRL's "The Community College Library" series is meant to lift the voices of community college librarians and highlight their creativity, tenacity, and commitment to students.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Here For a Good Time, Not a Long Time: Creating a Space Where Adjunct Cataloging Librarians Can Thrive in a Community College Library
Natalie Hall, Casey Kinson, Rebekkah LaRue, & Conal M. McNamara
Chapter 2. Collection Development and the Power of Multiple Voices: Developing Equity Centered Collections Through Collaboration and Inclusion
Camila Jenkin and Crystle Martin
Chapter 3. "Stop, Collaborate, and Listen": Creating Weeding Projects between Librarians and Faculty
Amanda M. Leftwich, Fran L. Lassiter, Damon T. Gray, and Jeslin G. Mathew
Chapter 4. Curriculum Support: From the Beginning
Daniel K. Blewett
Chapter 5. Leveraging Diverse Knowledge to Support Collection Development: Maximizing Student Engagement and Community Resource Value in Varied Community College Settings
JosÉ AguiÑaga and Edward McKennon
Chapter 6. Creating a Collection Development Plan and Assessment Rubric: One Community College Library's Saga
Erica Swenson Danowitz
Chapter 7. More Inclusive Collection Development
Elizabeth Nelson
Chapter 8. Changing Perspectives: Finding a Balanced Collection Development Plan for a New Age
Bryan Clark
Chapter 9. Collection Development Through Data Forecasting
Sam Suber
Chapter 10. Data-Driven Acquisitions in Community College Libraries: Creating and Applying a Fund Allocation Formula
Susan B. Mythen and Dawn F. Washington
Chapter 11. Expanding Our Horizons While Maintaining Our Balance
Daniel K. Blewett
Chapter 12. Reader's Advisory for Researchers: Marketing Academic Collections to Today's Students
Kristen Cinar
Chapter 13. "If You Build it, They Will Come": A Case for Manga in the Academic Library
Rebecca Reece
Chapter 14. Zine Cataloging: Starting a Zine Library at Northwest Vista College
Veronica I. Buendia, Rose Rodriguez, and Norma VÉlez-Vendrell
Chapter 15. Bibliographic Instruction and the Need for "Librarian-First" OER Repositories
Michael Kirby
Chapter 16. Getting Started with OER
Jeff Benedetti-Coomber
Chapter 17. Unintended Consequences: How Centralizing Collection Development Practices Facilitated Launch of a Successful E-Textbook Program During COVID
Kari Schmidt and Suzette Spencer
Chapter 18. We're on Our Way: West's Path to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degrees
Ryan Edwards, Ana Figueroa, and Anthony Cuomo
Chapter 19. How to Eat an Elephant: Changing a Community College's Catalog, One Bite at a Time
Casandra Norin
Chapter 20. From Zero to One Hundred Ten: The California Community Colleges Statewide Library Services Platform Implementation
Stephanie M. Roach, Ashley R. Coyne, Glenn S. Tozier, Mary Wahl, and Kaela Casey
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