scholarly journals The Florida Community College Statewide Collection Assessment Project: Outcomes and Impact

2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
Tina M. Adams ◽  
Rhonda Smith ◽  
Jeannie Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Impact Study ◽  
Community College Libraries ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Additional Funding ◽  
Project Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College

A collection assessment project was conducted in 1998 of the twenty-eight community college library/Library Resource Center (LRC) collections in Florida.1 The evaluative materials provided to each of the institutions produced a number of outcomes. To assess the project’s impact, a survey was conducted in fall 2000. The impact study found that, in the opinion of library administrators, the Florida Community College Collection Assessment study had influenced the appropriation of additional funds, informed librarians’ collection development decisions, and affected the weeding of collections through the presentation of institution-specific collection assessment reports that were provided for each library. The major finding of the impact study was that the additional funding for community college library acquisitions, passed by the Florida legislature in 1999, was not wholly successful in the revamping of outdated book collections because many of the Florida community college libraries received only part or none of the funding. The utilization of the project data, the findings of the impact study, and other follow-up to the project are reported in this article.

scholarly journals Library Strategy and Collaboration Across the College Ecosystem: Results from a National Survey of Community College Library Directors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Blankstein ◽  
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Library Directors ◽  
Ecosystem Research ◽  
Community And Technical Colleges ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
Service Departments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
College Library

How can the library be best positioned to continue enabling student and institutional success? The Community College Academic and Student Support Ecosystem research initiative seeks to examine how student-facing service departments—including academic libraries—are organized, funded, and staffed at community and technical colleges across the country. In February 2021, we surveyed 321 community college library directors to provide the community with a snapshot of current service provision, leadership perspectives on the impact of COVID-19, and challenges faced in making decisions and navigating change.

scholarly journals The Effects of High Median Age on Currency of Resources in Community College Library Collections

1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
Richard Madaus ◽  
Ann Armbrister ◽  
Jeannie Dixon ◽  
Rhonda Smith
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Curricular Needs ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College ◽  
High Median ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Library Collections

In 1998, a comprehensive study was conducted of the monograph collections of the twenty-eight public community colleges in Florida. This article reports the findings of that study with respect to median age and currency of resources. The rationale for the interpretation of the findings in the Florida Community College Collection Assessment Project is congruent with the philosophy that college collections should emphasize the instructional and curricular needs of students and, therefore, that the collections should emphasize current resources rather than retrospective depth. The findings on median age from the Florida Community College study serve as an example for the discussion of the implications of median age on currency of resources in college library monographic collections, especially in the professional, scientific, and technical fields. The major recommendation is a Continual Update Collection Management Model for college collections.

An Assessment of the Collective Resources Base of Florida Community College Library Collections

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H. Perrault ◽  
John N. Depew ◽  
J. Richard Madaus ◽  
Ann Armbrister ◽  
Jeannie Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College ◽  
Library Collections

scholarly journals Technological Change in the Workplace: A Statewide Survey of Community College Library and Learning Resources Personnel

2001 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn E. Poole ◽  
Emmett Denny
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Learning Resource ◽  
Two Year Colleges ◽  
College Library ◽  
Florida Community College

It is a commonly held belief that technostress caused by change is affecting library personnel, although research on its impact in two-year colleges is practically nonexistent. This investigation examined how employees in Florida community college library and learning resource centers are dealing with technological change in their work environment. The results of the investigation indicated that staff are reacting positively. However, greater attention needs to be directed toward improving their inclusion in decision-making, revising job descriptions, and experimenting with alternative reward systems.

Hosting a Super Smash Bros. Tournament at the Hudson County Community College Library

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devlyn Thomas Courtier ◽  
John DeLooper
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community College Libraries ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
Hudson County ◽  
College Library

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Hudson County Community College Library hosted a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Tournament as part of its Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 programming, and discuss what it learned from hosting the event. Design/methodology/approach This paper details how a community college library planned, hosted and learned from its experience running a Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U Tournament. It will also describe how the library continued to use this experience to plan additional video game-based programming. Findings The Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U Tournament was generally well received by student attendees. However, student feedback revealed a preference for less-competitive “friendly” events instead of tournaments. Students also requested the option of having several games available instead of one. Originality/value Thus far, there has been little research on academic or community college libraries organizing video game-based programming and activities event. There have also been few studies about whether gaming events work better in libraries as tournaments or “free play” activities.

scholarly journals Management: A Community of Collaboration

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Andie Craley
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The Third ◽  
Job Functions ◽  
Community College Libraries ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
College Library

Most of us are familiar with the scenario of institutional belt-tightening and the effect that it sometimes has on staffing. Reductions and reallocations of human resources can make it difficult to accomplish our work and can affect morale—but not always. In this column, Andie Craley describes the net positives of that experience at her institution. While still facing the reality of doing more with less, Craley identifies how its inherent challenges can present definite opportunities and foster a community of collaboration.—EditorHaving started as a library technician at Harford Community College Library (HCC Library) just seventeen years ago, I already find myself the third in seniority. Library staff size seems to diminish as additional job functions are assimilated into existing positions, reallocated as new library services are introduced, redeployed to other departments, or completely eliminated as staff retire or resign. The concept of wearing many hats is common, as is the expectation to take on “other duties as assigned.” From networking with colleagues at other Maryland community college libraries, I know this situation is not unique. The current staffing reality both mirrors the evolution of the library’s facilities and demands doing more with less, but it also provides individual and collective opportunities for growth, supporting a community of collaboration.

The Impact of Climate Change on Storage-Yield Curves for Multi-Reservoir Systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. R. Nawaz ◽  
A. J. Adeloye ◽  
M. Montaseri
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Surface Fluxes ◽  
Runoff Coefficient ◽  
Impact Study ◽  
Yield Functions ◽  
Reservoir Systems ◽  
English System ◽  
Multiple Reservoir ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

In this paper, we report on the results of an investigation into the impacts of climate change on the storage-yield relationships for two multiple-reservoir systems, one in England and the other in Iran. The impact study uses established protocol and obtains perturbed monthly inflow series using a simple runoff coefficient approach which accounts for non-evaporative losses in the catchment, and a number of recently published GCM-based scenarios. The multi-reservoir analysis is based on the sequent-peak algorithm which has been modified to analyse multiple reservoirs and to accommodate explicitly performance norms and reservoir surface fluxes, i.e. evaporation and rainfall. As a consequence, it was also possible to assess the effect of including reservoir surface fluxes on the storage-yield functions. The results showed that, under baseline conditions, consideration of net evaporation will require lower storages for the English system and higher storages for the Iranian system. However, with perturbed hydroclimatology different impacts were obtained depending on the systems' yield and reliability. Possible explanations are offered for the observed behaviours.

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