Presents strategies for a successful marketing plan for community college library services. States that aggressive marketing together with quality service is the key to clientele growth and a positive public reputation. Enumerates steps in developing a clear-cut marketing plan. (CBC)

Reports on a survey conducted to gather information on collection size, staffing, cataloging and classification, organization of serials and audiovisual materials, circulation procedures, and special patron services at each branch library of the 28 Florida community colleges. (DMM)

Describes how two Northern Virginia Community College campuses began using the "after dark" services of DIALOG and BRS to provide their first on-line searching. Indicates that both campuses had positive experiences with these services and plan to continue their use along with the full DIALOG system in the future. (DMM)

Examines issues related to the education of community college librarians. Discusses reasons for the lack of community college specializations in library and information science programs; proposes a philosophy of community college librarianship; and highlights innovations related to selection, media production and design, curriculum and course…

Discusses the rapid influx of computer systems and effect of automation on traditional library services at Lansing Community College. Highlights economic ramifications, benefits for patrons, changes in the nature of reference service, and the dangers of information overload. (DMM)

Contends that the interactive authoring of microcomputer software is an appropriate service for community college libraries. Lists steps in the development of such a program. Provides a sample program authored in BASIC for a learning module on the use of figurative language. (DMM)

Highlights the need for two-year college libraries to expand services to educationally disadvantaged persons. Explores the nature of this target group and some of the barriers to higher education they face. Considers the implications their needs have for learning resource centers and discusses some potentially effective responses to those needs.…

Suggests ways that community college librarians can improve communication with: (1) faculty, including new faculty, off-campus instructors, and counselors; (2) administrators; (3) peers; (4) support staff; and (5) students. Highlights communication techniques particularly useful for each group. (DMM)

Reports on an evaluation of Midland College's Health Sciences Library as a separate collection with a different classification system, with special focus on the effects of the organizational structure on the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of technical processing. Concludes that the separate library is a viable, cost-effective alternative. (DMM)

Reports on a national survey of 400 2-year colleges concerning the current status of online activities. Details responses from 207 institutions regarding the provision of online services, vendors used, primary users, costs per search, sources of funding, and search topics. Compares findings with other recent studies. (DMM)

Describes the open-concept Library Learning Resource Center (LLRC) operating on the Allentown campus of Pennsylvania State University, focusing on academic computing, instructional services, library services, and a freshman composition/rhetoric course requirement for the completion of a library skills assignment. (DMM)

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)

Traces the eight-year planning and construction process which resulted in the Santa Monica College Library and Learning Resource Center (LRC). Describes the facilities and services of the LRC, budgeting allocations and financial problems, staffing, and use of automation. (DMM)

Describes the effects of the rapid growth of Macomb Community College (MCC), erratic financing, and institutional size on the organization, services, and procedures of MCC's library. Focuses on unique characteristics associated with size and positive responses to resource constraints. (DMM)

This bibliography on community college learning resources centers presents citations on administration, automation, bibliographies, collection development, cooperative activities, facilities, history, humor, instruction and use, college instructional programs, learning laboratories, media technology, miscellaneous services, personnel, philosophy,…