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)

Discusses a 1983 survey of 46 community college libraries concerning the use of computers, contrasting findings with those from a 1979 survey. Considers the number and practices of libraries participating in computer cataloging networks; using computer systems for cataloging, circulation, searching, and acquisitions; and making computers available…

Reports on a survey conducted to establish the need for a library skills course at Suffolk County Community College, New York, which focused on determining students' previous library instruction, frequency of visits to local libraries, and level of library skills. Offers an outline of a recommended one-unit credit course entitled…

Reports on a national study of the cooperative efforts undertaken by community college learning resource centers with other area libraries and non-library agencies. Focuses on kinds and extent of cooperative activities, and types of cooperating organizations. Explores relationships between selected institutional characteristics and cooperative…

Details the results of a survey on surveillance systems in community college libraries. Lists the security systems utilized by 88 responding libraries and discusses the effectiveness of the individual systems. Finds 3M Tattletape and Check Point the most used systems. (CBC)

Describes a survey of 100 community and junior college librarians to collect information about the libraries, the availability of electronic mail systems, and attitudes about expanded E-mail use for interlibrary communication. Of 22 respondents, 12 have local E-mail systems and 11 have access to multi-institutional networks. Includes the…

Assesses the scope of the nation's illiteracy problem. Describes a study of community college libraries' involvement in literacy education. Relates 31 library directors' survey responses regarding illiteracy as a community problem; the nature of college- and community-based literacy programs; and the relationship of libraries to these programs.…

Discusses a survey conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to document the characteristics, needs, and knowledge of library users, and explains how the survey became an essential tool for decision making by community college library administrators regarding the elimination or initiation of programs and services. Describes the study and its…

Describes a study of the newly implemented online library catalog system at the Tarrant County Junior College District libraries, conducted to determine how heavily terminals were used and by whom, use of search aids, and user satisfaction. Describes the catalog and study purposes, procedures, and results. Includes recommendations. (CBC)

A study was conducted at Cincinnati Technical College (CTC) to determine why students were underutilizing the Learning Resource Center (LRC), as well as to assess the opinions of students who did use the collection and services of the LRC. Telephone surveys were conducted by LRC staff members with 142 of 360 randomly selected students in the study…