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“Published six times a year, the Community College Journal features articles by leading experts, opinions that put the news in perspective, coverage of higher education issues, and profiles of the field's leaders. Every issue covers news and information from a national network of colleges, providing the latest surveys,practices, and innovations.”
Publishes scholarly articles, case studies, models, research, analyses, and literature reviews on the contemporary problems and issues that affect professionals at this educational level.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Publishes original research papers in the fields of community and junior college education and the social and behavioral sciences.
“Since 1988, Community College Week has been the independent source of in-depth information for and about two-year college faculty, administrators and trustees.” Published biweekly.
New Directions for Community Colleges
Directed towards “presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions,” each issue focuses on a particular theme. Examples include: “Community College Missions in the 21st Century,” Academic Pathways To and From the Community College,” “Benchmarking: An Essential Tool for Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement,” “Latino Educational Opportunity.” Published 4 times a year.
Community and Junior College Libraries
Accessible through Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA). LISA is only accessible on campus in the School of Library and Information Studies Computer Lab on the 4th floor of Helen C. White.
“Community & Junior College Libraries is a refereed journal especially for professionals working in academic and technical libraries, learning or media centers, library training programs, and library organizations. The journal's focus is on the distinctive, dynamic nature of learning resources centers in two-year colleges. The professional contributions being made by these colleges are highlighted. Contributors to this fundamental resource present profiles of LRCs around the country and address news of special relevance—legislation, systems development, and various concerns faced by professionals in the libraries and information centers of two-year colleges.”
Government Publications
Profile of Undergraduates in U.S. Postsecondary Education Institutions--2003-04, With a Special Analysis of Community College Students [electronic resource]: Statistical Analysis Report. United States Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,Washington, D.C., 2006.
Associations/Organizations
American Association of Community Colleges(AACC)
Formed in 1920, The American Association of Community Colleges is the primary advocacy organization for the nation's community colleges.
American Library Association: Community and Junior College Libraries Section (ALA-CJCLS)
The purpose of the Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) is to contribute to library service and librarianship through those activities which relate to libraries and learning resources centers and services and which support the educational programs in community and junior colleges and equivalent institutions. Access to: CJCLS Newsletter current edition and archives, subscribe to their listserv, keep up with conference and committee activities and find volunteer opportunities. Also includes Links to Community College Library Websites, Organized by State.
League for Innovation in the Community College
“The League is an international organization dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement. We host conferences and institutes, develop Web resources, conduct research, produce publications, provide services, and lead projects and initiatives with our member colleges, corporate partners, and other agencies in our continuing efforts to make a positive difference for students and communities.”
You can download their book, Keeping America’s Promise for free. The book consists of a “series of short working briefs about the changing characteristics of the community college student population, about the escalating demand for postsecondary education in the knowledge economy, about changes in the way Americans are going to college, and about gaps that exist across groups in both educational access and educational attainment. All of the papers address implications for community colleges. Complementing these pieces is a discussion guide for community college leaders and trustees and for state policymakers, focused on ways higher education policy may either support or thwart the American promise of opportunity and equity.”
Center for Community College Policy
Based at the Education Commission of the States in Denver, Colorado. The Center has been created to support the creation of public policy that encourages the development of effective and innovative community colleges across the United States.
Profiles of community and junior colleges.
Council for the Study of Community Colleges
The Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) is an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The Council contribute to the development of preservice and in-service education for community college professionals, and conducts and disseminates research pertaining to community colleges.
Books
Dowell, David R. and Gerard B. McCabe, eds. It’s All About Student Learning: Managing Community and Other College Libraries in the 21st century" Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Organization structure of community college libraries, human resources functions in the two-year college library, virtual reference and web design, online instruction, marketing, joint-use libraries, cooperative management in a multitype library consortium, long-range planning, environmental design, budgeting, creating a library policy manual, leadership issues for community college librarians.
Cohen, Arthur M. and Florence B. Brawer. The American Community College, 4th ed.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.Includes information on: the history of community colleges, students, faculty, governance and administration, finances, instruction methods, student services, scholarship, social role, vocational education, developmental education, community education, transfer functions.