It´s all about student learning : managing community and other college libraries in the 21st century / edited by David R. Dowell and Gerard B. McCabe.

Incluye bibliografía.

Appendices -- 1. Assessment of library resources and services as part of the college program review process / Andrine J. Haas -- 2. Laptop use policy : Montana State University, Great Falls campus library / Sheila Bonnand -- 3. The College Hill Library, Westminster, Colorado / Warren Taylor -- 4. Some recent buildings / David R. Dowell, Gerard B. McCabe -- 5. Office supplies : marketing your library / David R. Dowell, Gerard B. McCabe -- 6. Architectural features / Gerard B. McCabe -- 7. Strategic plan bibliography / Francis G. Kuykendall -- 8. AACC position statement on library and learning resource center programs -- 9. Mira Costa College Library and Information Hub, Oceanside campus / Joseph Moreau -- 10. Planning chart / David R. Dowell.

pt. I. Indispensable : a quality staff : organized, inspired, and right for the job -- 1. Organizational structure of library/learning resource centers / Michael D. Rusk -- 2. Managing motivation / W. Jeanne Gardner -- 3. Human resources functions in the two-year college library / Eric E. Palo, Kathy L. Petersen -- pt. II. Understanding students : making them aware that the library can help them -- 4. Virtual reference and Web-based expert sites : appealing to students in an information-rich, demand driven society / Brandi Porter -- 5. New demographics mean new services / Christine C. Godin -- 6. If online education is a shifting playing field, what position should community college librarians play? / Linda Reeves, Celita DeArmond -- pt. III. Marketing and promoting the message : please come in ; we´re friendly -- 7. Improving communication skills / John Stanley -- 8. Seeing the library in the broader context on campus : marketing our services / Rashelle Karp -- 9. Marketing the learning resource center at Kankakee Community College : a case study / Donna J. Smith.

pt. IV. Working and sharing together : joining forces for the common good -- 10. Joint-use libraries : issues and models / Lyn ´Mimi´ Collins, William Duncan -- 11. Cooperative management issues in a multitype library consortium / Sharon D. Jenkins -- 12. Alphabet soup : what does it spell? / Mary M. Carr -- pt. V. Keeping steps ahead through planning, managing, and keeping the collections productive ; ideas about buildings -- 13. Long-range planning : a viewpoint on an essential process / Patricia Vierthaler -- 14. An analysis of the collections at JFK Library : a case study / Robert Kelly -- 15. Leadership in energy and environmental design : new technologies that simplify building management / Gerard B. McCabe -- pt. VI. Controlling the fiscal reality : policies can solve problems -- 16. Budgeting : moving from planning to action / David R. Dowell -- 17. If it isn´t written, it doesn´t exist : creating a library policy manual / Shelley Wood Burgett -- pt. VII. Town and gown together : a bibliographic essay -- 18. Leadership issues for community college librarians / Rashelle Karp.