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Invite Librarians to Participate in the Summit

Librarians are key partners in educating community college students. They see students as they struggle to complete their coursework and when they are flying through it - in all circumstances helping the students connect to information resources but also other college services that support student success. Librarians stand ready to help create even better community colleges in order to see all students succeed - invite them to the table for this summit!

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Submitted by lisalibrarian 2 years ago

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  1. Community Member

    I heartily agree!

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  2. Tina

    Community College Librarians are at the crossroads of their campus. Students ask us for help on every aspect of their college life, not just finding information for an essay, or learning how to do research. They use our computers to access their online class, or enroll in college, or sign up for a class, to fill out their financial aid forms. The librarians then become the "helpdesk" for technology issues and we get asked all kinds of questions about registration and financial aid, areas that we cannot advise them on.

    Librarians should be at the summit because we have a special vantage point and broadly witness both the successes and ills of the campus in our libraries. We have much to contribute to this conversation.

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  3. Community Member

    Amen Tina.

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  4. Community Member

    Tina has it right on the mark. Libraries are at the nexus of different services, and students rely on us to point them to not just resources related to their academic work, but also campus support resources, community support resources, childcare information, all kinds of information! We need to be included!

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  5. dreww

    Librarians definitely need to be at the summit. This is especially important in light of new developments in community colleges of shared spaces such as learning commons or information commons where the library is at the center of it all.

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  6. Community Member

    Working in a comprehensive, open-door community college, we enroll many students who are under-prepared for the rigors of college. In addition, the 21st century student arrives with techno-tools they believe have prepared them for research. But they are not. We should lobby for a graduation requirement in Information Studies by adding Information Literacy courses to the curriculum.

    As a CC librarian, I have been teaching an Information Literacy course. But administration is reluctant to offer the course each semester, refuses to acknowledge the evidence which clearly shows its' importance to student success and has chosen not to add it to our Teaching/Learning Goals within our AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Program)review.

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  7. jtsizemore

    I was invited by my librarian. This is evidence, albeit anecdotal, that librarians were involved.

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