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   Community Member

   People don't KNOW what they don't know. Librarians can help educate them in the best way of searching/evaluating information.

   2 years ago

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   mjmlibrarian

   We are a small community and our community library is of value to the whole community. We host exhibits and other events for the community, community members can use our computers one hour each day and with a local public library card community patrons can check out our books. These are services the community will loose if community college libraries are not supported and valued by the education systems. Small community college libraries have more of a community connection than large research libraries.

   2 years ago

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   stereooverdose

   While I agree that community college libraries need a voice, I wish you would more clearly state the purpose or opinion of that voice.

   Many libraries seem awfully outdated (maybe due to lack of funding?).

   As a member of the millennial generation, perhaps we could modernize libraries? I don't understand why my generation can't simply bring an e-reader (like the kindle) to school and have instant access to the entire breadth of written human knowledge?

   Perhaps a librarians role could evolve, so that he or she spends more time planning diverse programming/events at the library, helping community members gain access to e-readers, etc.... instead of cataloging hundreds or thousands of books?

   2 years ago

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   mjmlibrarian

   I work in a modern library. We offer books in print and electronic format and have for years. And it would be a perfect world if we could just circulate e-readers and every student could have access to textbooks, fun reads and research materials at the push of a button but... We live in a world of license and copyright issues. And let's not forget economics. Many of our students do not have the financial resources to own a computer with Internet access. Consider yourself blessed you can afford electronic gadgets. Librarians have evolved; in fact we have stayed ahead of the curve by planning for future technologies. While you enjoy your Kindle librarians are discussing ways to preserve electronic information for the future and working to make sure we make new technologies accessible to our patrons. We also work to make sure we don’t loose the knowledge of our past found in print. So go ahead and enjoy your Kindle and remember as far a future technologies and information needs go-librarians have your back. And yes there are many people, both young and old who enjoy the feel and texture and smell of a book.

   2 years ago

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   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.

   2 years ago

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