October 2013 v.24 no.2
Letter from the President: A Happy Autumn to All
Good budget news - CCL action plan - free workshop - professional development - InfoPeople.
Announcements
2013-2014 MEMBERSHIP INVOICE
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CCL FALL WORKSHOP: PLANNING, ASSESSING, AND COMMUNICATING LIBRARY IMPACT: PUTTING THE STANDARDS FOR LIBRARIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INTO ACTION
November 6 2013 – (Ontario) South
November 7 2013 – (Walnut Creek) North
Free, some limitations.
ANNUAL DEANS AND DIRECTORS DAY IN SACRAMENTO
March 6-7 2014
Registration and location information will be available in December.
Reports
ALA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2013
Monica Lopez (Cerritos College) and Pearl Ly (Pasadena City College)
Monica and Pearl share some of what they learned about leadership.
SOURCES OF LIBRARY FUNDING
Dan Crump (American River College)
Two major sources of funding for CCC libraries from the state are 1) monies from the Instructional Equipment and Library Materials Program (IELM), and 2) proceeds from the Lottery.
ACADEMIC SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES (ASCCC)
Dan Crump (American River College) ASCCC Executive Committee, At-Large Representative
Issues and upcoming meeting schedule: Open Education Resources, SB 1052, Accreditation, Credit by Exam for MOOCs, Distance learning preparation for student and faculty
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM
Sarah Raley, Director
New ordering system under way, new video offerings, HBR forbids referring to its articles as a course resource, CountryWatch Premium refunded.
ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CCL-EAR) COMMITTEE
Jean Smith (San Diego Mesa) Committee Chair
New reviews of the Vogue Archive; Dena Martin from Woodland College, new Northeast region rep.
FYI
FROM College and Research Libraries: INSTRUCTIONAL PREFERENCES IN FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
“Instructional Preferences of First-Year College Students with Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: A Focus Group Study” Abstract and link to original article in the September 2013 College & Research Libraries.
CJCLS/EBSCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEARNING RESOURCES AND LIBRARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Two excellent opportunities for community college libraries to shine in the national spotlight.
Tech Briefs
GOOGLE INTRODUCES HUMMINGBIRD SEARCH ALGORITHM
Google’s basic search until now has primarily been matching keywords to the same words on Web pages. Hummingbird is optimized to focus on understanding the actual meaning behind the words.
MORE ON MOOCs
The free e-zine, Campus Technology; Empowering the World of Higher Education devoted the August issue to MOOCs.
WIKIPEDIA ODDITY
Even though women outnumber men on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, online games, and certainly in the library profession, only 16% of wikipedia editors are female. Freakonomics Radio broadcast explores this question.
College Updates
LOS ANGELES TRADE TECH
New library.
LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE
New department chair; Librarian position available.
MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
New Professor, Library Science (Online Learning); Library received two honors.
LANEY COLLEGE
New tenure-track Reference/Instruction/Public Services librarian.
ANTELOPE VALLEY
Librarians contribute a chapter on the use of the Accreditation Process to secure more funding for databases.
ALLAN HANCOCK LIBRARY
Red Carpet Gala iintroduces Films on Demand to faculty and staff.