Reviews the literature on bibliographic instruction in community and junior colleges, focusing on early roles, changing themes, librarians as educators, and the focus on student success. (DMM)

Briefly reviews practices and issues related to bibliographic instruction in community colleges and at Asnuntuck Community College (Connecticut) in particular. Proposes a minicourse on research skills to introduce students to the learning resource center's facilities and services, to the Library of Congress Classification System, and to the card…

Describes the open-concept Library Learning Resource Center (LLRC) operating on the Allentown campus of Pennsylvania State University, focusing on academic computing, instructional services, library services, and a freshman composition/rhetoric course requirement for the completion of a library skills assignment. (DMM)

Describes the bibliographic instruction program at Columbia State Community College's Learning Resource Center, which involves a mini-course taken in conjunction with freshman composition. Provides a syllabus and course outline. (DMM)

Reviews the academic and nonacademic problems faced by community college transfer students. Advocates a strong role for the community college library in providing accurate information about articulation and transfer. Argues that library skills can promote transfer students' success and discusses ways community college librarians can help develop…

Urges community college librarians to become leaders in library instruction by developing aggressive teaching programs using high-technology information resources, such as compact disc read-only-memory (CD-ROM), telecommunications, and on-line databases. Discusses training, hardware, software, and funding issues. (DMM)

Describes Orientation Express, a Macintosh Hypercard program developed at Pima Community College (Arizona), which guides students through Pima's West Campus Library and its services. Illustrates various computer screens that appear as part of the program. (DMM)

The community college library is the focus of this issue of "North Carolina Libraries." Articles addressing this theme include: (1) "Learning Resources Concept Position Paper," by the North Carolina Community College Learning Resources Association; (2) "An Opportunity and a Challenge," by Mertys W. Bell, which offers…

Describes an articulation agreement for bibliographic instruction between Clinton Community College (CCC) and State University of New York, Plattsburgh (SUNY/Plattsburgh), which addressed CCC transfers' difficulty with SUNY/Plattsburgh's required library research skills course. Includes syllabi for the articulated courses. Enumerates library…