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As an organization, the Learning Resources Association of California Community Colleges ceased operations effective July 1, 2007.  You may continue to use this website to order publications until August 31, 2007.  Please observe the following restrictions when ordering:

·      The final sale will commence on July 1 and run through August 31, 2007; any order postmarked after the ending date will not be processed.

·      All orders must be submitted via mail to the Learning Resources Post Office Box address; no orders will be accepted via this website or our fax number.

·      All orders must be prepaid with a check or money order to include publications ordered and the shipping and handling charge; cash and purchase order numbers will not be accepted.

·     Some publications, as noted on this site, will be shipped unbound on three-hole punched paper.

·       All sales are final.  Please allow 30 days for delivery.

 On September 1, 2007 any remaining stock will become the property of the Learning Resources Association member colleges of record and not available for further sale.

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Guide to Selecting and Cataloging Quality Quality WWW Resources for the Small Library - was $65.00......NOW $32.50

Are you looking for a small, simple book to explain the secrets of metadata?  Look no further!  The Guide to Selecting and Cataloging Quality WWW Resources for the Small Library will help you make the leap from cataloging to metadata.  The book is a step-by-step tutorial for creating Dublin Core metadata. The Dublin Core is a new international standard for describing and cataloging many kinds of information resources: books, articles, videos, and World Wide Web (WWW) resources. This guide will help you to select quality resources from the WWW and catalog them for the library catalog using Dublin Core.  Fifteen selection criteria are discussed in detail and a checklist is provided so that users can select the best WWW resources to include in library collections. Sixteen Dublin Core (DC) elements can be used along with three other pedagogical elements from the IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) to describe the selected WWW resources. These elements are discussed, sample resource descriptions are made available, and worksheets are provided to create the DC metadata records for the library catalog. 
ISBN No. 1-929247-09-5.

Illustrated with floor plans and drawings from newly-constructed and renovated community college libraries, this handbook is a total update of the popular 1978 LRACCC publication, Facilities Guidelines for Learning Resources Center. Practical information includes technology and connectivity needs assessment, an overview of the planning process (guidelines, regulatory agencies, planning team, timelines), the plan itself (concepts, traffic flow, power, reading drawings), and the action phase (pre-construction, construction).
ISBN No. 1-929247-01-X

This handbook includes strategies and practices of establishing and administering all aspects of a telecourse program in a community college. It is based on the collective experiences of colleges that have been offering telecourses. Some of the topics discussed in this practical handbook are: Curriculum approval process, establishing relationships with outside agencies, instructional standards and requirements, local advisory committee, faculty responsibilities and compensation, scheduling telecourses, marketing, registration, orientation for students, faculty evaluation, accreditation, costs and benefits of distance learning programs. Appendices include courseware procedures/distributors, surveys and evaluations, outline for developing a telecourse instructional handbook and more.
ISBN No. 1-929247-02-8

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This manual has been developed specifically for evaluating the performance of community college libraries and learning resources programs. There are 12 output measures selected by California library and learning resources program administrators as being the most valuable for measuring their programs. Each measure includes definitions, directions and data collection forms. They can be used for: developing baseline data for comparing performance over several years; program or service justification; to find out where improvements in existing programs or services can be made; accreditation self study; or to develop data for comparing across programs of similar size and scope. The revisions to the manual include: 1. a revised introduction and 2. a new User Satisfaction Survey. 
ISBN No. 1-929247-04-4

This compilation presents several models for determining the effectiveness of learning resource center programs in relationship to college goals and objectives. Includes models developed for specific colleges as well as general guidelines.
ISBN No. 1-929247-05-2

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Assessment System, 1983

This publication responds to the needs of community college faculty, staff and students for resources on issues of cultural diversity. It includes over 300 titles from a wide range of viewpoint in almost every curriculum area and can serve as a tool for educators and students to use together to explore the context and scope of cultural diversity as well as a selection aid for the library collection. This publication focuses upon lesser known works and serves as a guide to additional resources.
ISBN No. 1-929247-03-6

Measuring What Matters:  A Library/LRC Outcomes Assessment Manual (Revised 2004)- was $65.00.....NOW $32.50

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This revised edition to the popular 2000 manual presents a six-step process (acronym ADICAC for align, define, identify, chart/collect, analyze and communicate) that guides the busy librarian and/or learning resources administrator through an approach to outcomes assessment.  Using many examples, reproducible worksheets and a flowchart, the publication details how to document the impact of many library and learning resource programs’ services and resources on campus-wide outcomes.  Various charts and tables identify performance indicators and data collection approaches that allow library and learning resource centers to gather data and other kinds of documentation and organize it in ways that demonstrate the effects such desired outcomes as student learning, access to services and faculty IT training.  In addition to the manual revision, the new edition includes an updated "Appendix" (June 2004 ACRL "Standards for Libraries in Higher Education" and selected regional accreditation standards). an updated "Bibliography" and some newer examples of surveys.  College faculty and members of accreditation self-study groups will also find this manual useful.
ISBN No. 1-929247-10-9.

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