Clackamas Community College Purpose Statement
Creating lifetime opportunities for success through responsive education.
CCC Mission Statement
The mission/philosophy of Clackamas Community College is to serve the people of the college district with high quality education and training opportunities that are accessible to all students, adaptable to changing needs, and accountable to the community we serve.
Marshall N. Dana Library Mission Statement
In keeping with the purpose of Clackamas Community College, the primary mission of the college library is to provide information resources and services to support instructional programs. The library also provides for the general information needs of students, staff, and community patrons; maintains a well-balanced collection of print, non-print, and electronic resources, and assists patrons in the effective utilization of these resources.
Purpose of the Library Collection Management Policy
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a framework for decisions concerning acquisitions, donations, withdrawals and utilization.
Collection Management is a shared responsibility. While the principle responsibility for collection Management rests with the library staff working in conjunction with the teaching faculty, no member of the Clackamas community is excluded from participating in the process.
Description of Institution and Clientele to be Served by the Library Collection
Clackamas Community College was founded in 1966 to provide college-level educational opportunities and vocational training to the residents of Clackamas County. Accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges in 1971, Clackamas is a public two-year college offering comprehensive programs in college transfer, occupational training, continuing education, and developmental learning skills. The college is supported by local property taxes, state revenue and tuition, and directed by a seven-member board of education elected by the citizens of the district.
Clackamas Community College library clientele includes students, faculty, staff and residents of the community. Because the college offers an open-door admissions policy as well as a wide variety of educational programs, the student body is a diverse group of individuals, including college transfer students, technical/professional preparation students, and students enrolled in non-credit adult basic or continuing education classes.
Although the library collection is developed to provide information resources and services to support instructional programs, there are no restrictions on in-house use of library materials.
Library Staff
All library staff are considered liaisons to the students, faculty, staff and community. The librarians have assigned subject areas and there is considerable cross-over. The Librarians work through a series of contacts. The first contact is usually through a visit to department meetings. The presentation usually encourages the faculty to think about materials they would like the library to purchase and how they would like their students to learn about the materials.
A second contact is usually the result of the faculty thinking about new library materials and how they would like their students to learn about the library resources. Purchase requests may be in any format, from the traditional publisher's catalog, to an Amazon.com print out. Purchase requests, either directly from the faculty person or through the library staff, are given to the Acquisition person for purchase.
A third contact is usually through networking. Library Staff are encouraged to participate in campus activities, take classes and partner with other faculty on committees or forums. The Library Staff are encouraged to take classes so they develop a deeper understanding of the class work, and the faculty.
Librarians also create flexibility. Some departments, like English and Speech require considerable library involvement and materials expenditures. Other departments, for example Math and Art, place few demands on the library. Occasionally these demands reverse (an expensive item is requested by a department that rarely uses the library) and the Librarians must represent the needs of the department to the library. The biweekly meetings of the Librarians provides a forum where money can be pushed in the directions that will do the students the most good.