ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

PURPOSE OF COLLEGESTHEN…

ONTARIO COLLEGES WERE ORIGINALLY:

“PLANNED TO MEET THE RELEVANT NEEDS OF ALL ADULTS WITHIN A COMMUNITY...”

PURPOSE OF COLLEGES - Cont’d

…AT ALL SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVELS, OF

ALL KINDS OF INTERESTS AND APTITUDES, AND AT ALL STAGES OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT”.

( WILLIAM DAVIS, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MAY 1965.)

DEFINITION OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TERM WAS USED TO DESCRIBE INSTITUTIONS THAT OFFERED SEMI-PROFESSIONAL CAREER OR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS LEADING TO A DIPLOMA

THIS HAS CHANGED AS A NUMBER OF ONTARIO CAAT COLLEGES NOW OFFER APPLIED DEGREES

NEW ONTARIO COLLEGE CHARTER

Proclaimed April 1, 2003

Allows for diversity among colleges

Details at www.acaato.on.ca/new/swd/charter

ONTARIO COMMUNITY COLLEGES

24 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN ONTARIO SERVICE

200 COMMUNITIES SERVED @850 LOCATIONS

Bibliocentre set up to be centralized acquisitions/cataloguing unit

ENVIRONMENT

OCASA (Ontario College Administrative Staff Association) – local representation is through the ASA (Administrative Staff Association)

UNION ENVIRONMENTOPSEU (ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE

EMPLOYEES UNION) Two Locals:

SUPPORT STAFF FACULTY – LIBRARIANS – librarians have faculty status

within the College system

ENVIRONMENT

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU):Oversees the development of standards for

each program in order to identify the skills and knowledge that each graduate must acquire

Each College must ensure that their programs are consistent with these standards

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/college/progstan/intro.html

FANSHAWE (for example) PROGRAMS INCLUDE:

Building TechnologyBusiness StudiesCommunication ArtsArt & DesignElectrical/ElectronicsGeneral StudiesHealth SciencesHuman ServicesInformation TechnologyMotive PowerManufacturing/MechanicalTourism & Hospitality

FANSHAWE COLLEGE LIBRARY

Manager – 1 (an administrator who is also a professional librarian) STAFF – 25

Professional Librarians - 3 Library Technicians Electronic Technologists Clerical

6 EQUIPMENT HONOUR LOANS - housed throughout the College “Library Student Research Lab” – 72 pcs, 10 macs, group study rooms, 24/7

access – funded by students! COLLECTIONS:

PRINT MEDIA CCTV EQUIPMENT ELECTRONIC – DATABASES/EBOOKS/VIRTUAL LIBRARY/WIRELESS

USERS OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY

STUDENTS: ABORIGINAL ADULT LEARNERS APPRENTICES CONTINUING EDUCATION DISTANCE EDUCATION FULL AND PART TIME RETRAINING & SPECIAL CONTRACT TRAINING APPLIED DEGREES

USERS OF THE FANSHAWE COLLEGE LIBRARY Cont’d…

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CULTURE LANGUAGE

DISABLED STUDENTS PHYSICAL VISUAL HEARING LEARNING

Working conditions

Large no. of students + variety of programs offered + few librarians = many hats

Expectations of managers: Pro-active re. trends re. dissem. of info Partake of larger community –

college/local/professionalAware of broader issues e.g. copyright

THANK YOU

Suzanne L. O’Neill

Public Services LibrarianLibrary and Media ServicesFanshawe College

soneill@fanshawec.ca