The Education of Community College Librarians
The library schools have a role to play, in being continually aware of changes taking place in general education and business, and in every phase of social, cultural, and educational development. They should be alert to changes, to interests, and to the needs and ever ready to make changes in library education which will be responsive to these needs.1 THIS STATEMENT by Martha Boaz, dean of the School of Library Science, University of Southern California, seems a fitting prefatory statement for this article on education for community college librarianship. What role if any, library schools should play in the education of community college librarians has been a matter of speculation and debate. Some educators would contend that the preparation of community college librarians is sufficient in its present form; that is, the pursuit of a masters of library science degree with academic library emphasis. Others would contend that although this preparation may have been sufficient for the 1950-70 period when this institution was developing and experiencing rapid growth, with the 1970's, the community college has established itself as a viable and responsive institution in the higher educational spectrum. These educators would contend that a significant change in the educational preparation of community college librarians is in order, in fact, over-due. A. M. Cohen and F. B. Brawer wrote:
The community college learning resources center: More than a library
The learning resources center of a community college is one of the most fascinating and challenging educational developments in a score of decades. Because the impact of the community college is recent, its learning resources program has been able to unshackle the bonds of tradition which have deterred proven innovations in education for a hundred years. A primary goal of the learning resources program is to work with other elements of the institution in providing more than the traditional options and possibilities for learning to take place. In higher education, we educators haven't done too well in varying our approaches to instruction. In fact, many innovators say the college is still an almost exact replica of the medieval monastery. On the other hand the community college program is far from monastic. The same pressures which brought many of the problems of the day have also brought with them some of the answers in the form of new approaches, a new climate in which to work, and new technology to utilize. There are three general methods of instruction: 1. Presentation. The transmission of ideas, motivation, and information from an advanced scholar to a less advanced scholar. This is accomplished primarily through lecture, audiovisuals, and television.
On the Role of Professional Sports in the National Economy Under the Market Economy Conditions
Through the research of the present situations of the professional sports at home and abroad and its influence on economy, this paper points out the opportunities, challenges and the exist- ing main problems that the professional sports faces in the transitional peried-from plan economy to market economy, then elucidates that the professional sports can becompletely developed and improved and play an important role in the national economy under the market economy conditions.