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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sabbatical in Paradise
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Weintraub, Tamara – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2008
A community college librarian from Southern California describes her semester-length sabbatical on the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia, and how the professional, cultural, and language experiences changed her outlook about her job back home. Working at a local library on several projects organizing and processing special collections of…
Descriptors: Sabbatical Leaves, Librarians, Community Colleges, Phenomenology
California Community College Consortium for Electronic Resource Purchasing.
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Weintraub, Tamara; Laun, Mary Ann – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2000
Describes the formation and role of a consortium for cooperative purchasing formed by the Council of Chief Librarians for the California Community Colleges in fall 1998 called the Electronic Access and Resources Committee. Its charge is to evaluate electronic, proprietary databases and negotiate prices for the community colleges as a group. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Database Management Systems, Integrated Library Systems
Technology Partnerships on Community College Campuses: Something Old, Something New, and Something Borrowed from the Library/Learning Resource Center.
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Weintraub, Tamara; Cater, Judy – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1999
Describes the historical role that community and junior college (CJC) library/learning resources centers have played in their efforts to establish technology-based learning initiatives and resources on CJC campuses. Palomar College Library/Media Center's services illustrate this experience, which serves as a model for campus-wide technology-based…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology