Abstract
Community Colleges have long been a staple of American life. They offer an affordable education that is transferable to a four-year school or certification in a trade. Since they are in the community, costs can be further lowered by allowing traditional students to live at home and non-traditional students to be with their families and workplaces (Princeton Review, n.d.). Many community colleges actively engage with their communities, encouraging attendance and offering community enrichment programs. Community college libraries can occupy a powerful position in this relationship, creating an environment for the public that is inviting and encouraging through their physical offerings as well as their digital branch. A digital branch creates an environment that houses a library's functional features and creates a home to develop its relationships. "It is not just what a digital branch offers, but how publics interact with the content that creates a true digital branch" (Bird and Pampaloni, 2014a, 4). This study aims to explore the online presence and digital branches of community college libraries in the State of Texas.
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Helen Cozart
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"Community College Library Digital Branches and Their Communities,"
SLIS Connecting: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
DOI: 10.18785/slis.1301.11
Available at:
https://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting/vol13/iss1/11
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