Two-Year College Libraries: A Comparative Analysis in Terms of the ACRL Standards

Abstract

Analysis in Terms of the ACRL StandardsThe analysis of 1977 HE GIS data for two-year-college libraries in terms of the 1979 ACRL Standards shows that a majority of these libraries do not meet the standards in respect to nearly all the variables available for study .HE GIS data do not include measures of some important factors such as space and equipment, and not all data are gathered in terms that match the Standards' definitions.I ncr eased financial support is needed to bring the libraries of the nations two-year schools up to standard.THE QUANTITATIVE STANDARDS for twoyear college libraries completed in 1979 by the Junior College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) constitute the current guidelines for planning and evaluating learning resource centers or libraries for those higher education institutions known variously as junior colleges, community colleges, and technical institutes. 1 This study presents a profile of the libraries of these institutions in terms of those variables included in the Stan- dards for which there are measures available in the 1977 Higher Education General Information Surveys (REGIS), the most recent data available at the time of this analysis.The REGIS survey of libraries is supplemented with information from the surveys of enrollment, finance, and staff.All four sets of data were obtained in machine-readable form and analyzed with the Statistical Analysis System (SAS).Major financial support for computation services was provided by the Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL

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