Date: March 26, 2025
Tracy Conner, director of the Miner Memorial Library at Kankakee Community College, has contributed a chapter to The Small to Mid-Size Academic Library: Collaborations and Outreach. Edited by Camille Abdeljawad and Danielle Theiss, the book was released by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association in December of 2024.
Conner co-authored the chapter “Fostering Student Connection to the Library: Personal Librarians and First-Year Experience” with Loren Mixon. Mixon, a former librarian at KCC, is now the Academic Engagement and Outreach Librarian at Costal Carolina University. The chapter explores how KCC made the personal librarian program part of its First Year Student Success classes.
“Connecting with students as freshmen helps them understand library resources and meet our librarians,” said Conner. “We want to make sure students feel supported and a part of the campus community. The personal librarian program’s success has sparked collaborations to expand integration of other services.”
A copy of the book is available in KCC’s library, and more details can be found on the American Library Association’s ALAstore. The chapter from Conner and Mixon, along with an abstract are on the Coastal Carolina University Digital Commons.
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Kankakee Community College is an accredited two-year college which awards associate degrees and certificates of completion. KCC prepares students both to transfer to four-year colleges and to enter the workforce. The college also offers continuing education courses and certification training, literacy programs, English as a Second Language and GED preparation. The KCC mission is “Enhancing quality of life through learning.” The college has a Riverfront Campus in Kankakee, South Extension Center in Watseka, North Extension Center in Bradley and Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Center in Kankakee.
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