Community College Library: Reference and Instruction. Janet Pinkley and Kaela Casey, eds. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2022. 317 p. Softcover, $98.00. ($88.20 ALA members) (ISBN: 978-0-8389-3768-6).

Abstract

The Community College Library: Reference and Instruction is the next in a series of collected works aimed at increasing research and scholarly writing specific to community college libraries. Along with another recently released collection on assessment, CCL: Reference and Instruction highlights a wide range of teaching strategies, outreach efforts, critical looks at practice in the community college, and partnership opportunities. Each of the twenty-four chapters is relatively short and infused with both informal anecdotes and ties to the greater body of information literacy research. In many ways, this mix of academic insight and informal creativity embodies community college librarianship itself.