Ed.D. Program Benefits All
by Charles Marlor

When Central Connecticut State University’s Ed.D. program began, a sum of money was appropriated over a three-year period to develop the library’s collection to support the new program. Although excellent for Master’s level research, the collection did not contain the resources needed to support a degree in Educational Leadership at the doctoral level. Library director Jeanne Sohn formed a team of librarians to work with Dr. Karen Beyard, Ed.D. program director, to determine how to best spend the money earmarked for this purpose.

The results have been astounding and beneficial to all doing research at CCSU. In the first year alone, the Ed.D. program funded the upgrade from Ebsco’s Academic Search Elite to its Academic Search Premier; which virtually doubled the number of online journals to which the library has access. Along with Academic Search Premier, the library was also granted access to Ebsco’s Professional Development Collection. Additionally, a subscription to PsycArticles, which had been on the library’s wish list for several years, was also purchased. Funding allocated in year two made possible the purchase of a back file of journals published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Wilson’s Education Fulltext and ISI’s Social Sciences Citation Index.

In addition to the online resources mentioned above, the Ed.D. program has made possible the purchase of over 625 scholarly monographs. These monographs are either located in the stacks or in the Reference Department and are available to the entire CCSU community. As we enter year three of the program, library resources now rival those of any peer institution offering an Ed.D., and the bar has been raised for all!

Literacy Volunteers Needed
by Lynn Johnson-Corcoran

Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut trains volunteers to tutor students who want to improve their lives by increasing their ability to read, write, and/or speak English. Students in the program are of many ages and nationalities. Some are high school graduates, some are drop-outs, and many are immigrants new to the United States. Tutoring by volunteers helps students achieve their personal goals and become better parents, employees, and citizens.

It is estimated that close to 16,000 adults in New Britain and 6,800 in Bristol are at the lowest literacy level. LVCC currently has almost 200 prospective students waiting to be matched with a tutor. Volunteers are provided with a 20 hour training program which prepares them to teach adults how to read, write, and/or speak English. Once training is successfully completed a commitment of 2 hours per week for one year is all that is required.

If you are interested in being a volunteer, please call 229-7323 or e-mail: director@literacycentral.org. LVCC is located on the third floor of the New Britain Public Library located at 20 High Street.

Central Recorder Digitization Project

As part of a recent project to microfilm all current and back issues of the Central Recorder, the Library also received digital images of each issue from 1932 to the present.  We are in the process of adding these images to the CONSULS Library System.

When completed all issues will be available for viewing through CONSULS. Currently issues from 1932 to 1972 are available for viewing or printing. To view these issues, search CONSULS by title for "Central Recorder".

You will see entries for 1932-1960 and 1961 -. Select from the thumbnail images to view each issue.