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Hospitality Curriculum and Library Resources

The BHCC Library and Learning Commons is connected to one of the most extensive research library consortia in New England library systems. The BHCC Library contains approximately 74,000 items in our physical collection including books, newspapers and AV materials and 30,000 Electronic Resources including full text magazines, journals and serials. The BHCC library also contains specific resources for students in the Hospitality department.


The Librarians at BHCC work collaboratively with the Hospitality department on a number of occasions, including collection development and information literacy. These sessions have led to strong student support and relations between the Library and each academic department. The BHCC Library offers information literacy instruction engaged in basic and developmental research, technology development, and the opportunity to establish a sustained level of comfort and working relationship with academic resources. The Wired for Success program offers a range of services and facilities designed to foster the development of new students—particularly those that make use of research technology to support their academic goals. The strength of the program lies in its ability to couple the systematic and technical capabilities of Library resources with the expressed needs of the student and BHCC academic community as a whole.

The BHCC Library and Learning Commons believes that transferring information literacy skills, (iSkills) developed while a student is enrolled at BHCC, to the marketplace is an important means of fulfilling the institution's mission to prepare our students for 21 century Careers. To accomplish this mission, the BHCC Library works with faculty and students who wish to disclose ideas, suggestions, and challenges that may be of benefit to the development of additional resources.

BHCC Library & Learning Commons also provide access to information for all members of the college community. The Library recognizes that its responsibility is to identify and maintain the academic and technical standards that are fundamental to providing quality resources while ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities. Wherever possible, the Library ensures that all of its resources, viewed in their entirety, are accessible; selects among equally effective methods of accommodating persons with disabilities and refers persons with disabilities to the appropriate department with requests for accommodations that exceed those currently possible at the library.

Getting started . . .

Do you have a current and valid BHCC Library Card? Please register at the BHCC Library Lending Services Desk if you haven't done so already. Your BHCC Library card enables you to use the resources of 27 libraries in the NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange consortium. Click here for a list of the NOBLE Libraries Register for a BHCC Library PIN. With a Personal Identification Number, you will be able to access your BHCC Library account online from any PC that has Internet access. You will also be able to execute your own interlibrary loans to get material from other NOBLE consortium libraries.

Things to do . . .
  • Submit your Reserve Items ASAP to encourage library and other information activity among your students. Use the online forms: Reserve Form Reserve, Renewal Form or stop by the Circulation Desk and ask for a Reserve Form.
Refer to our Reserve Material Page for more information.
  • Use this Web site and watch for tools to assist the Library/Nursing Department liaison process.
  • For collection development/collection management collaboration. (See the collection development handout)


Focusing on Shelf Resources: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Recent Travel & Tourism, Hospitality, and Food Service titles:

Oelkers, Dotty Boen. Travel and tourism marketing / Dotty Boen Oelkers. Publisher Mason, OH : Thomson/South-Western, c2007. Description ix, 311 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Riley, Rowan. Top careers in two years : hospitality, human services, and tourism / By Rowan Riley. Publisher New York, NY : Infobase Pub., 2007. Description 109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Meyer, Danny. Setting the table : the transforming power of hospitality in business / Danny Meyer. Publisher New York : HarperCollins, c2006. Description 320 p. ; 24 cm.

Brown, Douglas Robert, 1960- The restaurant manager's handbook : how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation / Douglas Robert Brown. Publisher Ocala, FL : Atlantic Pub. Group, c2003. Description 1 v. (various pagings) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Werlin, Laura. Laura Werlin's cheese essentials : an insider's guide to buying and serving cheese : with 50 recipes / Laura Werlin ; photographs by Maren Caruso. Publisher New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007. Description 272 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

American food writing : an anthology with classic recipes / edited by Molly O'Neill. Publisher New York, NY : Library of America, c2007. Description xxiii, 753 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

This, Hervé. Title Kitchen mysteries : revealing the science of cooking = Les secrets de la casserole / Hervé This ; translated by Jody Gladding. Publisher New York, NY : Columbia University Press, c2007. Description ix, 220 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

The meat buyer's guide : beef, lamb, veal, pork, and poultry / North American Meat Processors Association. Publisher Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2007. Description xxx, 298 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

The best of America's test kitchen, 2007 : the year's best recipes, equipment reviews, and tastings / the editors at America's Test Kitchen. Publisher Brookline, Mass. : America's Test Kitchen, c2006. Description 312 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

If you'd like to browse our collections, some helpful Library of Congress call numbers, used in both our general collection and our Reference section, are:
  • G – Travel & Tourism
  • GT
  • TP, TX – Nutrition, Cookery, Hospitality Industry, Building Operations


Workshop Development

Collection Development/Collection Management

To begin the collection development/management process there are different resources to consult for new or updated materials in nursing.

General Reference Sources
  • ARBA: American Reference Books Annual -- Yearly compilation from library review literature journals and trade magazines.
  • Guide to Reference Books


Focused Review Sources
  • American Libraries -- American Libraries mainly reviews titles for public libraries but also reviews reference materials.
  • Booklist -- Booklist offers general book reviews as well as reviews on reference and online materials.
  • CHOICE -- provides reviews for academic libraries on a monthly basis. Every January CHOICE publishes the "Outstanding Academic Titles" issue for materials from the year before.
  • Library Journal Online -- Each April 15th Library Journal publishes a "Best of Reference Sources" issue.
  • Publishers Weekly -- Look for reviews of most recently or about to be published materials


Subscription Databases
  • Lexis/Nexis -- Business news (most full-text), Company information search, Accounting literature, Directories
  • InfoTrac Web -- General Business File ASAP (trade publications, newspapers, journals, company directories), Business and Company ASAP (business and trade journals, newspapers, company directories)
  • EBSCO -- Business Source Premier (scholarly business journals, many full-text), Regional Business News (journals, newspapers, newswires), Newspaper Source (regional U.S. and international newspapers and newswires)
  • FirstSearch -- Indexing service that includes many databases to search from. In addition FirstSearch offers Web resources and book catalogs.


Other Circulating and Reference Related Sources
  • http://www.ybp.com/ Yankee Book Peddler--http://www.gobi2.com/ge2_login.asp--GOBI--a collection development tool used for generating lists of travel & tourism
  • http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/collection.htm -- BHCC Library Collection Development Online Form
  • http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/persubj.htm#culinary arts -- BHCC Library Periodicals Holding List: Hospitality
  • http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/persubj.htm#economics – BHCC Library Periodicals Holding List: Economics
  • http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/databases.htm -- Online subscription databases available from the BHCC Library


BHCC Library Weeding Statement Continuous assessment of library materials initiates items being withdrawn and added to the collection during the course of the academic year.

BHCC library staff review of American Library Association (ALA) guidelines on collection development and management together with participation in library consortia provide a framework for collection management. In addition, to ensure collection management is a collaborative effort consultation with BHCC faculty for curriculum guidelines and standards as well as subject-specific guidelines are also considered.

Basic Guidelines for Collection De-selection: things to consider
  • 1. How often is this item used?
  • 2. Is this item current? (--newer edition or replacement title available?)
  • 3. What is the physical condition of item?
  • 4. Is there physical space for this item?
  • 5. If the item is currently in the Reference section of the library should it be transferred to the Circulating Collection (or other appropriate collection) or withdrawn completely from library inventory?
  • 6. What in the curriculum does this item support?
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