Facilities

Facilities

Floor Plan - 1st floor Floor Plan - 2nd floor

The Library is a fully automated, modern research facility, encompassing a square foot area and housed in a new building, the Earl E. & Dorothy J. Dellinger Learning Resources Center. The new environment is quiet, spacious, and attractive.

Public and student access computers are located conveniently near the Circulation Desk while wireless laptop computers are available for use within the library area. We now have a fully equipped instructional computer lab. All computers are networked with access to the LINC online catalog, which indexes print book, electronic, book, and print journal collections; to locally provided databases; to Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) databases provided as shared collections with the VCCS; and to the Internet. Wireless access for personal laptops is provided throughout the library.

The online catalog provides access to the Southwest Virginia Community College Library's collections and to all other college libraries in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The online catalog also gives access to Old Dominion University (ODU), Learning Assistance Center, and Distance and Distributed Learning Services resources.

The campus I.D. station, Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, Interlibrary Loan Office, conference/study rooms, copier for public use, and offices of the Coordinator of Library Services, Acquisitions personnel, and Cataloging personnel are located for easy access. The library collections are within easy access to the circulation desk. Library collections include Circulating, Audio Books/CD Audio, Videos/DVDs, Periodicals, Reference, Juvenile, Software, New Books, Reserves, Oversize, and Art Reprints. Staff assistance to access the collection is provided for persons with disabilities. There is also access to the Learning Assistance Center (LAC).

Total seating is 180. Seating includes eight (8) carrels and four (4) quiet study rooms seating eight (8) each, which are available for individual and small group study and meeting needs. Twenty-four (24) public computer workstations and seating at thirteen (12) tables are provided for students' educational needs. We also have a computer instructional lab that seats thirty-six (36). There is a faculty reading room including desks and comfortable chairs with seating for eight (8) and a children's area with a table and seating for four (4). Comfortable chairs in the main area are also provided where students can read, relax, use laptop computers, or enjoy the spectacular mountain view from our floor to ceiling windows..

The library facilities help to support the Library's overall Mission and in particular the goal "To provide an educational atmosphere and physical surroundings which are conducive to learning."

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