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Core Requirement 2.9 (Learning Resources and Services)

Judgment of Compliance: Compliance

Narrative:

The Learning Resources Center (LRC) of Southwest Virginia Community College is a vital part of the college’s total instructional program. The LRC consists of the college’s Library, Learning Assistance Center (LAC), and Distance Education Services (DES). The team of professionals serving in a leadership capacity within the LRC has a combined tenure of over 100+ years. The LRC, housed in 20,000 square feet on two floors in Russell Hall, includes not only the Library, the LAC, and DES, but also electronic classrooms, a television production facility, radio and television labs, editing suites, and a testing center. In addition, a new LRC building, which will double the size of the existing LRC facilities, has been approved by the voters of Virginia through a General Obligation Bond and is in the designing stage with construction scheduled for 2006; this new state-of-the-art facility will substantially expand existing services to meet diversified needs within the college service region and on a global basis.

SVCC has more than adequate learning resources and collections to support the college’s academic and public service programs. The institution provides its students with adequate resources to enable them to engage in the research associated with earning the degree that they are seeking. These resources also provide faculty with the additional knowledge to instruct students in their chosen field of study. The college owns a collection of books, e-books, periodicals, monographs, videos, CDs, audiotapes, vocal music and artwork (100,000 items) that are available to students, faculty, staff and the community.

The Library has extensive electronic resources that include a catalog with the collections of all VCCS colleges, internet access, databases, etc. The Library has sharing partnerships and agreements with local community, state and national libraries and inter-library loan opportunities. Space is also available for meetings, and assistance is available to users of information technology resources. The Library was the recipient of a U.S. Department of Education grant (2000-2003) that increased its presence in the service region. It actively participates in campus initiatives for summer outreach to high school students such as the Governor’s School and summer youth programs for disadvantaged students. It also participates in cultural activities and seeks to promote greater cultural awareness to students, faculty and staff, and community users.

The Learning Assistance Center (LAC), located in an adjacent room to the Library, provides testing and resource materials. Specialized disability software, academic subject software, and tests and test preparation software provide students with computerized study skills and strategies, course content and simulations, and assessments. Print and media materials are available to help students in course content areas, national and local test preparation and critical thinking and cognitive skills building. LAC staff facilitates the testing environment, provides access and training to students and faculty in use of online and multi-media resources, and works with students independently and in class groups in all areas of resource sharing and assessment.

Distance Education Services (Des) serves as a catalyst for the college in becoming a major provider of distance education to students within our service region and around the world. We currently have formal relationships with institutions in the Middle East, South America, Europe, and Russia. DES maintains a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure that provides a wide array of benefits; these benefits include enhanced compressed video and web and media servers, which provide a vehicle for delivering asynchronous classes. DES also provides online tools and networking in which faculty and students can expand communication and online collaboration. Duplication facilities also allow DES to distribute courses and other learning experience via video, CD-ROM and DVD to large and small groups of students.
 

Supporting Documentation

Documents	Source Location for Further Information
Mission/Purpose Southwest Virginia Community College Mission/Purpose Statement	College Catalog and Student Handbook
Library Mission Statement - Library Handbook	Library Website http://www.sw.edu/library/libraryhandbook.pdf
Distance Education Services Mission Statement	Distance Education Website
Learning Assistance Center Statement of Purpose	Library Website
National Library Standards ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education	ACRL Website http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/standardslibraries.htm
ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services	ACRL Website
SVCC Statistics and Services Library Statistics 2001-2004	Librarian's Office
LRCLive – Online, Real-time Reference Librarian http://library.vccs.edu/reference/lol.htm	Virginia Community College System - Electronic Library Services http://library.cc.va.us/reference/default.htm
SVCC Library Interlibrary Loan Services http://www.sw.edu/library/interlibrary_loan.htm Library Homework Assistance	SVCC Library Website http://www.sw.vccs.edu/library/homework.htm
STD 108: College Library Skills Student Orientation Library Exercise http://www.sw.edu/library/print_instructions.htm
Village People Community Technology Centers (VPCTC) Final Grant Report	SVCC Librarian's Office
Arrangements/Agreements
Virginia Community College System (VCCS): VCCS Electronic Collections - Abstracts, indexes, journals, and reference works http://library.vccs.edu/reference/alphlist.htm  VCCS LRC Tutorials http://library.vccs.edu/tutorial/
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA): Consortia Fact Sheet http://www.gmu.edu/library/fen/viva/factsheet.html   Membership list http://www.gmu.edu/library/fen/viva/members.html	Virtual Library of Virginia http://www.vivalib.org/
Southeastern Library Network (SoliNET): Associate Membership http://www.solinet.net/membership/ OCLC Online Computer Library Center http://www.oclc.org/about/default.htm OCLC Cataloging (CatME) Services http://www.oclc.org/catme/default.htm OCLC Interlibrary Loan Services http://www.solinet.net/oclc_services/oclc and	Southeastern Library Network (SoliNET): http://www.solinet.net
OCLC netLibrary Collections http://www.solinet.net/product_index/electronic	OCLC netLibrary Services
Southwest Virginia Information Network Group (SWING) By-laws http://www.swing-lib.org/SWING-Bylaws.htm  Materials Contracts for Library Vendors http://www.swing-lib.org/ , including SVCC’s Baker & Taylor book/media jobber and W.T. Cox periodicals jobber
Resource Sharing Agreements with Public/College Libraries: Russell County Public Library Tazewell County Public Library Virginia Intermont College Bluefield College	SVCC Librarian's Office
VCCS Distance Learning Action Plan 2000-2003
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB, interstate compact for education
Southwest Virginia Education and Training Network (SVETN)
Distance Learning Management Model
Commonwealth Classrooms - Fees and Scheduling Procedures
VDEN Compressed Video Network - Administrative Plan
Access/User Privileges
Photo I.D.s and Library Card I.D.s	SVCC Library Website http://www.sw.edu/library/ids.htm
Remote Access to Library Services - Instructions	SVCC Library Website http://www.sw.edu/library/remote_access.htm
Distance Education Services
SVCC Blackboard Access
Collections/Resources
Collection Development Policy (Selection/Weeding)- Collection Development, Selection Policy, Weeding Policy	Collection Development Policy (Selection/Weeding) http://www.sw.edu/library/LibraryHandbook.pdf  - Collection Development, Selection Policy, Weeding Policy
Library online catalog VCCS Linc http://vccslinc.vccs.edu/F/?func=find-b-0&local_base=swcc  VIVA Electronic Collections http://www.vivalib.org/collect/ SVCC netLibrary Collections I-IV http://www.netlibrary.com/
Learn-a-Test http://www.sw.vccs.edu/library/learnatest.htm  and http://www.learnatest.com
Facts on File News Services http://www.2facts.com/stories/digest-home-feature.asp
Library Distance Education Resources webpage http://www.sw.edu/library/distance_education.htm
Learning Assistance Center Resources
Library: Collections, Access and User Privileges, Public Service Programs