Library Resources
Library – Kitty Lindsay Learning Resources Center
In the Kitty Lindsay Learning Resources Center, you will find rich resources and research assistance to fit your academic needs. The library offers a variety of services with helpful staff. Just ask us! Our mission is to enhance the learning experience with quality resources and services and to collaborate in fostering intellectual exploration.
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Research & Information Services
The library is staffed by professional librarians who welcome inquiries from students to complete assignments, assist faculty with course content and reserves, and answer questions from community patrons in District 537. We will work to locate the resources and answers you are looking for to satisfy your information and research needs.
Other Library Services
- Photocopies and Scans:
- Printing is free for currently enrolled students, 10 cents per page for community patrons
- Scanning free for everyone
- Study Spaces: Designated quiet study area. Currently enrolled students may reserve a room for individual or group study. Call ext. 6330 or ask the Library staff.
- Available Equipment: Headphones, DVD player, TI-84 graphing calculators. Equipment can be checked out by currently enrolled students only.
- Speeches/Presentations: Practice your presentations and speeches with a laptop compatible overhead projector in a quiet room. To reserve a study room or call ext. 6330.
- Interlibrary Loan Request: Interlibrary loans (ILLs) are transactions in which library materials that are not available in the current collection can be located from other libraries. An ILL may consist of the loan of a book, periodical article, or other item. Please allow from 4+ business days to receive materials. ILLs are a free service to enrolled students, faculty and staff. Click on these links for the following:
- Interlibrary Loan Book Request form for books
- Interlibrary Loan Article Request form for articles
Public Access to Computer Workstations
Public Access workstations will require a NetID and a Password.
If you are not a currently enrolled student, faculty, or staff of Richland Community College, who reside within District 537 you may register in the Library to receive a NetID and Password. Registration requires formal identification such as a driver’s license or State ID, and mail* with your current name and address.
The NetID will be the 14-digit barcode which is the library card patron number. *Mail must be 1st class mail from a business, utility or local organization and have been Post marked within the past 3 months. No bulk mail or advertisements.
By using a Richland NetID account, the patron agrees to act in a manner consistent with the College’s computing Acceptable Use Policy.
Public Access is limited to two (2) hours total per day per patron (in one single block of time). Enrolled students will have priority access to computers and printing as needs required.
Questions may be directed to library staff. Student workers cannot grant access or register community users.
Collection Selection
The Kitty Lindsay Learning Resources Center selects and maintains physical and digital resources that support the educational mission of Richland Community College. Subject areas directly related to the curriculum of the college are given priority in selection. The Library strives to keep the selection criteria broad and flexible in order to provide a collection that supports the wide range of programs offered at RCC and the diverse backgrounds of the Library’s users. To that end the Library incorporates the principles put forth in the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights into the collection selection and de-selection process.
The selection process is coordinated by the librarians in conjunction with faculty who can best identify the array of resources necessary for their disciplines. Suggestions are welcome. However, the Library Director reserves the right to make final purchase decisions based on the current budget and the integrity of the collection as a whole.
Similar to selection, de-selection in a library is an ongoing process. The library removes outdated and/or damaged items. If possible, faculty members will be consulted about the candidates for de-selection and potential updated resources.
Richland Community College is a resource sharing library among different types of libraries and is governed by several layers of code and policy. In the spirit of resource sharing that stems from the best practices of librarianship, the Kitty Lindsay Learning Resources Center regularly fills and places inter-library loan requests for those items unavailable in a library collection.
Gifts
Monetary gifts and donated items are accepted with gratitude. There is no guarantee, however, that donated items will be added to the collection or, if added, will remain in the collection permanently. Donated items, if added to the collection, will not be given unique shelf space. Donors may be requested to sign a letter of gift. The library does not value donations for tax purposes. Itemized lists of donated items will not be furnished to the donor.
Patron Privacy & Confidentiality
The library adheres to the guidelines on patron privacy and confidentiality in accordance to the American Library Association.
Copyright in Academic Libraries
The library adheres to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17). Questions may be directed to library staff.
Contact
General Information: (217) 875-7200 ext. 6330
Borrowing & Reserves: ext. 6296
Information Literacy Sessions: ext. 6301
Inter-Library Loan Services: ext. 6296
Room Reservations: ext. 6296
Reference & Research: ext. 6301
Send a question by email to askalibrarian@richland.edu
Contact Our Team
Gavena Dahlman
Director, Library ServicesLibrary Services
Richland Main Campus, Learning Resource Center
(217) 875-7200, Ext. 6301