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uncle? the sun THE BRUNSWICIC&KACON 1 3 THURSDAY. APRIL 26. 1990 | ) BCC Center Offers Much More Than Books BY SUSAN USHER While Brunswick County residents may instinc tively turn to their local community college for work-related training or hobby classes, another Brunswick Community College resource awaits their discovery: the Learning Resources Center. Once crammed into separate quarters of less than 1,000 square feet of space, the center now occupies 10 000 square feet at the very heart of the campus ? the main floor of the Administration, Learning Center and Student Services or ALS building. With the growth in popularity of vidcocasctte recorders and other electron ic media, Librarian Sharon Smith said the ccntcr has al ready outgrown its space for storage of audio-visual equipment and media, with material on topics ranging from fire and rescue training to parliamentary proce dure and parenting. While most visitors tend to call the center a "li brary" and its chief employee has the title "librarian," the center or "LRC" offers much more. In addition to the library collection it serves as an umbrella for the college's learning lab for adults studying to take their high school equivalency exam and all audio-visual ser vices. It strives to meet the needs not only of BCC's facul ty, staff and students, but the community served by the college as well, said Ms. Smith. Its services are intend ed to complement those of the local public library sys tem, rather than to compete. "Part of the college's mission is to enhance the edu cational and cultural opportunities available to the com munity and we support that," she said during a recent tour of the library. "We're constantly changing. There's always something going on here. People tell me that ev erytime they come in here they find something new." That's not likely to change anytime soon, she sug gested: "We have goais for the future; we want to do more." The center's collection itself differs markedly from that of a typical public library, purposefully. One of the center's main missions os to provide resource materials for faculty and students that support the college's cur riculum. Volumes on heating and air-conditioning, auto technology and cosmetology stand alongside works re lating to philosophy, religion, nursing, computer pro gramming and English literature. Reference works range from copies of the North Carolina General Statutes, North Carolina Administra tive Codes , Brunswick County ordinances and a partial set of the U.S. Codes to telephone books and Thomas' Register of Products and Services. However, materials also cater to students' leisure interests, with a rack of fiction paperbacks for ex change, a growing local history and genealogy collec tion for research, and books on suhiccLs ranging from gardening to sailing. "We try to have some material on all subject areas, but there are some we need more of," says Ms. Smith. Areas thai arc weakesi arc those for which demand is lightest. The LRC houses the usual mix of media, such as hardcover and softcover books and periodicals for loan and reference, as well as an array of services geared to its specific community. Students or other adult users can go to the LRC to use a meeting room or study carrel, view filmstrips or videotapes, play audio cassette tapes, or type a report on an electric typewriter ? or on personal computer equipped with 3 1/2-inch and 5 1/4-inch disk drives. Computer users, however, must already be "com puter literate." And while there's no charge for use of the computer, donation of printer paper, ribbons and other supplies is encouraged, and users bring their own data disks. A limited assortment of software is available for check-out and use in the library. "It's getting used," Ms. Smith said. "For those who haven't bought their own home computer, i helps bridge the gap between what people have to use at work or may be using in the classroom." To one side of the collections area a conference room comfortably seats 10 to 12 people; it's available for use by non-profit community groups as well as cam pus organizations. On the opposite side of the room a locked door leads to an area that Ms. Smith says has lots of potential, but will remain underutilized until more funds become available ? a combination teaching area and television studio. The 30-scat space is present ly used to teach library skills. Tracking and grids are al ready in place for theater lighting and curtains and the audio-visuals service division eventually hopes to record productions in its own facility. The center also houses a satellite receiver for N.C. Department of Community College's Educational Net work or EdNet teleconferences and productions and transmissions from the FBI and U.S. Small Business Center for use in classes and workshops. Given the county's transportation and distance prob lems, BCC is investigating the potential for scheduling tclecourscs, with a pilot offering tentatively slated for fall. An automated information retrieval system is the center's latest acquisition. News Bank acccsses articles from major newspapers across the country, with fiche available for articles published as recently as February and back to 1983. Viewers search the index by subject, then can read the actual articles stored on microfiche and even make photocopies of them. The center welcomes as users any adult age 16 and older. But keeping in mind its main population ? stu dents and faculty conducting research ? it offers no children's material or programming and discourages children from accompanying their parents. To become a member and acquire loan privileges, a user need only produce identification with a Brunswick County address, such as a driver's license. CURRENT RATES CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS 24 MONTHS UNDER $10,000 7.70% 7.75% 7.85% OVER $10,000 7.95% 8.00% 8.10% ? % *Ask Us About Our New Money Market Rates INTEREST ON ALL ACCOUNTS COMPOUNDED DAILY PENALTY FOR EARLY WITHDRAWAL Security s my LENDER OAITTW/IC Jp- T HAM A OCAHT ?TT/~\XT ^ SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION ?Southport 'Leland ?Shallotte 'Calabash 'Long Beach 457-5246 371-6546 754-4371 579-3595 278-6022 STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHEH LIBRARIAN SHARON SMITH H atches as BCC student Beth Ferry searches for articles from major newspapers across the country on the resource center's latest acquisition, News Bank. The CD-RUM based indexing system that refers users to copies of articles stored on microfiche. VOTE IIMES BROWN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY I am the son of Jimmy and Edith Brown of Boiling Spring Lakes. I am 41 years of age and a native of Brunswick County. I have been married to Beverly West for 22 years and have two children, Amy and Vincent. I served in the United States Army from 1968-1977. While serving in Vietnam, I was awarded the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. The following awards, schools and positions qualify me for the position of Sheriff of Brunswick County. ?Honor Graduate, 5th Combat Training Brigade, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. ?Honor Graduate, Combined Arms Training Center, Vilseck, Germany ?Graduate of the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy. ?Soldier of the Year for 1 973. ?Graduate, United States Army Intelligence/Military Police School. This school provided the highest technical training available in criminal law, crime scene pro cessing, testimonial evidence, investigations of crimes against persons and property, physical evidence, drug investigations, investigative reports, special in vestigative techniques and protective services. '?For 3 years, I served as noncommissioned officer in charge of special trained 25-man military police detachment. Duties consisted of investigations, personnel supervision, job evaluations and administrative reporting. ?Honor graduate, Department of the Army Retention and Career Counseling School ?Senior Career Counselor for 2 years at Headquarters Command, Ft. Stewart, GA. ?For the past 12 years, I have successfully owned and operated a business in Brunswick County. Fellow Citizens, I will be able to help solve the problems that are plaguing our county. With your trust and support, we can succeed. Please vote for me on May 8 in the Republican Primary for Sheriff of Brunswick County I U
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