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GENERAL
INFORMATION
The
Dickerson-Johnson Library and Learning Resources Center contains
the general, reference, and Black Heritage collections of the college.
It strives to provide resources that support the curriculum and
various programs of Coahoma Community College. The building is named
in honor of the school's first librarian, Ethel Dickerson, and Lillian
Rogers Johnson who helped organize the college. The library occupies
the second and third floors of the building with Reference being
housed on the second floor and the General Collection, Main Reading
Room, Black Heritage Collection, Media Center and Coahoma Community
College Archives residing on the third floor.
The
library is designed to facilitate research and study with open stacks
and continuously available assistance from library staff. It offers
a wide variety of materials including approximately 36,000 bound
volumes, nearly 400 periodicals in several formats including full
-text CD-ROM databases, newspapers. Services provided include inter-library
loan, a microfilm reader/printer, microfilm readers, photocopier,
typewriters, a computer network with word processing programs, Internet
access and reference sources on CD-ROM, typing rooms, a large group
conference room which also serves as a viewing room, and media center
that houses a collection of books, audio-visual materials and equipment.
The library automation system provides easy access to the library's
collection and facilitates efficient circulation of materials.
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