2009-2011 - Benedict College

258 ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ADJUNCT UNITS
LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER
The Benjamin F. Payton Learning Resources Center is the cornerstone for academic support,
research and excellence for the College. The spacious multi-purpose modern facility provides a climate
that is conducive to study and research, and enables the College to fulfill its obligations to students,
faculty, and staff relative to the overall institutional mission and purpose.
The Learning Resources Center, centrally located on the College campus, consists of three levels: the
Plaza and Mezzanine (upper) levels and the Court (lower) level. Emphasis is placed on providing a
variety of services and resources that allow students, faculty and the community to access information
in different formats that encompasses both traditional (i.e., print) and technological advanced
access points to information.
The Plaza and Mezzanine levels comprise the library holdings including general and reference
resources, government publications, current journals and periodicals, bound periodicals, microforms,
and paperbacks. Information Gateway, the library's online catalog, allows users to access books,
selected journal titles, audiovisual resources, and government publications, via the Internet using campus
facilities that provide network access. Additionally the library is a selected federal depository for
U.S. government publications. The library serves the government information needs of the 6 th United
States Congressional District of South Carolina in conjunction with other local federal depository
libraries.
The Electronic Reference Center (ERC), located on Plaza Level, provides access to CD-ROM databases,
the Internet, and other electronic services. The technology resources are continuously updated
and new databases added to support the academic curriculum. The library also features: a special
collection of African American books and a collection of Juvenile books; a picture file of selected
African Americans; a vertical file on the Black experience; and selected sources on microfilm from the
Schomburg Collection and the Schomburg indexes. Students also have access to specific research
resources placed on reserve at the library's Circulation Desk.
The Court (lower) level of the Learning Resources Center includes the Instructional Media Center and
the Archives Center. The Instructional Media Center provides access to a collection of audiovisual
materials and other media that plays an important role in supporting student study and scholastic
achievement. The Archives Center preserves a variety of historical materials that document the origin
and development of Benedict College and the achievement of its officers, faculty, staff, students