Learning Resource Center

Alex-web is a web-based version of the Alexandria Library Database currently used in the Learning Resource Center. Alex-web will allow LRC patrons to search for books and other educational materials found in the LRC. You will also find Library Information, Web Links, and Bulletins from the LRC staff. Alex-web is limited on the amount of simultaneous connections via the internet. If you encounter problems connecting with the program, try again after a certain amount of time has passed.

LRC Library Policies

• Students may borrow up to eight items for a period of two weeks. You may renew most items if another student is not waiting for them.
• Laptop computers are available to all patrons at the circulation desk for use in the LRC Library only.
• Education students may check out AV equipment upon filling out a borrower’s agreement. Digital still and video cameras may be checked out overnight. Laptop computers may be checked out for 30 days pending completed release form. iPods, loaded with audiobooks, are now available for a (4) four hour checkout.
• Items placed on LRC Reserve may be checked out for 3 days unless specified otherwise. This includes materials held by professors for certain courses and test preparation materials.

LRC Library Policies for Overdue Items

• Overdue notices for standard items (those with a 2 week check out period) will be sent out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Any patron receiving an overdue notice will have a chance to respond to 3 successive e-mails before fines are processed and a hold is placed on his/her account.  Patrons may renew overdue items up to three times during the semester provided no other patron has placed a hold on the items. 
• For AV equipment and LRC Reserve items, fines will accrue immediately on the FIRST day that the item is late.  An email will be sent along with a paper copy of the fine itself.  AV equipment and LRC Reserve items cannot be renewed.
• Failure to receive notification of overdue items does not absolve a borrower of library fine obligations.
• Fines on standard and LRC Reserve items will accrue as follows: $2.00 flat rate per item plus $0.20 per item per day up to a maximum of $10.00 per item.  Example:  4 items, 8 days overdue results in a $3.60 fine per item or a total fine of $14.40.
• For AV equipment, fines will accrue at the rate of $10.00 flat rate per item plus $1.00 per item per day up to a maximum of $50.00 per item.  Example: 2 items, 3 days overdue results in a $13.00 fine per item or a total fine of $26.00.

These stricter measures are being taken to ensure that all patrons have equal access to LRC items.  Thank you for your understanding and your patience during this period of transition.

F.Y.I.

• The LRC Library is divided into two sections: a curriculum library (K-12 textbooks approved for use in Tennessee) and a children's library (easy books, novels, nonfiction books).
• Items with call numbers beginning with TX are stored in the main room. They are organized by subject, then publisher, and then grade. Audio books, instructional DVDs, Mailbox magazines, and paperback novels are also located in this room.
• Textbooks may also be found in 204C along with instructional videos in VHS format.
• The children's library (204B) houses books with call numbers E (easy), and F (fiction), organized by author. Big books hang in the cabinet underneath the shelves along the back wall.  Books with a Dewey Decimal call number are arranged by subject around the walls of 204B.
• The laptops provide wireless access to the Internet and printers.

LRC Work Room (Bartoo Hall 106B)

• An Ellison machine (die-cut press) for bulletin board letters, etc. is available in 106B Bartoo Hall.  A dry-mount press is also available to students for laminating.  Students must supply their own materials.
• The workroom is open Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (closed at lunch time).

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