More books for the RML

By Stephanie Orr
Copy Editor

     Over the summer, 8,000 new books were added to the Reid Memorial Library (RML) collection. Additions cover topics across the colleges’ curriculum, with a number of the volumes relating to career programs on campus. The LC Foundation provided most of the funding for the purchase.
     At present, about 2,500 of the books have been added to the online catalog and put on the shelves. The remaining titles are expected to be available to the student body by the end of the year. The library usually gets between 1,000 and 1,500 new volumes annually.
     Another new addition to RML is the Special Collections room.  Located in the former juvenile reading room, this cozy alcove is adjacent to the main reading area and houses the colleges’ impressive Local History and Lewis and Clark collections. According to RML director Dennis Krieb, “it’s a nice little room to sit and read the paper.”
     The expansion was initiated to prepare for academic accreditation for 2003. During the previous accreditation in 1992 it was briefly mentioned that the RML had inadequate holdings for a community college of its size. In theory, a population the size of LC’s should have access to a library with approximately 60,000 volumes, according to Krieb. Physically, RML can hold a maximum of 45,000 books. “But that doesn’t mean we’re below par,” states Krieb, “…it means we have a lot of room to grow.”
      And grow it will, if recent events are any indication. According to Krieb the library is seeing a boost in traffic; the number of people checking out books is up roughly 44 percent, and the library’s academic search databases, which can be accessed from home, are seeing 300-400 hits per day. The inter-library loan service offered by RML is also popular.

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Student Profile: Layla Clark

By Julia Batty-Photographer

Layla CLark is a twenty-eight year old student, who is back on campus after a ten year hiatus.
    She was born an raised in Godfrey, but has spent the last ten years living in St. Louis and San Diego working in various jobs and enjoying life. She  Feels the time off was of enormous help to her as a student. She says her mind is really present now on schoolwork and career motivation, more so then it could ever have been at eighteen, or even twenty.
Layla has been at LC for three consecutive semesters and plans to transfer to SIUE next year. She plans to major in education with an emphasis on English and Literature.

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