Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Resources Center provides data by Ann Hollenback The Renn Memorial Library and Research Center saw many im- provements this year, strengthening its image of offering more than lust books to the students. According to Ken Campbell, media technician, it wasn't long ago that the library was housed in the lower level of Galle-Johnson Hall. There wasn't even a media cen- ter, Campbell said. There was iust a small collection of books and magazines. The services are better now. The library has more than 20,000 books and 230 periodicals. Betty Mar- tin, director of the Learning Resour- ces Center, further improved the ser- vices offered this year through the purchase of a Com-Reader. The machine locates books for borrowing from maior libraries across the state. According to Sally Forrest, library assistant, the system worked well during its first year at the college. If there were magazines or books we didn't have, we could borrow them from other libraries, Forrest said. Magazine articles were usually Xeroxed, and there wasn't a lona wait. The system was a big help. Improving the Research Center has been a continuing goal for the librarians. The Research Center is the heart of the campus, Martin said. It seems that every class this year had an in-library assignment or term paper. Students needed to feel like they could come here. We're in the in- formation business. Foreign students also had the op- portunity to find special help in the library. English as a second language was offered this year through the ESL program in the Learning Skills Lab, Martin said. lt was a class for people in the community who wanted to im-. prove their English skilIs. With the new equipment and ser- vices, the library offered greater op- portunities for all students. ACADEMlCS!Learning Resources Center 21

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,a,,V. ,ws sr.. S., , DEEP IN THOUGHT - Sharon Yar- brough, speech and drama instructor, concentrates on planning the next day's class activities. fPhoto by David Bartonl READ SPEED - Part of Margaret Wheeler's skill development course con- sisted of a program in which the reading comprehension of students was measured. fPhoto by David Bartonl MAKING PROGRESS - A student uses a machine that allows him to read one line at a time in an attempt to sharpen his reading skills. fPhoto by David Barton, 22 ACADEMICS !English, Speech xx . .. XX ,zip ,S-ask ' S -ziszx .. :W X l .X Sn. X- 1 -X X-X1 f 1 kg.. A f f i ' ff: al ' rw. X. .QQ -5 i 4 ' xx: ' X es X A XR 6 X + w fx . 1- S sg :X S f 'Y X X S 0 n N fiih..- .Qvf?Sfi. E' x A ' S xx 3 ,Q X si, ' Mu