Introduction
The Clifford E. Brown Library is an inviting state-of-the art facility designed to foster an engaging and interactive educational experience for Central Catholic students. The recent renovation enhances student learning by offering individual and group study areas as well as comfortable seating for informal research and periodical review. A wireless computer area adjacent to the custtom-made circulation desk offers students the use of technology in their pursuit of academic achievment. The library incorporates the latest in virtual and distance learning technologies in a setting that features a modern, open design. A newly equipped, sound proof television studio allows students to develop skills in audio-visual techniques by producing all-school prgrams and announcements. A conference room for private meetings, energy efficient windows and air-conditioning complement the renovated space.
Hours
The Clifford E. Brown Library is open each school day from 7:30 to 3:00. Any changes in the schedule will be posted on the door.
Holdings
The Clifford E. Brown Library contains more than 13,700 books and over 950 audiovisual and video titles. It receives 46 magazines and four newspapers. Hundreds of periodicals are kept in storage for research. Everything circulates.
"Ten Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library"
- Not everything is on the Internet.
- The needle (your search) in the haystack (the Web). Sites often promise to search everything, but they can't deliver.
- Quality control doesn't exist.
- What you don't know really does hurt you. This is more of a problem with journels.
- States can now buy one book and distribute it to every library on the Web--NOT! What is on the Net are about 20,000 titles published before 1925.
- Hey, Bud, you forgot about E-book readers. Try reading an E-book reader for more than a half-hour. Headaches and eye strain are the best result.
- Aren't there library-less universities now? A fully "virtualized" library just can't be done. Not yet, not now, not in our lifetimes.
- But a virtual state library would do it, right? The cost of having everything digitized is incredibly high.
- The Internet: a mile wide, an inch (or less) deep. Almost nothing on the Internet is more than 15 years old.
- The Internet is ubiquitous but books are portable. We have nearly 1,000 years of reading print in our bloodstream and that's not likely to change in the next 75.
The above is a condensation of an article by Mark Y. Herring in American Libraries, April, 2001. For the full article, see the library bulletin board. Also check the bulletin board for "Useful Resources on the Internet" and "Search Tools and their URLs."
