We are a group of library directors from the 16 community colleges in Maryland.
Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland, MD
Located in Cumberland, Maryland, the Donald L. Alexander Library at Allegany College of Maryland is an integral part of the College’s Learning Commons. It provides in-person and remote access to academic resources and support services, technology, and study spaces. Our goal is to provide increased opportunities for student learning and success. With an FTE of 778 students, we also serve the general public in Allegany County and the surrounding areas of Western Maryland. Our collection of local history and genealogy attracts many visitors. We also receive inquires by phone or email from all over the United States!
Web site: https://www.allegany.edu/library/
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD
The Andrew G. Truxal Library is committed to participating in teaching and promoting lifelong learning at Anne Arundel Community College. The library’s collection includes over 150,000 physical books, 114,000 electronic books, 15,000 online and print periodicals and 21,000 audiovisual resources available online and in house. The library provides access to more than 60 online databases, where most electronic resources can be found. You can also check out a number of anatomical and chemistry models, as well as laptop computers, calculators, phone chargers, headphones, staplers, and more.
Web site: https://www.aacc.edu/resources/academic-services/library/
Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore City Community College Library supports the learning objectives of the institution and provides onsite and remote access to resources, instruction and services that meet the diverse informational needs of our community. The Library provides leadership in fostering information competency, empowers our community to become critical and effective information users, and cooperates with libraries, networks, and consortia in sharing resources to provide maximum access to information. We evaluate library resources and services on a regular and systematic basis and participate in the college’s planning and evaluation process. The Library staff is committed to working together as a team to build a student-centered library in which quality services and student success are primary goals recognized and shared by all staff.
Web site: https://www.bccc.edu/library
Carroll Community College
Westminster, MD
The mission of the Carroll Community College Library and Media Center is to empower its users by creating an environment conducive to the advancement of information literacy. The library carries out its mission by striving to be a state-of-the-art, user-oriented facility which supports the college’s curriculum and promotes independent learning. It provides programs and services planned in consultation with the college community to be responsive to the individualized needs of the college’s diverse population.
Web site: http://library.carrollcc.edu/home
Cecil College
North East, MD
Cecil College is an inclusive, open-access community college committed to academic excellence and service to the greater community. The Cecil County Veterans Memorial Library serves students and Cecil County residents providing access to study spaces, books, databases, reference services, and special collections.
Chesapeake College
Wye Mills, MD
The Chesapeake College library supports the educational needs of students from our five counties: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Chesapeake has one library at their main location in Wye Mills and employs two full-time professional librarians. With an FTE of 1845 students, the library works in tandem with our Academic Support Center to provide learning support both in-person and remotely.
Web site: https://libguides.chesapeake.edu/home
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD
CSM Libraries provide services and resources to support the academic and career courses of the college. Library staff offer help in obtaining information, using library resources, and conducting research. We encourage students to ask for individual research assistance when needed. Library collections include college-level research databases, reference materials, course reserves, books, and periodicals in both print and digital formats. Research databases are available for completing research in many subject areas. Within the libraries, computer workstations are available to access many resources including Internet and course-related software.
Web site: https://www.csmd.edu/student-services/library-services/
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
The CCBC Libraries actively support the educational mission of the College. The Libraries provide leadership in information literacy, excellent services, and resources in both physical and online environments to a diverse community of learners. Located on the Catonsville, Dundalk and Essex campuses, the CCBC Library provides services and research resources to promote every student’s academic success.
Web site: https://www.ccbcmd.edu/Resources-for-Students/Library.aspx
Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD
The Frederick Community College Library is part of the Gladhill Learning Commons, a welcoming, flexible research and learning environment that provides convenient access to academic support services, study spaces, and technology. Our Library Services strive to provide students and faculty the resources and services they need by innovatively partnering across the College to support 21st Century Teaching and Learning.
Web site: https://www.frederick.edu/student-resources/gladhill-learning-commons.aspx
Garrett College
McHenry, MD
The Garrett College Library & Learning Commons is a welcoming, flexible research and learning environment that provides convenient access to academic support services, study spaces, and technology in order to promote collaboration and inspire academic excellence. The library is co-located with the Advising & Academic Success Center to remove barriers to student success and provide increased opportunities for student learning. Garrett College is located in the Deep Creek Lake area and is one of two community colleges in Maryland with residence halls.
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD
The William M. Brish Library at Hagerstown Community College champions student success by connecting any and all members of the campus community with the resources they need, supporting their growth in critical thinking and information literacy, and welcoming them to accessible, functional, inspiring spaces both on campus and online. Three professional librarians and one Library Services Assistant support our student body of approximately 2600 FTE as well as faculty, staff, and community users. Recently remodeled in 2017 with an eye to the future, the library facility offers quiet, individual, and group study spaces as well as a core collection of physical materials. A wide variety of electronic resources and virtual reference services make information available at any time or place.
Web site: http://www.hagerstowncc.edu/library
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD
The Library offers students assistance with library resources and research (including one-on-one research consultations), as well as access to computers for student use (including access to course-specific software in the Library Computer Lab), video viewing, group/individual study rooms, and print, audiovisual, and digital resources.
Web site: https://www.harford.edu/academic-resources/library.aspx
Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
Located in the James Clark Library building, Howard Community College’s Library is a tremendous resource for HCC students, faculty, staff, and the Howard County community. Open seven days a week in the fall and spring semesters, the library is outfitted with group study rooms, computer labs, group viewing rooms, quiet zones, silent areas, and seating areas for comfortable reading. Helpful and knowledgeable staff are available in-person and online to help patrons with all their information needs.
Web site: https://www.howardcc.edu/services-support/library/
Montgomery College
Germantown, MD
The Montgomery College Library is committed to serving students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the Montgomery County community. We offer academic support services at our three campus locations: Rockville, Tacoma Park/Silver Spring, and Germantown. Our team of 14 full-time librarians are teaching and learning partners, providing in-person and remote services to over 21, 720 students. We also embrace our role as both a college and community library, aiming to enrich the lives of our community learners with access to our special and digital collections.
Prince George’s Community College
Largo, MD
The Prince George’s Community College Library and Learning Resources serves the students, the College, and the community by providing instruction, learning resources, and support services that impact success, retention, and completion through the Math Learning Center, Marlboro English Learning Lab, Tutoring and Writing Centers, and the Library.
Web site: https://pgcc.libguides.com/library
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury, MD
The Wor-Wic Community College Library Centers located in Brunkhorst Hall, Henson Hall, and Shockley Hall are research facilities supporting academic programs by providing computer use and ease of access on or off campus to academic e-resources and digital collections, research help, and reference assistance to a diverse and growing student and academic community from the counties of Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with a credit and non-credit FTE of 1,079.
Web site: https://www.worwic.edu/Services-Support/Academic-Support/Resource-Centers-(Library)
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