PCC Library Fact Sheet
Building Information:
Clifton W. Everett Building, constructed 1987
History of PCC Library Facilities
| Year | Location | Square Feet |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Vernon E. White, Room 2 | 1,100 |
| 1970 | Robert Lee Humber, 3rd Floor | 5,000 |
| 1987 | Clifton W. Everett | 26,100 |
Today's Library has:
- An open study area (18 tables; 78 seats)
- Periodicals reading area (12 seats; chairs and worktables)
- Study rooms (6 available, 4-8 seats each; whiteboards)
- Listening/viewing rooms for AV materials (3 available)
- Teaching lab (21 Internet workstations; flexible seating; 1 wheelchair accessible workstation)
- 20 lighted study carrels (2 wheelchair accessible)
- Children's Room (6 child-sized chairs; 1 computer)
- 56 computers available for patrons:
- 1 (Children's Room; 1st floor)
- 34 (2nd floor open area)
- 21 (Instruction Lab, Room 228; 2nd floor)
Staff
Past PCC Library Directors:
Jane Smith
JoAnn Bell
Barbara C. Clark
Lisa C. Driver (Current Assistant Vice President, Learning Resources)
The staff consists of the following:
- 7 full-time professional librarians
- Members of the following professional library organizations:
- Offices and committee membership
- Chair, CCLINC Reports Subcommittee
- Member, CCLINC Cataloging Subcommittee
- Member, CCLINC Serials Subcommittee
- Organizing, attending, presenting at professional workshops and conferences
- 2 part-time professional librarians
- 3 full-time paraprofessionals
- 8 part-time library assistants
- Librarians on reference duty during all library hours (69 hours per week)
Electronic Resources
- Library Website
- Online Library Catalog
- Online Databases, including full-text articles.
- NC LIVE participating library
- North Carolina is one of the few states to provide this kind of electronic networking to all types of libraries in the state. NC LIVE is a statewide cooperative program among the NC Community College System Learning Resources Centers, the University of NC System libraries, NC private college libraries, and NC public libraries. The purpose of NC LIVE is to achieve the following goals:
- Ensure ongoing universal access to a core group of reference and research materials available in electronic format, regardless of geographic location or time
- Improve access to holdings housed at libraries and archives statewide through an expanded program of resource sharing and electronic delivery of information through a grant program administered by the State Library of North Carolina
- Provide the technical infrastructure necessary to provide access to online resources
- Expand access to state government information
- Assure that library staff statewide have the knowledge and skills to help users access the resources of NC LIVE
- North Carolina is one of the few states to provide this kind of electronic networking to all types of libraries in the state. NC LIVE is a statewide cooperative program among the NC Community College System Learning Resources Centers, the University of NC System libraries, NC private college libraries, and NC public libraries. The purpose of NC LIVE is to achieve the following goals:
- World Wide Web access at all computers
- Home access to online databases by username & passwords
- Reference service via email: pittref@email.pittcc.edu
- General information, circulation questions via email: pittlrc@email.pittcc.edu
Circulation Fiscal Year 2008
Total Circulation: 18,538
- Circulation to PCC Students: 9,612
- Circulation to PCC Faculty/Staff: 5,290
- Circulation to community residents: 70
- Total library card holders: 8,116
Collections (Value= $1,798,238.81)
- Volumes: 43,302
- Print Magazine and Journal Subscriptions: 242
- Electronic Database Subscriptions: 18
- Audiovisual Titles: 4,166
