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Books                     53,867 volumes
Periodicals            208 print magazines, journals and newspapers.
Approximately 10,000  full-text electronic magazines, journals and newspapers.
Videos                    2,367 titles
Computers            25, two with handicapped accessible mouses
Click here for a listing of software on the computers in the  library. 
Printer                    one laser printer attached to all 25 computers
Seating                   89, five handicapped accessible
Databases            over 200 databases with:
approximately 10,000 full-text magazines, journals and newspapers
nearly 10,000 full-text works of poetry and verse drama
more than 75,000 additional full-text materials, including reports and pamphlets    
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Library
Instruction 
In 2002,  82 sessions were given to the following classes:

30 Orientation classes   
            21 English classes
            16 demos given during the free/activity period
            7 to area middle and high schools
            4  history classes
            3  nursing classes
            1  business class
       Several  were given at the Harrisonburg and Waynesboro campuses.

 

Mission              The mission of Houff Library is to provide those basic resources necessary to support the College's academic programs and purposes.  To achieve this, it must be recognized that a library is more than a collection of books; it is a collection of informational materials, arranged in an orderly manner and manned by competent personnel to make that material readily and easily available.
Hours                    Monday through Thursday          7:30am - 9:00pm
Friday                                            7:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday (during fall and spring semester)        10:00am - 3:00pm
Phone                     540/453-2247

 

Address                 One College Lane
 P. O. Box 80
 Weyers Cave, VA  24486

 

06/29/10

 
 
 

 

 
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