PHILOSOPHY

The Jim and Patsy Rose Library at Cleveland Community College is a multimedia facility designed to support the total educational program of the college and to enhance the teaching/learning experience for students, faculty, administration and community patrons. The library contributes to the educational program of the college by collecting, making readily available and assisting in the use of materials needed by its users.

The purpose of the Cleveland Community College Library is to help fulfill the mission of the college by providing carefully selected resources and versatile programs and services which reinforce and enrich the curriculum and which are responsive to the needs of the College community.

We believe that no student should have to go to another library for materials to complete class assignments, except in the case of research for which rare, highly specialized, or very expensive items are required.

The Library may not always be able to meet all faculty needs for published research. However, no faculty member should have to depend on another library for the preparation of lectures and teaching, except in cases where expensive, esoteric or seldomly used items can be quickly and easily accessed through interlibrary loan.