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The history of El Camino College and its library spans half a
century. The following is a list of important milestones:
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October 17, 1946, the Board of Trustees of El Camino College
approved a request to recondition empty barracks vacated at the
close of World War II. In September, 1948, the temporary
library opened with 27 seats, four tiers of bookstacks and 861
donated volumes. Miss Helen Rodgers, who had been librarian at
Torrance High School, was hired as the first librarian. By the end
of 1949, the collection had grown to 8,872 volumes, 75 periodicals
and four newspapers.
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November 9, 1992, official groundbreaking ceremonies took
place for new construction, completely renovating the existing
library and adding much needed square footage. The new building was
dedicated on September 8, 1994 and renamed the Sam Schauerman
Library, after a past college president.
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August 17, 1998, the Library Media Technology Center
(LMTC) opened. The LMTC's Computer Commons has about 170 new
computers with full Internet access. The Computer Commons is also
equipped with standard office applications, graphics, and a broad
range of computer-assisted instructional software.
Today the Schauerman Library is part of the Learning Resources
Unit of the college, with Alice Grigsby as Director. This
unit is comprised of the LMTC, Media Services, the
Learning Resources Center, and the Schauerman and Music Libraries,
all of which are responsible for instructional support at El Camino
College.
The Schauerman Library is an excellent facility with more than
100,000 volumes, many periodicals, and computerized resources
such as information databases, making it the campus research
center. Materials are organized throughout the facilities for
easy use. Open stacks are maintained to give students direct access
to all books, except those on Reserve. Librarians are
available to assist users in their research and provide one-on-one
and class instruction on the effective use of information
resources.
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