Reserves & Videotapes

Edgar Anderson is your reserve librarian. You may contact him at 857-7242 or email him at eanderson@vw.vccs.edu) 

Reserves:
Occasionally teachers put books and other materials on restricted circulation for use by the whole class. This is the “reserve” service. Usually reserve materials may be borrowed only for an hour or two and are not allowed to be taken out of the building. Do not assume that your teacher has materials on reserve unless you are specifically told this. Many teachers do not use the reserve service. Reserve materials are kept behind a desk and handed to you by a staff member. Essential to any reserve operation is a nearby photocopier. Each reserve site discussed below has a photocopier you can use.

• Virginia Western Brown Library - Reserve materials for courses taught at Virginia Western main campus and for classes at other sites not mentioned below will be kept at the circulation desk on the top floor of Brown Library.
• Greenfield Education & Training Center - Reserve materials for classes taught here will be available at the reception desk.
• Franklin County Workforce Development Center - Reserve materials for classes taught here, at Franklin County High School, and for courses taught elsewhere in Franklin County will be kept here.
• Roanoke Higher Education Center - Reserve materials for courses taught here will be kept in the RHEC Library located on the second floor.

Videotapes:
Videotapes for distance learning classes are available at the circulation desk on the top floor of Brown Library. You will be required to show a library card in order to check out the videotapes. If you do not have a card, bring picture identification so that you can obtain one. Sets of tapes are checked out until the end of the semester. At that time you may return the tapes directly to the library or mail them back to the address below:

Brown Library - Circulation Dept.
Virginia Western Community College
PO Box 40012
Roanoke, VA 24022-0012

An excellent time for checking out tapes is when you come on campus at the start of each semester for the required distance learning orientation. The library will ship tapes to you only if you live outside Virginia Western's service area. For example, we will ship tapes to you if you live in Christiansburg, Martinsville, Lynchburg, etc.