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BTC Library

About the library

Library Mission

The Blackhawk Technical College Library provides information to serve the educational, cultural and recreational needs of all its students, enabling them to both meet their vocational goals and become competent, well-rounded citizens.  Therefore, its emphasis is to support and enhance the school's curriculum.

Since a basic goal of the library is to encourage reading and develop critical thinking, its material shall be current, relevant and show all sides of issues.  To further these ends it also provides information to enable the faculty and staff assist in these objectives.  It works with other libraries in the community in a spirit of free cooperation.


General Library Information

BTC's library consists of the main library at Central Campus and one branch library at the Monroe Campus LRC with collections at two outreach centers, Airport Center and the Center for Transportation Studies, to provide services and collections tailored to BTC students' academic library needs.

The BTC library offers more than 274 magazines, 27,900 books and audiovisual materials, Internet access, a growing number of computerized full-text databases, and over 33650 ebooks to help students efficiently locate needed information. A delivery system connects all centers to provide students with  access to titles in all collections. Access to these online resources is also available from home and the office.

In addition, students have access to the online catalogs of RockCat, online catalog of all Rock County public libraries and many other state libraries, and can borrow materials from these libraries through BTC Library's interlibrary loan service. To help our students use these resources, the Central Campus and Monroe Campus LRC Libraries provide individual assistance and class orientations to collections, services, and the research process.

The BTC library also provides special reserve collections of materials assigned by instructors at its Central Campus and Monroe Campus Branch locations.

The Central Campus library provides room for studying, and houses the library computer lab, the library services help desk, photocopier with fax service. 

The Monroe LRC staff provides testing services and career/scholarship information.  Placement testing services that are available include the COMPASS assessment, SP2/safety test, typing test, Career Scope and WisCareers.  Current BTC students can schedule make-up tests and online tests in the LRC.  Appointments are required for both placement tests and make-up tests.  Please call 608-329-8253 for available appointment times.  A variety of career and scholarship tools are offered in the Monroe Learning Resource Center (Library).  A listing of local employment opportunities and scholarships are available.  There is also a career library that includes a variety of career-related books, resource manuals, and sample resumes.

The Airport Center and the Center for Transportation Studies have collections of books and AV materials which pertain to the courses being offered at those locations.


How to Request Library Materials

Student & Rock/Green County Residents Circulation Guidelines


School Holidays:

Contact Information and Hours

Central Campus

608.757-7671 [Circulation Desk]

608.757-7705 [Reference Desk]

608.743-4515 [Library Services Help Desk]

Monroe Campus  

 Collection at the Airport Campus  

Collection at the Center for Transportation Studies:  

Central Campus Testing Center/Student Use Room (2409C)

The library has a room designated for student testing and student quiet study.  It is located to the right as you enter the library.  The room is not intended to be used as a classroom by instructors throughout the semester.

After making arrangements with their instructor to take a test, a student will need to schedule an appointment with the library to take the test in room 2409C.  Test scheduling can be done by visiting the library circulation desk, by calling 608-757-7671 or by filling out the Student Testing Form.

Check availability by visiting the circulation desk.  Please refer all other questions concerning the Testing Center/Student Use Room to the Librarian, Janet White.

 

Audiovisual Services

Faculty audio-visual materials, arranged by the Library of Congress Classification system, for staff borrowing only are shelved in the AV room located in the rear of the library to the right at Central Campus and at the end of the book collection at the Monroe LRC. The General Use audio-visual aterials, a collection of classic, popular, and travel movies, CDs, and cassettes are also located in the AV room at Central Campus.  The General Use audio-visual materials may be borrowed by students for one week. There is a $.50 per day overdue charge.

Although students are not allowed to borrow faculty audio-visual materials, equipment to view or listen to material is available.

 

Services Offered

Acquisitions of Instructional Materials

Scheduling District-Owned Instructional Materials

Creating Bibliographies of District-Owned Instructional Materials

 Copyright Coordination

Handle Inquiries About the Contents of Our District Instructional Materials Holdings

Handle Any Inquiries Regarding A/V Materials, Instructional Materials, etc.

 

Interlibrary Loan

If you need an item that is not in our library, we will be happy to try and borrow it from another library. Turn in a request form at the Circulation Desk or use the appropriate link below to make a request:

For more information on interlibrary loan, contact Mary Hughes-Greer, 608.757.7671.

 

Library Instruction

We offer:

Library research instruction classes covering information retrieval skills and strategies for writing reports and papers, as well as information literacy skills to help students manage an increasingly complex world of information.

General program orientations covering basic library procedures and the specific reference tools for that field

Special topic instruction for classes (e.g. audio-visual resources in the library, job-hunting on the Web, searching for images on the Web, specific subject databases and Web sites, etc.)

To schedule an instruction session, or for more information about the BTC Library Instruction Program, please contact Janet White or fill out our online Library Instruction Request Form.