{"id":264,"date":"2022-07-19T01:45:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-snaga003\/?p=264"},"modified":"2022-07-19T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T23:39:10","slug":"academic-library-visit-northern-virginia-community-college-manassas-va-7-12-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mlis-snaga003\/2022\/07\/19\/academic-library-visit-northern-virginia-community-college-manassas-va-7-12-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Library Visit – Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA (7\/12\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Space, Physical Access & Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Driving onto the Northern Virginia Community College, you first notice the beautiful, serene campus surrounded by trees. The campus was not intimating in size and made me curious to see the campus’s library.
After parking, I walked down this beautiful trail to the building and found the library on the Lower Level. Accessing the library was easy with a ramp, and signage was typical.\u00a0My first impression walking in was noticing the back wall of all windows that looked out to a parklike area. Anyone would love to study there with such a calm, peaceful view. Then as you walk into the library, you see the circulation desk front and center. The two staff were engrossed in conversation, and very few people were there. This campus is an older building built in the 1970s, and the library has that same feel. One impressive thing was that the whole middle of the library was set up for studying, with many tables, some specifically made to accommodate wheelchairs. Also, the library has 6 group study rooms available with collaboration stations & dry-erase boards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NOVA Library entrance, Manassas, Virginia (Nagashima, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services & Intellectual Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Next to the extensive study area was a large section of periodicals and pleasure reading magazines. Conveniently these magazines were located next to the study tables. Located near the study tables were the computers and library catalog access computers. The layout of this academic library, albeit small, was designed with much thought. This academic library is true to what Rubin & Rubin describe as a true ” learning space” rather than just books for reference (2020, p. 171).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NOVA Library, Manassas, Virginia (Nagashima, S. 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being summer, I did not see any signage about programs, but the next thing I noticed was a couple of appealing displays of books focused on pleasure reading. One display had many manga books, and another displayed about space. Another display area read “Spring into Reading,” which did not have a particular theme to the books; also strange since it was the middle of July. It was pleasing to see that they had nice reading areas for studying and even big bean bag chairs for the students to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NOVA Library, Manassas, Virginia (Nagashima, S. 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As I perused the aisle of books, I was looking for diversity in their collection and noticed a section labeled foreign language Children’s Literature. I was pleasantly surprised to see Spanish, Korean, and Mandarin. Also nearby and easy to spot was a section of books helping individuals with TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The collection looked like a typical academic library collection, categorized by Library of Congress system. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NOVA Library, Manassas, Virginia (Nagashima, S. 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Access & Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The website<\/a> for the library is not specifically for the Manassas location but is very resourceful and easy to navigate.   The website encompasses many databases, research guides, the catalog, and LibChat, with chat available 24\/7 to answer questions. One great benefit is that NOVA students and staff have reciprocal borrowing privileges with George Mason’s Libraries. Manassas location has one unique collection of digitized images from the dedication of the Manassas Campus. Another excellent online feature worth mentioning is their blog.<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERESTING!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One very surprising thing was the massive project that I mentioned earlier. As you can see from the photo, they are giving away about two aisles of books! They even supplied boxes so you could carry them home. Clearly, they are making room for new books, but I was just surprised at the amount of weeding taking place at one time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NOVA Library, Manassas, Virginia (Nagashima, S. 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagashima, S. (2022) NOVA Library<\/em>. [Photographs of Northern Virginia College Library, Manassas Campus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubin, R. E., & Rubin, R. G. (2020). Foundations of library and information science (5th ed.). ALA Neal-Schuman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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