NC LIVE Helps VGCC Faculty and Students Succeed, 24 Hours a Day
Four Vance-Granville Community College faculty members are featured in a new statewide campaign to promote awareness of the library partnership, NC LIVE. The four educators are Radiography Clinical Coordinator/Instructor Stacey Soles, History Instructor Dr. Natasha Thompson, Business Instructor Derrick Cameron and Program Head of Academic Success and Study Skills Olu Ariyo. Each one describes how the tools and information they can access online, anytime, for free through the VGCC Library and promote successful learning for their students.
These instructors’ stories and others have been collected in NC LIVE Impact , a new digital library awareness campaign showcasing how residents use North Carolina’s digital library resources to get the information they need to meet their goals — 24 hours a day, from any device.
The state’s 201 public and academic libraries have collectively funded the NC LIVE online library since 1998 to ensure every resident has access to quality research materials, streaming videos, and eBooks. The digital library also includes tools for everything from competitive business analysis and market research to academic and professional test prep, genealogy research, and language learning.
All of these resources are costly, but licensing and managing them collectively saves libraries time and money. “NC LIVE spends $3.4 million a year to provide access to content that would cost our member libraries $23 million to acquire on their own. This partnership creates tremendous value for libraries of all types and sizes,” notes NC LIVE Executive Director Rob Ross.
“Our innovative faculty members put NC LIVE resources to good use, as they educate, inspire and support their students,” VGCC Library Services Director Elaine Stem added. “NC LIVE gives our campus community access to a fantastic core collection of digital resources, while freeing Vance-Granville to focus our budget on the specific needs of our students, faculty and staff.”
All of VGCC’s electronic resources, including NC LIVE, are fully accessible to all students, faculty and staff even when they are not on campus. VGCC library patrons can access these materials on any computer by using the same user ID and password that they use for the college’s WebAdvisor system and for their online classes.
The Impact campaign will run through the end of March 2017, during which time NC LIVE and member libraries will promote digital resources and highlight how they have helped North Carolinians achieve their goals. The campaign includes social media messaging and public radio underwriting to spread the world about NC’s own digital library. Individuals can learn more and donate to the NC LIVE Foundation at .
About VGCC Library Services
The main VGCC library is located in Building 2 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County, but library services are also available at the satellite campuses in Granville, Franklin and Warren counties, and online at lrc.vgcc.edu . The libraries are also open to the public, supporting life-long learning and intellectual enrichment for the community. For more information about the Library , contact Elaine Stem at (252) 738-3340 or steme@vgcc.edu .
About NC LIVE
NC LIVE is a statewide library consortium that provides shared digital content and services to North Carolina’s community colleges, public libraries, the UNC System, and NC Independent Colleges and Universities. Patrons of NC LIVE’s 200 member libraries may access eBooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, streaming videos, and more online via library websites, and through .
About The NC LIVE Foundation
The NC LIVE Foundation strengthens the mission and activities of the NC LIVE program through the promotion and use of digital content and services that support education, enhance economic development, and improve the quality of life in communities across North Carolina.
Above: Stacey Soles, a VGCC Radiography instructor and clinical coordinator, is seen here in the library on the college’s South Campus between Butner and Creedmoor, where the Radiography program is based. “Streaming video helps my students prepare for their first day in a clinical setting,” Soles said. “They can see and hear patient care in action.” (VGCC photo)
Above: Derrick Cameron, a VGCC Business instructor, is seen here in the library on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. “Teaching six online classes this semester, in addition to a face-to-face class, requires that I have access to relevant, timely instructional materials for my students any hour of the day or night,” Cameron said. (VGCC photo)
Above: Dr. Natasha Thompson, a VGCC history instructor, is seen here in the library on the college’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg. “Teaching on four campuses means I’m always on the move,” Thompson said. She noted that NC LIVE streaming videos “are accessible, fast, and always available.” (VGCC photo)
Above: Olu Ariyo, VGCC’s program head for academic success and study skills, is seen here in the library on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. “My students use NC LIVE as a way to better develop and integrate knowledge into their academic projects through magazines, eBooks, and much more,” Ariyo said. (VGCC photo)
