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Need a study room?
LRC offers quiet getaway for studies
.jpg?i=091405120323) The new Learning Resource Center at the Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco, which opened in January 2005, was built as an example of a learning community.
This is evident with the study rooms available to Collin students, which intend to harvest scholarly growth by giving the students the means to succeed.
“Before we designed the new Learning Resource Center we surveyed students and found out what they wanted. They indicated they needed places to study in groups,” Preston Ridge Campus Learning Resource Center Executive Director John Mullin said. “That is why we have space where people can come together and learn more, and it helps with retention.”
Lined along the walls on the bottom floor of the center, there are two categories of study rooms available. Two-person rooms are equipped with a TV, DVD player and VCR so students can view materials for class or for whatever purpose. The larger rooms include a long table for eight people and a dry-erase board.
So far, the response has been good, according to Preston Ridge Campus Reference Librarian Terri Karlseng. A bevy of students and members of the community have utilized the rooms for a number of purposes. For example, she said, one person from the community has been coming everyday and studying for the bar exam.
“They are very popular,” she said. “It is definitely a wonderful place to study, have enough privacy and feel comfortable.”
In addition, students also can check out wireless laptop computers and use them in the study rooms or anywhere inside the Learning Resource Center. Karlseng said many students use the laptops and rooms to work on group projects, adding that it is easy for students to come in, work on a PowerPoint presentation, burn it to a CD without any hassle. Also, individual study carrels are dispersed throughout the center for seeking a fortress of solitude for studying.
Study rooms can not be reserved.
For more information, contact the Preston Ridge Campus Learning Resource Center at 972.377.1560.
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