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Background
(Extracted from Library website)
HISTORY MISSION
The College Library known as the Joyce The mission of the Portmore Community
Robinson Learning resource Centre is a College Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is
shared facility. Both the Portmore to support the curricular goals of the
Community College and the Portmore college. By acquiring, organizing and
HEART College of Construction Services are
located on the same Compound and share providing quality resources, the center
the facility. intends to enhance the learning
experience
The College opened in February 1992 and
within that same year a small library was
established in one of the classrooms. Introduction
Students who volunteered their services
operated the library. However, following
discussions between the Executive Director A survey was conducted on the both the
of HEART/NTA and the President of the Main and Old Harbour campuses of the
Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica College during the week of April 8, 2019
(CCCJ), a decision was taken to merge both to determine
collections into the Academy’s library. The
merge of the two libraries and increase in (1) The extent to which library services
the college’s population resulted in are used.
increased demands on the limited facilities
and so in 1993 a task force was set up to (2) The rate of satisfaction with the
advice on its expansion. current services being provided by
the library.
VISION With a student population of
In an effort to support the research and approximately 2,400, a sample of 212
educational needs of its users, the library students was randomly selected. Using a
holds the vision that it will always seek to 95% confidence level, this gives an
provide the required resources. estimated margin of error ± 6.4%. Each
of its clients, in an effort to inform, participant in the sample was asked to
enrich and empower users to become complete a questionnaire with 6 close-
lifelong learners and productive citizens in ended questions with one open-end
a dynamic and global society. question (See appendix1).
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