Children's
Collection
Kirkpatrick Library has an impressive children's collection,
especially useful for education and Library Science students.
The collection includes children's fiction, nonfiction, and children's
magazines. The library collects all Caldecott, Newbery,
and Mark Twain award books. In addition to the circulating
children's collection, the Research Collection of Literature for
Children and Young Adults houses materials of historical interest,
including a collection of books by Missouri authors or illustrators
and books set in Missouri. This collection also includes
original author manuscripts, illustrations, and letters.
The library is the host of the annual Children's
Literature Festival, one of the largest in the country. The
32nd Annual Children's Literature Festival was held March 19-21,
2001. Over 6300 children and 1200 adults attended, representing
more than 150 schools in 92 cities along with many home schools.
Thirty-nine children's book authors and illustrators participated
in the festival. The 33rd Festival will take place March
10-12, 2002.
The Harmon Computer
Commons
The
Harmon Computer Commons is a fully networked electronic
environment, whose workstations have access to informational
resources, productivity tools, group work areas and teaching
labs. These resources are designed to fully integrate
the informational resources of the library with the technology
acquired, disseminated and utilized by the Central Missouri
State University community. Two multipurpose class spaces
are connected to the commons area, and contain computers for
instruction in an electronic environment. HCC offers the
following services and facilities:
