2023-2024 College Catalog

S.C. O'Neal Sr. Library and Technology Center

The mission of the S. C. O’Neal Sr. Library and Technology Center is to provide comprehensive and innovative information services to support scholarship, learning and the instructional programs offered by Drake State Community & Technical College. The library supports the administration, faculty, staff, students, and community clientele by employing traditional resources and current technology to facilitate access to information.
   
The library also provides state-of-the-art hardware and software programs. The instruction and training needed to use the equipment and services effectively, along with the unceasing promotion of emerging technologies, serves as the model for information resource goals of the college. Students have access to books, periodicals, journals, audio/visuals, materials on reserve, as well as numerous databases and eBooks.  The library also offers a variety of technological aids along with librarians to assist with learning needs.   

Drake State now has its own library platform on the college’s website called EBSCO Stacks. This new addition has many excellent features to help students effortlessly navigate this library platform to discover all the library services, resources, and information about current events at the college, all in one place.