I’m sitting here in the GTCC Wendover Campus Library with a horde of wildcats!
Nope, happily not the feline kind or I would have locked myself in my office right away!
The Wildcats I speak of are of the Eastern Guilford variety, species Junior and Senior.
Unless you’ve been living in a cave you are by now of course aware of the tragic fire at Eastern Guilford High, and the forced relocation of the Eastern Guilford High students to locations hither and yon.
I suppose in my case that would be hither. Again, unless you’ve been living in cave, you are by now also aware that the junior and senior classes, 400 strong, are having their classes for the near future at the GTCC Wendover Campus.
The GTCC libraries are making plans to do everything we can to work with our new guests. Among other things we will be able to offer them:
- computer use.
- library database use.
- item borrowing privileges.
- reference service
- information literacy training
GTCC library staff is excited about the opportunity to be of assistance during this time of transition for the staff and students of Eastern Guilford High School. We will be working closely with Eastern Guilford High staff to insure we use our resources to their fullest to meet the educational needs of this unexpected but welcome addition to the GTCC student body. One of the Eastern Guilford High library staff will be working with us in the afternoon so we accommodate the hours the Eastern Guilford students will be in class-12:00 PM until 6:00 PM.
And who knows? If they have a good experience while attending high school classes here, maybe we’ll see them in the next few years as GTCC curriculum students, and that’s always a good thing.
I’ve been impressed by the resiliency of the Eastern Guilford staff and students. They seem to be making the best of a catastrophic situation that I think any of us would find tough to bounce back from. And I’ve been equally impressed by the way GTCC staff has rallied to support our neighbors in their time of need. You can all be proud of the response of GTCC staff and faculty, especially those at the Wendover campus.
I’ll probably write another posting about this after our guests have been with us for a few weeks, just to keep the rest of GTCC filled in on how the situation is progressing. Stay tuned, it’s going to be quite a ride.
