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Library and Learning Resources

The Ira M. Boswell Memorial Library is equipped with the learning resources required to supplement and maintain the college’s strong, biblically based curriculum. In 1999, the library moved from the administration building to the adjacent Virgil D. and Mary E. Oetzel Memorial Building. This move has enabled LBC to expand its learning resources and increase student workspace.

The library building provides ample room for students to study and conduct research. Resources are cataloged according to the Dewey Decimal System and may be currently located by an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) or by a traditional card catalog. Computers for word processing, research, and internet access are available as well. Students also have access to several full-text CD-ROM databases and the CTLibrary on-line database.

Library holdings include approximately 30,000 volumes in print as well as a variety of periodicals. The collection also has an audio-visual area, which contains about 1000 audiotapes, 200 videotapes, and a limited number of CDs and DVDs. A TV-VCR-DVD combination unit, equipped with numerous headsets, is also available in addition to a cassette player.

A distinguishing mark of the Boswell Library is the Walter W. Steever Restoration Collection. Named for the college’s first librarian, this collection is a tribute to the college’s Restoration Movement heritage, and consists of books written only by members of the Independent Christian Church, Churches of Christ, and the Disciples of Christ.

For the convenience of our students and faculty, LBC has secured agreements for library use with College of the Scriptures, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and The School of Biblical Studies. An LBC library card may be used to borrow items from the libraries of these institutions of higher learning.

For more information contact Librarian, John Merritt at 502-231-5221 or
888-676-7458.