20th Force Support Squadron, Shaw AFB
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McElveen Library seeks to provide quality service to all patrons. Its goal is to provide a safe, studious, and pleasant environment conducive to lifelong learning.
The McElveen Library features:
- State-of-the-art computer and reference lab areas, complete with 54 desktop computers
- Complimentary wireless network for use with personal laptops
- Teen room featuring a collection of young adult fiction/nonfiction materials and two desktop computers
- Multimedia center equipped with three viewing/listening station computers accompanied with auditory access
- Children’s area consisting of an extensive collection of easy, fiction, and nonfiction books, four desktop computers possessing Think Pad capabilities, and an arts and crafts area
- Three flat screen televisions complete with Time Warner cable access (e.g. CNN, MSN, etc), updates from “What’s Happening in Air Force Libraries,” and various children/teen movies premiering daily
- Several reading lounges
- Activity/conference room complete with overhead projection and net meeting capabilities
- General (fiction, nonfiction) and reference collection of materials
- An array of audio books (MP3, I-POD, and CD formats)
- Host of programs and classes:
- Computer Classes (Keyboarding, Computer 101 & 102)
- Spanish Classes (Beginning & Advanced)
- Craft Classes (Knitting & Crocheting)
- Game Days & Nights (BINGO)
- Children/Teen Programs (Story Time & Summer Reading)
Additionally, the Quiet Cup coffee bar is located inside serving "Starbucks Coffee," with a variety of hot and cold beverages and snack items. Check out our menu! Check out our NEW extended hours!!
Contact the Base Librarian to find out more about tutoring programs, children's & adult programming, virtual out processing, interlibrary loans, document delivery and office accounts purchasing support.
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Corner feature
of the month!
Reserve the Conference Room! Click here to download our reservation form. Once completed, save the form to your desktop and rename it with your name and the current date (i.e. Marshall_090801) send the new form via e-mail to library@20thfss.com. The request is not confirmed until you are contacted by a library staff member.
Online Resources
We offer a wide range of online databases to help with all of your research needs. Visit our Reference page for access to our database list.
Librarian's
Corner
Check out the featured
book this month for working professionals
and insights from our head librarian. Read
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Children's
World/Teen City
Check out our Youth Page for great reading lists
for all age groups, check it out!
- Programs and Events
- Publications
- Mission
Check out out Children's World and Teen City Web Page for cool stuff for kids and Families! ;-)
We offer Mango Languages online!
Mango's online language learning system now includes a voice comparison feature to help you improve your speaking skills. It's completely integrated within each Mango lesson, so you never have to exit or lose your place. All you need is a microphone and a passion for perfectly proper pronunciation.
* Record your voice and play it back to hear yourself speak.
* Align a visual representation of your recording with one from a native speaker, and see where yours is different.
* Adjust your pronunciation until it lines up with ours - you'll speak like a native in no time!
For more information email us at library@20thfss.com or call 895-4518
Library Tours
Tour the collections and computer internet databases. Monthly tours are held the third Thursday of each month.
Needleworking Club
Share your hobby and conversation every
Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Beginners welcome! Check out our other clubs: Book Club, Chess Cluband Teen Entrepreneur's Club
McElveen Library Brochure
Federal Employees News Digest
Families of Deployed Airmen and Soldiers Reading List
Publication Order Forms and Information:
Library Custodian POC Letter (MS Word)
ACC Commercial Publication Request Form
Please download above linked forms to your desktop. Save file with new name and fill in the open fields. Re-save the new filled in form then email form to library at library@20thfss.com.
1) Office Collections are funded by AFSVA/SVPAL.
(Air Forces Services Agency Libraries Branch).
2) The Library Director is responsible for purchasing mission essential materials for units on or affiliated with the base. He/she authorizes these purchases and tracks the inventory.
3) IAW AFI 34-270 4.8.1 The base library is the sole focal point for tracking mission essential publications for offices. This data is required for RCS: HAF-SVA (A) 7140 (LARP).
More information, call 895-1218 (Sinok Winter) or 895-4516 (Sarah Sloan)
McElveen Library’s mission is to provide centers of access to knowledge and information essential to accomplish the Air Force mission; support professional military and voluntary off-duty education programs; and offer library facilities, resources and services that meet the personal needs and promote the productive use of leisure time for Air Force people.