South Lake Campus Library

The South Lake campus library provides full library services, including reference, library instruction, print and online collections, provision of mobile audiovisual equipment, and a 35-station computer classroom that is utilized for library instruction and as an open computer lab.

Library History

The South Lake campus opened in Clermont on September 29, 1999. All campus functions operated from a multi-purpose building. This building initially served LSCC students, faculty and staff. The large classroom-sized space that was designated for library use was quickly outgrown. The library was expanded in 2003 to encompass an adjoining classroom and computer lab. See the libraries' history page for more information about the history of the South Lake campus library.

In 2007, planning began for the development of a joint-use library to serve the College, UCF students, faculty and staff as well as the Lake County Library System. The new 50,000 square foot facility, which opened August 17, 2009, serves LSCC, UCF and the South Lake community. The new building retains the name of the Cooper Memorial Library, in commemoration of the South Lake area's first public library.

The new library houses a bookstore, cafe, three general and two computer classrooms, and a number of small and large group-study rooms with technology for practicing presentations. Community residents have access to full library services, including general access to computers, a 6,000 square foot children's section and a separate area for teenagers.

South Lake Library Staff

Tiana Emsley-Dawoodjee, Staff Librarian
Reference, Library Instruction, Circulation
emsleyt@lscc.edu
(352) 536-2148

Min Tong, UCF Librarian
Reference, Library Instruction, Circulation
mtong@mail.ucf.edu
(352) 536-2187