Library offers more than books

Becky Dennison, 4th Force Support Squadron library technician, checks out books to Cathy Senatz, 4th Force Support Squadron human resources technician, at the Watkins-Das Learning Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Feb 26, 2010. The library has CDs, DVDs, magazines, audio books and Rosetta Stone CD-ROMs available for check-out. Dennison has worked in the library system since 1973, and hails from Kansas City, Mo. Senatz is from Wellsbridge, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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A book exhibit highlighting the Year of the Air Force Family is displayed in the Watkins-Das Learning Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 26, 2010. Each month a library technician changes the display to recognize a different theme or event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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Becky Dennison, 4th Force Support Squadron library technician, shelves returned DVDs at the Watkins-Das Learning Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 26, 2010. Patrons can checkout CDs for 14 days and DVDs for seven days. Dennison hails from Kansas City, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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A patron uses the free internet service offered at the Watkins-Das Learning Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 26, 2010. The library also offers academic resources available for onsite institutions and the Chief of Staff reading list. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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Phyllis Lindenmuth, 4th Force Support Squadron library technician, reorganizes College-Level Examination Program and Defense Activity for Non-traditional Education testing material at the Watkins-Das Learning Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 26, 2010. CLEPs are a series of examinations that test an individual's college-level knowledge and DANTES are credit-b-exam tests allowing students to show proficiency in an area of study normally taught at a college or university. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs)

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Library offers more than books

Published March 2, 2010
By Senior Airman Ciara Wymbs
4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- The mission of the Watkins-Das Learning Center staff is to provide customers with expert assistance, access to mission-essential information while supporting academic achievement and to enhance the quality of life for the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base community.

The center offers many free services to registered patrons including study guides for College-Level Examination Program and Defense Activity for Non-traditional Education tests, academic resources for onsite institutions, a 22-station computer lab, broadband internet access, fax services and a coin-operated photocopier at 10 cents a page. There is a "no swap/no sweat" book exchange shelf area where customers can donate or take a book. The library also has a variety of items for young patrons including story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., a collection of children's books, computers with educational games, home-schooling resources and a children's summer reading program.