Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre (RCLRC)

The Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre (RCLRC) is a training hub for professionals of the education sector. It houses a library and auditorium which has been previously rented for seminars, workshops and even ballroom dancing events.

The Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre (RCLRC) Library is organised to meet the information needs of professionals in the education sector of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geared towards encouraging tertiary research in all aspects of education among the Ministry of Education's staff. However, its services extend further into the community, drawing users from the teacher training colleges, the University of the West Indies, other institutions and libraries, as well as members of the general public.

The RCLRC Library supports these objectives by providing services, information and data in the following areas:

Curriculum development and the promotion of innovations and strategies in the system.
The production of multi-media teaching guides and classroom learning and teaching aids.
Staff development courses.
The effective distribution and retrieval of information and materials.
Collaboration with other departments of the Ministry of Education, the Faculty of Education of the University of the West Indies, and similar institutions to share and disseminate materials and information relevant to the field of education.

THE R.C.L.R.C. LIBRARY - COLLECTIONS
The Library provides information in a variety of formats - books, journals, and audio-visual and electronic media, among others. These are housed in various collections which can be searched using the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).

The Learning Resource Centre Collection (L.R.C.)
This comprises non-fiction and fiction materials that support curriculum development and staff training.

West Indian Reference (WI REF) Collection
A collection of West Indian works, of both fiction and non-fiction, which support curriculum development. The strength of this collection lies in the fact that it contains documents relating to current projects undertaken in the Ministry of Education.

Multi-media (MM) Collection
A growing collection of audio/video tapes, CD ROMs, DVDs, charts, games, etc., useful to teachers interested in adopting a variety of teaching and learning strategies in the classroom.

Periodicals
A collection of journals, newsletters and magazines that provide current information on a variety of topics in education.

Information Files
A collection of resource materials consisting mainly of newspaper clippings, current and retrospective, on a wide variety of topics relevant to issues in education, with emphasis on Trinidad and Tobago.

Pamphlet (PAM) Collection
A collection of materials which include flyers, brochures and fact sheets, as well as publications from the Ministry of Education. These documents provide supplementary information on education.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The Capildeo Collection
The Beddoe Collection
These are personal collections that were donated to the Library by the family of Dr. Rudranath Capildeo and by Mr. I.B. Beddoe respectively. The former covers general subjects, including education issues. The latter contains mainly items relating to social studies. Included in these collections are books, notes, letters and manuscripts.

Model Library (ML) Collection
A collection of resources which include books, games, kits, etc., that exemplify and indicate the type of materials and kind of environment that should be provided in a school library, according to international library standards.

Awards Collection
This part of the Model Library’s Collection contains books that have won international awards, e.g., Caldecott Award, Newberry Award, etc.

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