Address
The library is located on the second floor of the Technology Resource Center (Building C). The mailing address is:
Library
Renton Technical College
3000 NE Fourth Street
Renton, WA 98056
Phone number:
(425)235-2331
For library hours, please visit our home page.
Services
The library offers the following services and resources:
- Reference assistance in the Library
- Reference assistance off-campus through email or chat, using Ask WA
- Library Workshops & Orientations
- Internet access and office software access
- Reserves
- Online databases
- Access to many useful King County Library databases. Students: your login is your ctcLink number, preceded by RTC. Your pin is the last four digits of your ctcLink number. Example: login: RTC200000999, pin: 0999. RTC employees: your login is your ctcLink number, preceded by ERTC. Your pin is the last four digits of your ctclink number. Example: login: ERTC200000999, pin: 0999.
- LibGuides - research guides to useful websites, books, and program information.
- Interlibrary loan
- Group study rooms
- Photocopying, printing and scanning
- Lots of study space
- Help creating citations and bibliographies
- Equipment Loans including webcameras, external DVD drives, DVD players, cameras, phone chargers
Renton Technical College Library makes every reasonable effort to provide all students, including those with disabilities, with access to its collections and service. Click here for more information on services for students with disabilities.
Collections
The library's collection includes:
- Over 75,000 paper and electronic books, covering all areas of the curriculum
- Thousands of electronic and paper journals and magazines
- Over 2,000 videos, audiotapes, and CD-ROMs
- The Darrell Anderson Culinary Archives
Loan Periods
- Most books - 2 weeks
- Videos and audiotapes - 1 week
- Magazines - 2 weeks
- Reserves - varies from in library use only to 1 week
- Reference materials - in library use only
A current RTC ID card is required for materials check-out. (These are available at the Learning Resource & Career Center, on the first floor of the library building.). Items may be renewed several times if no one has registered a request for them.
Library Cards
Any current RTC student, faculty, or staff member may get an RTC ID card. Students can get these from the Learning Resource & Career Center, on the first floor of the library building. Faculty and Staff should contact HR to get their ID card/badges. You will be financially responsible for all items checked out on your account. Please let the library staff know if you have lost your ID card or changed your address or phone number.
Library Staff
Administration
- Clevell Roseboro II, Associate Dean of the Library
Faculty
- Laura Staley, Faculty Librarian
- Joshua Allen, Adjunct Faculty Librarian
- Di Zhang, Faculty Librarian – Instruction
Staff
- Yueh-Lin Chen, Library Specialist
- Jade Gidley, Library Coordinator
- Christopher Gwyn, Library Paraprofessional
Mission Statement
The Library is committed to a culture of inclusivity, equity and advocacy by providing quality resources, spaces, staff and instruction in the pursuit of intellectual discovery, life-long learning and student success.
Art in the Technology Resource Center
The Library and TRC building house several art works. Click here to see pictures and brief descriptions.