Welcome to the G.T. Melton Learning Resources Center (LRC), the library on the Lake City Community College campus. The building was named for G.T. "Doc" Melton, a prominent, North Florida legislator who was instrumental in the founding of Lake City Community College, and who served on the Board of Trustees for many years as both member and chairman. The current facility was completed in 1967. The original library was in a wood structure that was left from the days when the campus served as a naval air station. That building was destroyed by fire in the early sixties. Many of the books still in the collection were damaged from water and smoke, and were saved, we are told, by the first librarian to the college, Ella Francis, who remained in the burning building tossing books out of a window to staff and student assistants. Ella did get out, by the way, and continued to lead the library through the construction of our current facility and into the decade of the seventies, when she retired and her reference librarian, Noah Lindsay, became the second college librarian, or director. When Noah left in 1988 to travel and work as a librarian overseas, Jim Morris became the third college librarian, and is the current director.

A Note from the Director

We have a reputation in the library for being friendly and helpful. We want you to feel comfortable in our library. We welcome your suggestions for how we can make the LRC more accessible and pleasant. If you have a problem with the facility or with services, my office is always open. 

We also welcome your suggestions for new materials and services for the library.  You will find a "Material's request" form on the library's homepage to relay your suggestions. Thanks, and please visit, call or e-mail.

Director Jim Morris  (386) 754-4337                                                      morrisj@lakecitycc.edu