Grand opening ceremony at El Camino College Compton Center
Nursing students Monica Lanco, 20, left, and Fernando Gomez, 22, study in the library before the ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at El Camino College Compton Center. The state-of-the-art library opened last month after a seven-year delay. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Keith Curry, chief executive of Compton Community College District, speaks during the grand opening ceremony for the library. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Maurice Elrington, 50, studies in the computer lab of the new Compton Community College library. He is studying to get a certificate and license in the heating and air conditioning field (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Delilah Dimas, 18, second from right, studies in the library before the grand opening ceremony. Dimas is majoring in criminal justice. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Ronda Brackins is applauded during the grand opening ceremony for Compton Community College’s new library. Brackins, who is majoring in business, would work at Target and then drive to the campus where she would sleep in her car before class. Now she uses the library before class. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A $25-million library opened on the Compton Community College campus in 2014 after a seven-year delay. Accreditation leaders said the new building was symbolic of the progress the school has made in recent years. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The two-story Compton Community College library has floor-to-ceiling windows in some parts and boasts four drop-in tutorial centers, an art gallery and a lab with 100 new computers. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
