About the LibraryLaney College Library
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 464-3500
Fax: (510) 464-3264
Acquisitions / Audio-Visual Dept. / Computers / Courses / Donations
Drop-in Training / Guides / Hours / Information Desk / Instructor Services
Library Card / Listening & Viewing Center / Loan Desk /
Orientations / Reserve / Staff Directory / Study Rooms / Textbooks / Tutorial Center
LIBRARY HOURS
STAFF AND DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORY
Dr. Elnora Webb, Vice President of Instruction 464-3213
Shirley Coaston, Head Librarian 986-6947
Reference
(510) 464-3495
Margaret Traylor, Head of Reference 464-3495, 464-3502
Shirley Mack, Librarian 464-3498
Reference Hourly Librarians
(510) 464-3495
Colleen Kensinger
Mary K. Holland
Suzanne Lo
Estela Manila
Alexander Valentine
Ann Whitehead
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Loan Desk
(510) 464-3499
Andrew Skinner-Demps, Senior Library Technician 464-3499
Shirley A. Coaston, Head of Public Services 986-6947
Douglas Banks, Evening Library Technician II 464-3498
Reserve Desk
(510) 464-3500
Randle Wasson, Library Technician II (Interim) 464-3500
Shaunt Hamstra, Evening Library Technician II 464-3500
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Technical Processing
(510) 464-3493
Shirley Mack, Acquisitions Librarian 464-3106
Evelyn Lord, Cataloging/Systems Librarian 464-3496
Rosario Fernandez, Principal Technician 464-3493
Lily Leung, Library Technician II 464-3105
Rosetta Wallace, Senior Library Technician (Interim) 464-3494
Audio Visual/Listening & Viewing Center
(510) 464-3485
Agustin Rodriguez, Instructional Assistant 464-3485
Roxana Post, Audio-Visual Services Asst. 464-3485
Ann Buchalter, Media/Instruction Librarian 464-3490
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Library Network Coordinator
(510) 464-3487
May Shum.........................................................464-3487
Instructional Media Center (IMC) (Lower Level -- 1st Floor)
(510) 464-3498
Tutorial Center
(510) 464-3507
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LIBRARY CARD
Your Laney College Photo ID card with a current semester sticker is your library card. You must show your card to library staff to borrow library materials. Photo ID cards are issued at the Welcome Center, Room A-101. For current photo ID hours, check at the Loan Desk. To update a photo ID card with a sticker for the current semester, go to the Loan Desk or the Welcome Center (Room A-101).
COMPUTER ACCESS FOR STUDENTS
Computers are available for Laney students to use in the library upon presentation of a valid student ID card (see Library Card above). Word processing and printing is available in the Listening & Viewing Center in Room L-101. Access to full-text library database subscriptions, the online catalog, and the Internet are available on the main floor (2nd floor) of the library. To sign up for use of the Internet, sign up at the Internet reservation computer at the Loan Desk on the main floor. This computer also allow same-day Internet reservations. For assistance in using library databases or the Internet, see a librarian at the Information Desk.
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INFORMATION DESK (Entrance--Main Floor--2nd Floor)
A librarian is always on duty at this desk to assist faculty and students who need library materials for class assignments.
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LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
Orientations
Faculty should request an orientation for class assignments at the Information Desk, at least a week in advance of the preferred date. Instructors must accompany and remain with the class during the orientation. When requesting an orientation, faculty should bring a written copy of the assignment (or class syllabus) and title of the text.
Orientations are structured to meet specific information needs (facts, biographies, company/book reports, etc.), or demonstrate the research process for research essays and papers. A typical 50 minute orientation consists of lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice. Specific sources and types of sources are introduced to students. A follow-up session may be scheduled, if needed.
For more information on scheduling an orientation, call (510) 464-3495.
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COURSES
The library offers a 2-unit transferrable course called Introduction to Library Resources (LIS 85). The course fulfills the information competence requirement at both CSU Hayward and SFSU. For more information on the courses, click here.
DROP-IN SESSIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
Each semester the Library offers a series of mini-training sessions to demonstrate search strategies and techniques, and various types of search tools. Announcements will be posted in advance of these sessions.
GUIDES / HANDOUTS
Twenty-five handouts on a variety of topics are available at the Information Desk. A few of the topics in the "How to..." series include: outlines, essays, research papers, resumes, literary criticism, and citing print and electronic sources. Other handouts list materials available in the Laney library, including: periodical and special topic databases, college directories, and career sources.
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LOAN DESK (Entrance -- Main Floor -- 2nd Floor)
Your Peralta student ID card is your library card. Student ID cards are issued at the Welcome Center (A-101). (See Library Card above) Any library materials with a loan period of 2-weeks may be checked out at the Loan Desk. Most of the library collection that is available for checkout is shelved on the 3rd and 4th floors of the library. In addition, there are New Books, Paperback, New Readers, ESL and Children's Literature collections.
STUDY ROOMS (3rd Floor - L-307, L-309, L-311, L-313)
Group study rooms are available for use by Laney College students. To request a study room, go the the Loan Desk (Main Floor) and present your Laney photo ID with a current semester sticker to the desk attendant. Individuals and groups may sign up for study rooms. Groups who want rooms have priority over individuals. Reservations are accepted up to seven days in advance. Use of rooms is limited to two hours a day. Study rooms close before the library, so check at the Loan Desk for current hours.
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RESERVE / TEXTBOOK DESK (Entrance -- Main Floor -- 2nd Floor)
Housed in this area are: reserve materials, textbooks, supplemental class materials, college catalogs, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries and thesauri, resume books, exam books, and guides for writing essays and research papers. Most reserves and textbooks cannot leave the library. They are "Library Use Only". A few are loaned for 2 days.
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LISTENING & VIEWING CENTER (L101 -- Lower Level -- 1st Floor)
The Listening & Viewing Center provides access to the Library's collection of videos, DVDs, audiotapes, CD-ROMS, computer disks, and compact disks. The Center also makes computer workstations available to students for word processing and printing.
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8am-7pm / Friday: 8am-6pm / Saturday & Sunday: Closed
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AUDIO/VISUAL CENTER
The Audio/Visual Center provides video viewing equipment, projectors, tape recorders, etc. to classrooms.
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ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT (L114 -- Lower Level -- 1st Floor)
Material requests (books, videos, audiotapes, and CD-ROMS) should be submitted to the Acquisition Librarian. Requests may be given to any librarian. The budget dictates what can be ordered. Faculty should come into the library and check the books in their disciplines for content and currency.
For more information or to request a title, send as much publication information as possible (title, author, publisher, date, price, ISBN) to Georgia Hebron, Library, Room L-114, (510) 464-3497 ghebron@peralta.edu. You will be contacted when the materials you requested have been processed and are ready for circulation. The time period may vary depending on availability.
For a list of the latest library acquisitions, click here.
BOOK DONATIONS
The Library accepts book donations which are sold to raise money for the library or used to supplement the library collection. For more information on making a donation to the library, contact Rosario Fernandez, 510-464-3493.
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INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER
The IMC provides copying and graphics services for Laney faculty and staff. A SCANTRON machine for correcting multiple choice tests is adjacent to the IMC counter.
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TUTORIAL CENTER
The Tutorial Center provides tutoring for some (but not all) courses. Visit or call the Center to find out if tutoring is available for the courses you need. Help is also provided for writing essays, and short and long research papers.
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