Merritt College

Library Information

Address:
12500 Campus Drive
Building L
Oakland, CA 94619
Phone:
510-436-2457
Fax:
510-531-4960
Online:
http://www.merritt.edu/library
Region:
San Francisco/East Bay
Integrated Library Systems (ILS):
Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE
Year Main Library Built:
1960

College Information

Fall 2022 FTES:
1,866
Fall Enrollment:
6,461
District:
Peralta Community College District
Other Colleges in District:
Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College
CCL Member:
No

Director Information

Adoria Williams
Library Department Chair
510-436-2464
arwilliams@peralta.edu
Start Date:
September 2021
Reports to:
Chris Foster, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Supervises:
Education:

BA, San Francisco State University, 1994

MA, San Francisco State University, 1998 JD, John F. Kennedy School of Law, 2002

MLIS, San Jose State University, 2008

Past Library Directors:

Irwin Mayers, 1960 - 1988
Ann Whitehead, 1989 - 1998
John Gathegi, 1998 - 1999
Eva Ng-Chin, 
Timothy Hackett,
Nghiem Thai, 2015 - 2022
Adoria Williams, 2022 -

Library Faculty

Nghiem Thai
Librarian
510-436-2461
nthai@peralta.edu

Library Collection

Audiovisual Materials:
Titles:
Budget: $
Ebooks:
Titles: 74,000
Budget: $
Electronic Databases:
Budget: $40,000
Print Books:
Titles: 56,000
Budget: $34,000
Print Periodicals:
Titles:
Budget: $
Special Subjects:
Black Panther Party Archive
Strengths:

Library Staff

Professional (FTE):
Full-time: 2.00
Part-time: 3.30
Classified (FTE):
Full-time: 3.00
Part-time: 0.50
Annual Student Assistant Budget:
$

Last updated October 2022


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