Pierce College

We are getting settled in to our new library. Reference questions are up 35% and Circulation is up 137%. It is great to see students discovering and enjoying the new facility. About 4,000 students use the library each day. With more group study rooms, wi-fi, seating, tables and outlets, this has become a popular place to be for study and hanging out between classes.

With our two new faculty librarian hires over the past 2 years, we are moving forward to implement one-on-one consultations as well as more workshops and orientations. We have begun using Google Analytics to track our website usage, and to track the Reference statistics, we have set up Gimlet. allows for simultaneous events. During the first two weeks of the semester, students were able to schedule meetings with counselors in one area while usual Library activities were ongoing.

Our first Library event sponsored by the English Department’s Literature club is “Literary Censorship: An American Epidemic” in conjunction with a creative writing competition. Competition winners will present their submissions in a reading to be held at the Library before the semester ends.

Contributed by PAULA PAGGI, Chair Library Department