September 2019

Letter from the President

Leslie A. TirapelleBy Leslie A. Tirapelle, CCL President

I hope everyone had a relaxing summer and a great start to the Fall 2019 academic year! Now that everyone is back and taking the deep dive into their LSP implementations, I’m sensing a lot of excitement, and also nervousness about

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Reports

If your college has a computer science or business applications programs and you are looking for zero textbook cost (ZTC) resources for your Read more …
I hope everyone’s summer has gone well and you’re gearing up for the new academic year. At CCLC, we’ve been a bit busier Read more …
Wow … caught your breath yet?  Someday, we’ll all look back and …. Well, who am I kidding, we’ll all be too busy shaping Ex Libris into Read more …
The Professional Development Working Group of the statewide LSP project welcomes feedback from our colleagues. We will be working Read more …
Over the summer, returning students discovered new study space options at Laney Library. With the purchase of new study furniture, the library was able to Read more …

Conferences/Events

The MiraCosta library is pleased to showcase an exhibit commemorating 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read more …

Access Services

We are pleased to announce that Riverside City College has successfully completed the installation of a lactation pod. The pod is located on the third floor of the Digital Library and is Read more …
Surveys are great, but how do you institutionalize a student study habits survey and share out the data beyond the research office? Read more …

Collections Management

One of the many notable findings from our survey was that the most common time to study was from 8pm to midnight. While this isn’t surprising, it is a time when many community college libraries are closed. This survey result forced me to think about how we can best serve our students after hours. Read more …

Library Technology

What do you do when there is more to protect than patron checkout histories? Read more …

Reference & Instruction

Do you teach with zines? We do. Maybe you should too?

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Havilah Steinman, a student in the SJSU MLIS program, interviewed librarian Steven Deineh about Read more …

Statewide Initiatives

Advise your institution about openly licensed works. Read more …

Staffing

The Diablo Valley College Library is happy to welcome two new librarians. Read more …
SCC librarians branch out, and new librarians join the team Read more …

Laney College Reference & Instruction Librarian Phillippa Caldeira passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Phillippa joined

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