Update on the New Learning Resource Center & Library

The new Learning Resource Center & Library project is going full-steam ahead. For the latest information, including pictures, please access the following links:

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Regards,

GWC Library

Welcome to the Fall 2009 Semester!

Welcome to the Golden West College Library

http://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/library

Library Hours:

Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Library Services:

Reference

• Librarians can help answer your reference and research questions

• Online catalog for locating books and media

• Periodical databases for locating magazine and newspaper articles

• Reference materials for reference room use

Public Services Desk

• Check out and return books

• Pick up books that are on hold for you

• Student Textbook Reserve (STAR) collection and instructor reserve materials

• Clear library records and pay fines

Group Study/Media Room

• Viewing stations to watch videos and DVDs

• Tables for quiet study and group study rooms

• Listening stations for audiocassettes

• Visual-Tek machine for the vision impaired

• Magazine, newspaper, and journal collection

• Photocopiers, paper cutter, stapler, three-hole punch, and pencil sharpener

General Book Collection

• Books on the second floor are available for check out and can be taken home

• The check out period is three (3) weeks

• Includes an ESL and picture book collection

Things You Should Know

• Copiers are available. Copies are 10 cents a page

• Printouts from the TLC and reference room computers/ page available at the GoPrint station

• Food and drink are not allowed in the library

• When the library is closed, you can use the book return bin, located outside on the wall to the left of the library entrance

• Fines are charged for late books (25 cents/ book/ day) and late reserve materials (25 cents/ item/ hour)

Construction Photos: New Learning Resource Center

More Online Tutorials Available

Julie Davis, the GWC Instructional Librarian, has created additional online tutorials, which are easily accessible via the GWC Library web site. The online tutorials are available on the Library home page or on the Library Online Tutorial page. If you want to learn how to conduct effective searches for magazines, journals, newspapers, and reports, check these tutorials out!

Group Study Area--GWC Library

Need to find a quiet place to study for your group project? Do you want to have quick access to library resources to complete your group presentation? Why not visit the GWC Library where we have a designated Group Study Room available on the first floor, providing quick access to the library's numerous reference books, databases, and computers. The group study tables are available on a first come first serve basis and wireless access for laptop users is available. One table can even seat a maximum of eight students.

For our regular operating hours, please access: GWC Library Hours.

GWC Library Introduces Two New Online Tutorials

Do you need to find a book for your research paper but aren't sure which search tool to use on the GWC Library website? Julie Davis, the GWC Instructional Librarian, has created two exceptional online tutorials teaching you how to use the GWC catalog and Net Library, two search tools that are your gateway to the book collection in the GWC library. The online tutorials walk you step by step in the use of these library search tools, gradually teaching you the basic skills you need in finding the most relevant books for your research. The online tutorials are available on the Library home page.

OVID SP Nursing Database Now Available for 2009

Nursing@Ovid is now available at GWC Library. OVID is a portal-based solution for nursing and allied health practitioners, researchers, educators, and students. Full-text articles are available from some of the most relevant nursing publications available in the field. Remote access for off-campus use is available. Sign-up for the passwords at the Library Reference Desk.

Access OVID:

http://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/library/databases.html

Comments & Feedback from GWC Students

The GWC Library welcomes and appreciates all comments from students. In this blog posting, we want to share some of our most recent comments & our responses.

Question:
1. I believe that there needs to be computers set aside with a time limit (i.e. 5 minutes) so that students who need to check their campus email are not impeded by others who want to use provided computers for other than educational endeavors.

Response to #1: Thank you for this comment, I agree it would be nice to have such a station. The computers with internet, at this point, are first come first served. Attached is the library policy on computers and their use. http://www.goldenwestcollege.edu/library/pdf/tlcpolicy2.pdf
Additionally, when the computers get busy, librarians do try to make announcements that the computers are primarily for education-related projects.

Questions:
2. More computers
3. Please, We need more computers for the students. Thank you.

Response to #2 and #3: I agree. We hope to have our second computer classroom back in service for student’s to use to work on assignments by spring session. However, until that time we hope that students curtail their recreational use (ex: Myspace).

Question:
4. There is a need for more student computers in the library. When checking out a reserved book, the book must stay in the library and when there’s a time limit for how long you can have the book out, but there’s no computers, your (out) of luck!

Response to #4: See response above, and we have asked for additional reserve book money
from the Association Students, the hope is that for items that have heavy use – we could purchase a second copy of the reserve textbook that can be taken out of the library.

Question:
5. I believe by having the library open on the weekends we will be able to finish most of our works and turning it on time. Thank you.

Response to #5: We are looking into this possibility, but in light of the budget cuts this may have to wait for a period of time for us to focus on maintaining current hours and services. As an alternative you can go to OCC’s library they have some weekend hours.
http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/library/

Question:
6. The computer next to the print station is being used by people who do not want to print but are finishing papers and using the computer for other than printing activities.

Response to #6: We will monitor this a bit more. Thank you for alerting us to the problem.

New Learning Resource Center: Construction Begins

On October 2nd, 2008, the Learning Resource Center officially broke ground. The LRC project is scheduled for completion in two years. The Learning Resource Center will house the library on the second and third floor.

Online Renewals for Books Available

Need more time to read your library book? The GWC Public Services Desk introduces online renewals. You can renew your books one time for three weeks anywhere on or off campus by simply accessing the Library Catalog and selecting "Online Renewals". If you have any questions about this service, please contact the Public Services Desk at 714-895-8741 x55181.