ABOUT THE LIBRARY

Spring Semester Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Closed on school holidays.

Library Phone Number: 310-233-4480

Fine Payment Procedure

1. Student comes to the library to find out what fine is owed. Library staff will handle all negotiations concerning fine payment.
2. Library staff will issue memo with information student needs to pay fine. This information includes student name, ID number, amount owed, reason for fine, and account where fine is to be deposited.
3. Student takes library memo to Business Office and pays fine. Business Office issues student a receipt.
4. Student returns to library with receipt and library staff will lift hold on student record.

Please note: the Computer Lab, photocopy machines, and circulation desk close 15 minutes before the library closes.

The Library owns more than 90,000 books, magazines and newspapers, and subscribes to databases for periodical and encyclopedia articles. In addition, there is a collection of back issues of more than 160 periodicals.

Contents:
Locating Materials | Passwords | Inter-Library Loan | Course Reserves | Your Library Account | Renewing Materials | Placing Holds | Eligible Borrowers | Loan Periods | Fines | Book Returns | Smoking/Eating/Drinking | Floor Plan | Copying Machines / Printers | Lost & Found | Computing | Study Rooms

Locating Materials
The Library's electronic catalog is available from the Library home page.

Books are located in the following locations:

• Main Stacks: sorted by Library of Congress call numbers;
• Oversize: LC call number is preceded by the term OVERSIZE;
• Children's Literature: location is indicated as "Children's Collection."

From off-campus, you won't be able to read eBooks directly from the Library Catalog. Instead, from off-campus, please search for eBooks directly from the NetLibrary website. You will be asked to supply your campus user name and password. Please ask a librarian if you have any questions about using NetLibrary.

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Passwords

You log on to databases and eBooks the same way you log on to the computers on campus, with your campus user name and password. Faculty and staff can use their campus e-mail (Outlook) user name and password.

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Inter-Library Loan
If a book you need is not available at this library, you can request it from a library within the LACC district (not from a public library, CSU, UC, etc.).

Make your request with the reference librarian, and expect the item(s) to arrive no sooner than 1 week from day of request.

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Course Reserves

Many current textbooks and other course readings are on reserve at the circulation desk. They generally must be used in the library, for 2 hours at a time, and must be checked out.

Some course readings are available as electronic reserves and require password access. Please ask for the current password at the reference desk or circulation desk, or call the library at 310-233-4478.

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In the My Account feature of the library catalog, information about current library transactions can be viewed, a personal identification number (PIN) can be changed, and checked-out materials can be renewed.

Your user ID is your student ID number or, for faculty and staff, your borrower ID number. Contact the library if you do not know your borrower ID number.

The initial PIN is your 4-digit birth date (mmdd) 

To change the PIN, click User PIN change. You will be prompted for your user ID and the initial PIN. Enter your new PIN and enter it again for verification.

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Renewals

In the "My Account" feature of the library catalog, click Renew Materials and enter your user ID and PIN. You may select items to renew, or renew all items.

Your user ID is your student ID number or, for faculty and staff, your borrower ID number. Contact the library if you do not know your borrower ID number.

The PIN is your 4 digit mm/dd birthdate.

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Placing Holds

You may only place a hold on an item that is currently checked out. In the Search Results list, click Details next to the title you wish to hold. Enter your user ID and PIN.

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Eligible Borrowers
Only currently employed faculty/staff and currently registered students are eligible to borrow materials. Your student I.D. card is your library card. You may also borrow materials with a valid photo id, and you must know your student ID number.

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Loan Periods
Most material can be checked out for 2 weeks at a time, and can be renewed a maximum of 2 times. Reserve items have restricted loan periods, and reference materials can only be used in the Library. Current issues of magazines do not circulate, and older issues can be borrowed for 2 days.

Fines on overdue materials are listed here. Class reserve books carry a fine of $12 per day overdue.

If the library is closed and you need to pay a fine to have a hold lifted to register, please call 310-233-4472. Please return overdue items to the book drop located near the library entrance. Books do not need to be turned into to staff to have holds lifted in some cases. Book drop is available 24 hours/ 7 days per week. Please use the book drop!

A library hold is placed on a student’s record for the following reasons:

•  Books not returned by the end of the semester
• Books that are lost or damaged 
• Books not returned before a second overdue notice has been sent 
• Multiple books overdue when First notice is sent

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Book Returns
Book returns are located outside the main entrance, within the left-hand wall so you can return books after-hours. There is a book drop at the Circulation counter.

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Smoking/Eating/Drinking
... is not allowed in the Library.

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Floor Plan

1st floor 2nd floor

Copying Machines / Printers
Debit card and coin-operated copiers and printers are located in the Library for student use at 10 cents a page.

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Lost and Found
Found items should be returned to the Circulation counter. Items are periodically taken to the Sheriff office.

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The Library offers wireless internet access. More information can be found here.

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Study Rooms
A study room is available for student use. Groups have priority over individuals, and the room is available by signing up in the reservation book at the circulation desk.