Get Into the Zone and Also Preview Chabot College's Web Future

Take a look at both the future college web site and the future campus portal.

Go to: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/version2.asp and get acquainted with the future college home page look.

Go to http://lum-portal-test.clpccd.cc.ca.us/cp/home/loginf and delve into the Zone--the new campus web portal. Enter your W ID number as your username and the same PIN you use to get into Class-Web and explore your own personal, campus web environment, including soon your own campus Email! The Library tab is on the right if you would like to explore your Library!

Those of us who worked hard in getting the Zone to you are certainly anxious to hear your thoughts of what you think about it. Please respond to our survey!

The Library Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

The Library celebrates the rich heritage of the many different peoples who have originally lived in what we now call the United States. Originally misnamed "Indians," the Native Americans encompass many different tribes with their own rich histories.

Take a look at the Contemporary Reading shelves to learn more about many rich traditions and cultures. Also included are contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, and Leslie Silko. Please take a look and read a great book!

The Library Celebrates National LGBT History Month and National Coming Out Day

Starting next week, the Library will be featuring in its Contemporary Reading Shelves, National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) History month, which is celebrated every October in the United States. We feature books that tell the history and biographies of key individuals, including those who have fought for LGBT rights to the present.

Books by prominent authors such as David Leavitt, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, and Tony Kushner will be featured, and available for checkout.

Meanwhile, out of spirit of National Coming Out Day, which occurs on October 11, but the college is honoring it today (October 9) , we have a display already featured on one of the new books shelves, next to the reference desk. Please take a look!

The Contemporary Reading Shelves are located behind the main desk of the Library. Walk behind the desk to scope the shelves of books to browse. If you are looking for a key LGBT book in the collection, and are unable to find one, be sure to also look at these shelves, or ask assistance from our friendly librarians.

(Note: Our current Contemporary Reading Shelves collection, which honors National Hispanic Heritage month (which is actually celebrated from September 15 to October 15) will be concluding this Friday).

Banned Books Week: Sep. 27-Oct. 4, 2008

"Intellectual Freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored. Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas." -- www.ala.org ( http://www.ala.org/ ) (Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A)

Chabot Library will once again mark Banned Books week with a DISPLAY in the library of books that have been challenged over the years.

Stop by for a copy of the list: "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"

"The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 420 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.

'The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported,' said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom."

What to Do When the Library and College Web Sites are Down

1. Bookmark the blog. You will get the latest information on this page, as well as key links.

2. The link to your Blackboard courses is: http://clpccd.blackboard.com/

3. For Library research purposes, you have access to one of the following:

a. The Library Catalog can be searched at: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

b. Proquest Diversity Databases: http://tinyurl.com/8mj36

c. EBSCOhost Databases: http://tinyurl.com/65ztma

The username and password for EBSCOhost is different. To get this information, Email the Library at: chabotref "at" clpccd.cc.ca.us

d. Find sources that have been selected for quality by searching Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians at: http://tinyurl.com/yugjcn

e. With your Alameda County Library card, enter your library card number for a desired database at: http://tinyurl.com/6yk6h8

The Library Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Right behind the Main Desk of the Library, we always have great books to read from contemporary authors or people's history, and this month, the Library is honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month. Authors featured include Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Esmeralda Santiago, Sandra Cisneros, and Carlos Fuentes. Please take a look at our selection on the contemporary reading shelves, and by all means check out a great book!

Library Orientation

Welcome Back Faculty!!

The Chabot College Librarians offer orientation sessions during each semester, including the summer, covering basic library and research skills. We customize each orientation based on the given assignment.

Whether your students are required to write a report, a critical essay, or a research paper, the librarians will show them how and where to begin. We will make sure they don’t get lost in the overwhelming sea of information.

They will learn about:
· Organization of the Chabot College Library
· Finding Books Using the Online Book Catalog
· Finding Articles Using Periodical Indexes
· Internet Resources
· Research Strategies and Techniques
· Selection and Evaluation of Sources
· Citation Formats

You can submit the online Library Instruction Form for Faculty that can be found at http://www.ushosttech.com/chabot/library/request.cfm

New Students, Welcome to the Fall Semester!

The Library welcomes you to the Fall semester. We will be open Mondays through Thursdays 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

We welcome you to a wonderful education at Chabot College. If you ever need help in your research, a librarian is available for you, on the left side of the main desk.

The Library provides many resources, both in print and electronic. Print resources can be checked out with your student ID card and you can find them in the Library Catalog. Electronic resources are available to you from the Library Databases page (as well as other pages). Go to How to Get Into Databases Off Campus to learn how to access them from your home.

The Library is also a study area, so please do not have loud conversations and have your cell phones on vibrating. If you receive a call, politely step outside to have your conversation.

Study rooms are available for groups of two or more. The sign up sheet is available at the reference desk. You can sign up to one week in advance.

Your library card is your student ID card. Have your picture taken in the photo ID center, located just above the cafeteria. You will need your Student ID card to check out books, for other on campus needs, let alone some movie houses out there will actually give you a student discount if you show it to them! So keep your student ID card in your wallet.

Books are purchased at the Chabot bookstore, not the Library. The Library has SOME textbooks available on reserve, but only if your instructor(s) have placed them there. They are most often available for only ONE HOUR checkout and are NOT to leave the Library (the time is there for you to make photocopies). Do NOT assume it will be there, even if the textbook is sold out at the bookstore. If the textbook is NOT in the Library's reserves collection, be sure to notify your instructor.

If you have any questions, please be sure to see a librarian on the left side of the main desk.

Library Closed Until August 20

The Library will be closed until the first day of the Fall semester, August 20. Our Fall hours will be 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. M-TH and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fridays.

Any overdue books can be returned during daytime hours on the week of August 11, Monday through Thursday, but the Library will be otherwise, closed.

LIBRARY WEBSITE AND DATABASES MAY BE DOWN AT TIMES FROM JULY 31 TO AUGUST 4

Quick links for Library Research or to find your Blackboard Course

The Library has learned that the Chabot Las Positas Community College District is going through a current server emergency upgrade. This means that there will be times that servers will be down and you may not be able to access the College web site, the Library web site, and Chabot Library's subscription databases.

The server down times are currently slated for the following:

Thursday, July 31st after 3 p.m. to the rest of the day.

Friday, August 1st before 8 a.m. After 8 a.m. all servers should be running for the rest of the day.

Saturday, August 2nd after 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 3rd, ALL DAY. No access to the college web site, Library web pages, Class-Web, or databases.

Monday, August 4th, before 7 a.m.

Here is what the Library recommends you do, so you can find access to your Blackboard courses, and be able to search two of our databases (EBSCOhost and Proquest), or other options you can do for library research when the servers are down.

1. Bookmark the blog. You will get the latest information on this page, as well as key links.

2. The link to your Blackboard courses is: http://clpccd.blackboard.com/

3. For Library research purposes, you have access to one of the following:

a. The Library Catalog can be searched at: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z

b. Proquest Diversity Databases: http://tinyurl.com/8mj36

c. EBSCOhost Databases: http://tinyurl.com/65ztma

The username and password for EBSCOhost is different. To get this information, Email the Library at: chabotref "at" clpccd.cc.ca.us

d. Find sources that have been selected for quality by searching Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians at: http://tinyurl.com/yugjcn

e. With your Alameda County Library card, enter your library card number for a desired database at: http://tinyurl.com/6yk6h8

We apologize for this inconvenience.

The Chabot Library

Job Posting: Library Services Specialist

Library Services Specialist (#2CLR17)

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Library Services Specialist for Chabot College in Hayward. Under direction, the specialist assumes responsibility for assisting in managing the operations and budget of the Library and performs a variety of specialized technical and complex tasks of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility in support of various Library functions and service areas (s). The position reports directly to the Dean, Language Arts.

Assignment/Salary

The position is full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 12 mo/yr. Employment will begin on or about September 16, 2008. The salary is $4,938.33/mo. (Range 45, Funding: 100% District).

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Equivalent to completion of high school with additional education in library science or a related field AND five years of responsible technical library experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience that indicates possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully accomplish the work.

Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities.

Knowledge of: Library systems, terminology, procedures, equipment, products, and services; budgeting principles and practices; purchasing principles and practices; principles of staff supervision, training and evaluation; record keeping and report preparation principles and practices; proper English usage, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary; modern office methods, procedures, practices, and equipment including personal computers and related software including office applications, accounting/financial systems, and Library automation software; interpersonal relationship skills using tact, patience, courtesy, and diplomacy; standard operating practices associated with the assigned work area(s).

Skill in: Operating a variety of office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and specialized Library applications; and entering, modifying, and retrieving data using a computer at a speed necessary for successful job performance.

Ability to: Manage the day-to-day operations of the Library and oversee classified staff in the absence of the Library Coordinator; assist in managing the operations and budgets of the Library; assist in analyzing all library operations and providing recommendations for improvement; participate in the development and implementation of Library policies and procedures; oversee assigned Library area(s), functions, and services; perform specialized technical work with accuracy and speed under minimal supervision; demonstrate a pleasant demeanor and service-oriented attitude and behavior in assisting students, faculty, and the general public; perform a full range of Library duties in an automated environment; retrieve, create, edit, maintain, and update records, files, and documents using automated Library software, databases, word processing, and other standard office applications; work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment with constant interruptions; work independently as well as in a team-oriented environment; independently follow through and complete assignments within specified deadlines accurately and efficiently; use judgment in organizing and prioritizing work; schedule, supervise, review, and evaluate the work of assigned student assistants and other assigned staff; understand and follow oral and written instructions; relate effectively to people of varied backgrounds; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Special Characteristics

Display a customer service attitude towards Library users; proven excellent customer service skills and demeanor; willingness to be flexible under a variety of circumstances; excellent attendance and punctuality.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in a community college or other academic library setting; experience working with vendors to order Books, Audiovisual, Periodical and database materials; experience with the Sirsi integrated library system or another similar system that includes experience using the Acquisition and Serials Management Modules; experience supervising student workers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the operations and budgets of the Library; assist in analyzing all Library operations and providing recommendations for improvement; participate in the development and implementation of Library policies and procedures; assist in notification and implementation of policies and procedures from the District office;
• In the absence of the Library Coordinator, manage the day-to-day operations of the Library; oversee classified staff and serve as a resource to other classified staff to resolve operational issues; serve as a liaison to management staff to resolve major issues; maintain schedule of Library personnel;
• Assist in maintaining annual budget for Library funds including categorical and regular funds; assume day-to-day management of all Library budget accounts; serve as liaison between Chabot and Las Positas Libraries in budgeting issues related to the shared library system;
• Utilize the District’s computerized accounting system; input orders for assigned areas; research availability of funds for the Library; resolve discrepancies and determine balances of unencumbered funds;
• Order equipment, software, and services for shared library system; enter into District system;
• Assign appropriate account number to library expenditures; review library requisitions for accuracy and sufficient funding; authorize invoices for payment;
• Assist Library Coordinator and division administrators to ensure special money awarded to Library is properly spent in a timely manner;

• Assist with and provide information and assistance related to a variety of personnel and payroll duties; manage personnel and payroll forms for the Library; review and process monthly timesheets including those for student assistants, classified staff, and hourly faculty; update part-time librarian salary step increase information;
• Schedule library orientations; coordinate submitted class assignment and instructor needs with available timeslots of both librarian and classroom;
• Perform acquisitions duties; coordinate requests, assign purchase order numbers, and order library books;
• Manage Library standing orders and periodical and microfilm subscriptions; claim missing issues/publications; maintain order records;
• Order and maintain records for electronic database subscriptions;
• Oversee procedures for ordering audiovisual materials;
• Oversee the selection and ordering of supplies used in the library;
• Reconcile materials received with invoicing; resolve discrepancies;
• Return materials; follow-up on late shipments;
• Oversee periodical check-in;
• Maintain a variety of records and files; prepare necessary correspondence and reports including those requested by county, state, and federal agencies;
• Support overall library operations and services through projects and other duties as appropriate and assigned;
• Attend professional development courses as appropriate; and
• perform other related tasks as required.

Address Inquiries and Applications To

Contact Us

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:

July 17, 2008, 5:00 p.m.

POSTMARKS NOT ACCEPTABLE

The Application Process

The following must be submitted as a complete packet:

• Official District Classified application form (pdf) for: Library Services Specialist use position code (#2CLR17).

• Cover letter addressing qualifications for the position.
• Resume of all professional preparation and experience.
• Equal Opportunity Employment Questionnaire (Optional).

Other extraneous material will not be considered.

Application Review Process

Applications for regular and probationary employees of this District will be reviewed prior to applications from the general public.

Selection Process

Applicants are evaluated by the appropriate manager and a review committee. Applicants determined to be the most qualified for the position will be invited for an interview at their own expense.

June Primary Election Returns

For election returns information go to:

California state-wide election returns at: http://vote.ss.ca.gov/

Alameda County election returns (including Hayward, Oakland city races, etc.) at: http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/index.htm

For general election information go to our Elections page at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/elections.html On the top bar, where it says Feb. 5 returns, will now actually go to June 3rd returns. We apologize for any confusion.