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About the Library
DVC Library, Pleasant Hill Campus
Library
Hours Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
Fall Semester Dates:
Aug 18, 2008 - Dec 19, 2008
Spring Semester Dates: Jan 14, 2009 -
May 22, 2009
Regular Hours are:
Mon - Thurs
8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday
noon - 4:00 pm
Sunday
Closed
Days Closed: The Library will
be closed in observance of college holidays:
Fall Semester
2008
Aug 30 - Sept 1
Labor Day
Sept 26
Native American Day
Nov 10
Veterans Day
Nov 27-30
Thanksgiving Holiday
Spring
Semester 2009
Dec 20 - Jan 14 Winter Recess
Jan 19
Martin Luther King's Birthday
Feb 6-7
Lincoln's Birthday
Feb 15-16
Washington's Birthday
Apr 11-17
Spring Recess
May 25
Memorial Day
San Ramon Center – Dougherty
Station Library
Library hours are posted
on the
ccclib.org
website.
DVC Admissions and Registration Calendars, click
here
Library
Cards
The DVC photo identification card,
Connect Card, serves as the library card for students, faculty and staff. To
obtain a Connect Card, show proof of registration for the current semester plus
an official photo identification such as a California driver's license.
Separate barcoded library cards are issued to community residents who show
proper identification and pay an annual fee.
The
Collection
The DVC Library has a collection of
approximately 90,000 books, 2500 ebooks, 400 periodical subscriptions, and
20 electronic databases that index and provide full-text articles from over 5000
journal titles. The Library
at the San Ramon Valley Center has a small collection of
reference, reserve and circulating materials as well as full access to the
databases and ebooks. San Ramon library patrons may also request books to
be sent from the DVC Library.
If you want to learn more using the
library...
DVC's Online Catalog,
ALICE
ALICE (Access to Library Information for
College Education) is the Library's online catalog. ALICE includes
information on the more than 90,000 books in the DVC Library and the
films, videotapes and audiotapes in the Media Center. It also includes
information on books at our SRC campus as well as our sister colleges, Los Medanos and
Contra Costa College. ALICE is available on the Internet at: http://alice.dvc.edu/search~s1
Please ask at the Reference & Research Desk for assistance.
Magazines and Newspapers
The Library has subscriptions to
approximately 400 magazines and 18 newspapers. Staff at the
Periodicals Desk provide assistance in
locating magazine and newspaper issues and in use of the microform
reader-printers. ALICE includes records for all the periodicals in the
Library. Print and online
indexes, located in the Reference Area, help you find magazine and
newspaper articles on particular subjects.
Reserve
When books and other materials have been
selected by faculty for required reading, copies are collected and
placed "on reserve" at the Circulation and Reserve Desk. Materials on
Reserve are listed in the online catalog, ALICE. The books are checked out for a limited
time period determined by the instructor.
Special Collections/Archives
These collections include such items
as yearbooks, college
publications, catalogues, class schedules, handbooks, issues of the Forum, staff
newsletters, accreditation reports, sabbatical reports, surveys, annual
reports, minutes, photographs, slides, oral histories, and recorded tapes of
guest speakers.
Special archive collections include:
- DVC History, 1949 - 1970
- Three Presidents - Medsker, Drexel,
and Peterson
- McCunn Collection, 1949 - 1963
- Niland Collection, 1965 - 1984
Call the Reference Desk, x 2246, to make an
appointment to use the Archives resources.Other Materials Available:
College Catalogs
Available online from the library's
Electronic
Databases.
Maps
Ask for road and street maps at the Reference & Research Desk. Topographic maps of
California and oceanographic maps are stored in a large map case near
the Periodicals Desk.
Pamphlets
Pamphlets are located in a file cabinet in the Reference Area near the
Atlas Case. A subject index of the pamphlet file is on top of the
cabinet.
Telephone Directories
Local telephone directories are shelved near the Reference &
Research Desk.
Friends of the
Library
The Friends of the Diablo Valley College
Library is an association formed to promote the development of the Diablo
Valley College Library as a center for learning, study and research for
the students and faculty of Diablo Valley College, and as a cultural
resource for members of the community in general.
The Friends cordially invite you to join
other Friends, book lovers, alumni, faculty, researchers, professionals,
and businesses to enhance and preserve Diablo Valley College Library's
important resources and services. By joining the Friends of the Diablo
Valley College Library, you will have borrowing privileges at the Library
and have the opportunity to provide support to the important work of the
Library, particularly through enhancing the collections and services it
provides to students at the College and within the community. |
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