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Can I check books out of the SRJC libraries?
If you are a currently
enrolled SRJC student or a currently teaching/working SRJC faculty or
staff member, you may borrow materials from the College libraries. You
may also use the interlibrary borrowing service to obtain materials from
other libraries, and you have access to special electronic
information databases which are licensed by the library for use in the
instructional process at the College.
If you are a community member, you are welcome to visit the SRJC
libraries and to use the library materials inside the Doyle and the
Mahoney library buildings. You may also use the library catalog and
equipment such as photocopiers and microform reader-printers.
Reference and interlibrary borrowing
services are available for all community members at branches of the
Sonoma County public
library.
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How do I get a library card?
Your student or staff
photo ID card serves as your library card .
At the beginning of each semester, take your card (the same card; you don't
need a new one each semester) to
the Admissions Office or the library Circulation Desk for a current semester
validation sticker, then remember to bring your ID card with you
whenever you visit the library.
Photo ID cards cost
$3.00.
To get a photo student ID card,
- On the Santa Rosa campus,
get your photo ID card in the Cybear
Center,
now located iin the Student Affairs Office in Pioneer
Hall, next
to the campus bookstore.
During
Fall and Spring semesters, ID cards are issued Monday - Friday from 8:00 A.M.
- 5:00 P.M. and Wednesday 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.
- On the Petaluma campus, cards are issued in the lobby of the Admissions and Records area of Jacobs Hall.
Check the "Petaluma Perspective" campus newsletter for hours when ID cards are issued at Petaluma. See Petaluma campus map for building
locations.
(You may also check books out of the libraries with a non-photo SRJC
student ID card, but in this case, you will be required to show a second piece of ID with
your photo on it.)
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Is the library open on weekends?
Yes! Doyle Library on
the Santa Rosa campus is open from 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. on Saturdays
throughout most of the regular semester. Mahoney Library on the
Petaluma campus is open 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Saturdays. Both libraries
are closed on Sundays.
The libraries have different schedules for holidays and intersessions.
See the
complete schedule of library hours for
holidays and final exam weekends.
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I'm at the Petaluma campus. How do I get a
book from the Santa Rosa campus?
There is daily delivery
service between the two campuses. Ask the staff at
either library's Circulation Desk to help you obtain library materials from
the other campus.
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Why can't I check out magazines?
In almost all cases, the
Library can only afford one copy of a magazine or newspaper subscription.
But SRJC has approximately 35,000 students and over a thousand
faculty and staff members. In order to give everyone a chance to use these
high-demand materials, paper and microform copies of magazines and newspapers
are restricted to library use only. Several photocopiers are available in
the libraries so that you can take copies of articles home with you.
However, today ,
millions of magazine and newspaper articles which the Library does not even
own in paper format are available in the Library's online
electronic databases, even after the Library has closed for the evening.
To see if the text of articles from a particular magazine is
included in any of the Library's online databases, check the
title of that magazine in the Library
Periodicals List. This list will tell you anywhere that
the Library has the articles from that magazine, whether it is
in a paper copy of the magazine which is kept in the Library
or whether it is in one or more of the Library's online databases.
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How can I get a copy of a magazine or newspaper
article?
Under the U.S. copyright
law, you are allowed to make one copy of an article for your personal
use.
To print a copy of an article you found in one of the library's electronic
databases, you can
- E-mail the article to yourself and print it with your home computer and
printer (You must have an account with an Internet
service provider to do this.) or
- Print the article from one of the
libraries' computers and printers. There is a charge of 10 cents per sheet
of paper for any photocopying or printing done in the SRJC libraries. To
print an article from an electronic database in the Doyle Library on the
Santa Rosa campus, you'll need to buy a print card.
You
may put as much money on the print card as you want, and when you have used
it up, just take the card back and put more money on the same card. To print
from library computers in the Mahoney Library on the Petaluma campus, pay
at the Mahoney Library Circulation Desk.
To photocopy an article from a paper issue of a magazine or newspaper,
- Take the article to one of the
library photocopiers. In the Doyle Library (Santa Rosa),
photocopiers are located in the Print & Copy Center
on each floor.
- Payment can be made by coin or by print card.
To photocopy an article from a microfilm or microfiche issue of a magazine or newspaper,
- Take the microfiche or the microfilm reel to one of the fiche/film readers
in the Periodicals area.
- Payment must be made by print card.
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Where's the pencil sharpener?
In the Doyle Library, the Print & Copy Centers on the second, third and fourth floors each has a pencil sharpener, a 3-hole punch, tape, a stapler and a paper cutter for your use.
Whom should I call to ask about a bill, check
on the status of my interlibrary loan request, etc.?
To contact library staff about a
particular request, check the library's Who to
Contact web page for phone numbers of different library departments. To
contact a specific library staff member by name, see the
Library Staff web page.
Where can I find my textbook in the library?
Student textbooks are
sold in the campus book stores. The library
generally buys other books which supplement the textbooks assigned
in class. However, some instructors put their own extra copies of textbooks
on reserve in the library so that students in their classes may use them.
Check the"Course Reserves" section of the library's catalog to see
if your textbook is on reserve, then take the book's call number to the window
at the Reserve
Books Desk on the fourth floor of the Doyle Library or to the Circulation
Desk in the Mahoney Library .
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My teacher put some magazine articles for our class in the
library. Where can I find them?
Books and articles which
an instructor wants the entire class to use are placed "on reserve" in
the library so that everyone in the class gets a chance to use them. To obtain
reserve materials for your class, look in the"Course Reserves" section of the library
catalog to
get the call number for the item you need. Then take the call number and your student I.D. card to the Reserve
Desk on the fourth floor of the Doyle Library (Santa
Rosa campus) or to the Circulation Desk in the Mahoney
Library (Petaluma),
and the library staff will retrieve the item for you.
Books and articles on
reserve
must often be used in the library; other times instructors have indicated
that you may check them out for a very limited period of time (overnight,
two days, etc.).
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Do you have sheet music in the library?
The SRJC Library does not collect sheet music, and there is no open collection of sheet music in the Music Department on campus either.
However, the Sonoma County Library offers the following types of printed music in its Central (downtown Santa Rosa) branch. NOTE: Most of their printed music is not listed in the Sonoma County Library catalog; you will have to go to the Sonoma County Central Library and look in the file cabinets yourself.
The Sonoma County Central Library collection includes:
- 16 file cabinet drawers of printed music, mostly in book form (for example, collections of piano pieces) rather than individual pieces of music
- Within the file cabinets, the music books are arranged in broad categories, such as Popular Music, Classical Music, Chamber Music, Strings--Classical, Strings--Popular, Woodwind instruments, Piano, Violin, Guitar, etc.
- Vocal music includes a Song File--individual songs. These cannot be checked out, but you may make one photocopy for personal use.
- Some opera librettos and scores are listed in the Library's online catalog and can be checked out.
If you need help locating something in the music collection, ask for help at the Reference Desk. Except for the individual song sheets, most of the Library's printed music can be checked out, but you'll need a Sonoma County Library card to do so.
Do you have computers for student use in the library?
Yes, the new Doyle Library has well
over two hundred computers for student use. You may use them to do research
in the Library's databases or on the Web, and to do word processing and
other general computer work for your classes. Standing computer stations
for checking your e-mail are located in the middle aisles in the South wing
on floors two through four of the Doyle Library.
The Mahoney Library, on the Petaluma campus, also has many computers for students
to use for class research purposes.
Computers for
general class work are also available in the CyBear
Center on the Santa Rosa campus and in a number of student
computer labs on both the Santa Rosa campus and the Petaluma campus. Be
sure to take your photo student ID card with you to the labs.
The CyBear Center also offers scanning, local phone use, a typewriter, color and black and white photocopying, laminating, faxing and other services for students
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Can I connect my wireless laptop to the Internet inside the library?
Yes, you may access the Internet from your own wireless laptop inside both the Doyle and Mahoney libraries. (Access from other campus locations will be introduced later.) To find out how, see "Wireless Internet Access." Please note that no technical support is available for troubleshooting problems you might have with your own laptop, and you will not be able to print to Library printers from your own laptop. To print a document which is stored on your own laptop, you'll need to save it to your flash drive, then print from the flashdrive using one of the Library's computers.
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I don't know where to begin! How can I learn to do
research?
If you need help finding
information or don't know how to get
started on an assignment or project, your first stop should be at the
Reference Desk in the front of the room, near
the computer terminals, where the reference librarian will be happy to help
you. A reference librarian is on duty during all the hours
the library
is open.
In addition, SRJC librarians have developed many tools to help you learn to
do
library research. The library's instructional
program includes audio tours of the Doyle Library, guided exercises, printed
instructional handouts and
credit courses in Library & Information Resources. Check the SRJC sedhule of classes to see a list of current courses taught in the Library and Information Resources (LIR) Department.
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Can I do library research from my home or office
computer?
Yes! Due to U.S.
copyright restrictions, you cannot access the contents of all the
library's books online, but you can use the library's
online catalog to determine which books the
Library owns. If you are a current SRJC
student, faculty or staff member, you can also use a number of online information databases such as encyclopedias,
magazine and newspaper articles, health information, statistics, information
about authors and many other topics. In order to use these databases from
off-campus you will need to know your student or faculty ID number and your PIN for the SRJC web portal. You may also use the library's Internet Reference
Collection from your home or office computer. (No I.D.or PIN is
needed for the Internet Reference Collection.) The Internet Reference
Collection is a group of high quality websites selected by SRJC librarians
and arranged by broad topics.
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Why do I need the library? Can't I just use the
Internet for my research?
In many cases, you'll probably need both. Today the Internet and the World Wide Web offer access to excellent information on many topics, assuming that you are able to construct a good search statement in a Web search engine. If you're not finding what you need on the Web, SRJC librarians will be happy to help you put together a more effective search. Keep in mind, of course, that so-called "information" available on the Web is not always accurate
or reliable since virtually anyone can put web pages on the Internet. You'll
need to take special care to evaluate
information sources which you find on the Internet. Librarians can help you learn to pick out reliable information from good sources.
In addition, the SRJC
Library licenses, many online information databases and e-books which SRJC students and faculty can use online. Articles contained in these databases come from published books, magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, specialized encyclopedias, government agencies and other reliable sources.
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Who was Frank P. Doyle?
 Among his many other civic activities
and accomplishments, Frank P. Doyle was the former president and co-founder
of the Exchange Bank. In 1890, he co-founded the bank with his father, Manville,
and in 1916, he succeeded his father as bank president. During the 1930s
Depression years, Doyle obtained funds from the Federal Government's Public
Works Administration to help construct buildings at SRJC. In his will, Doyle
established a unique perpetual trust which would provide scholarships to "worthy
young men and women attending SRJC." At the time of Mr. Doyle's death in
1948, the value of this trust was close to $600,000. In 1950, the first awards
were made from the trust's dividends: $21,000 funded 95 student scholarships.
Since that year, the trust has earned more than $52 million in dividends,
resulting in over 83,000 Doyle scholarships to students at SRJC. During the
2005-2006 school year, $8.2 million funded over 7,500 student scholarships.
Read "The
Remarkable Legacy of Banker Frank P. Doyle" by Gaye LeBaron, Press
Democrat, July 5, 1992. © Press Democrat,
linked with permission, Press Democrat & Sonoma State University
Library.
Read about the Doyle Scholarship at SRJC.
Read Chris Smith's column "Frank P. Doyle" in the May 23, 1999 Press Democrat.
In September 2003, the SRJC Board
announced that the College's new library,
would be named the "Frank P. Doyle Library" in honor of Mr. Doyle and his
contributions to SRJC.
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Who was Herold Mahoney?
Herold Mahoney was an
SRJC graduate, a member of the SRJC Board of Trustees, and a local
businessman.
Mr. Mahoney graduated from Santa Rosa Junior College in 1932, after
serving as President of the Associated Students. He continued on to the
University of California at Berkeley where he received a bachelor's degree
in Business Administration. Following graduation, he worked for Union
Oil Company and served in the U.S. Navy, eventually returning to Petaluma to
start his own business. In addition to serving on local school boards, Mr.
Mahoney served as a member of SRJC's Board of Trustees for ten years. In
recognition of his service to the College and the community, the library on
SRJC's new Petaluma campus, opened in 1995, was named after Herold Mahoney.
Mr. Mahoney died on November 21, 1999.
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Who was Bernard C. Plover?
Bernard C. Plover, known as "Barney" to
his friends, was a graduate of Santa Rosa Junior College, a Santa Rosa attorney,
an SRJC Board member, and a member of the Board of Governors for all the
California Community Colleges.
Plover was a member of a long-time
Santa Rosa family. He graduated from SRJC in 1929, went on to graduate from
the University of Santa Clara, and in 1934 he received a law degree from
the University of California's Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
He then served as a legislative secretary to Congressman Clarence F. Lea
until 1937 when he returned to Santa Rosa and went to work for the Sonoma
County district attorney's office. In 1946, he left the district attorney's
office to set up his own private law practice.
In addition to his other civic activities,
Mr. Plover was a member of the SRJC Board of Trustees for twenty years. In
1968, Governor Ronald Reagan appointed him to the new statewide Board of
Governors for all the California community colleges, and for some time he
served as its vice chairman. In 1970, SRJC named its newly planned library
building after Bernard C. Plover. The new library was completed, dedicated
and occupied in March, 1971.
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Do you have any jobs open in the library?
Regular faculty and staff positions in the SRJC libraries are announced on the Job Openings section of the SRJC Human Resources web pages when jobs are available. Student assistant positions in the libraries are posted on the SRJC Student Employment web pages. Short term temporary Library staff positions are handled by the Library Department. Please contact the Department if you are interested in a short-term, temporary position.
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