from the commitment of categorical funds made to cover materials and equipment, a similar generalfunds commitment from the administration would further vouchsafe the library’s overall health. Shortterm, the library budget overall has increased during this same period with the support of Measure A funds, chancellor’s library fund, and the guaranteed 15-20 percent allocation of instructional equipment and library materials fund.
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Suitability of subject and style to the college curriculum.
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Appropriateness and effectiveness of content treatment for lower-division undergraduate students.
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Relevance to the instructional needs of faculty.
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Clarity of presentation and overall readability.
Recently, the state approved funding—with matching funds from Peralta—for a drop-and-replace new library building. A bond measure is slated to go on a state ballot in 2010. The new building will meet the instructional, technological, and accessibility needs of a twenty-first-century community college library. The librarians have already begun working with a team of architects and developed a plan for the new facility. The vice chancellor of general services is planning to hire a library program consultant to work with the library staff. The new library is slated to open in 2012 (IIC1a-2)
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Skill, competence, purpose, and reputation of author, issuing body, and/or publisher.
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Timeliness and lasting value of material.
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Relevance to existing collection: Information already in the collection is carefully compared with materials under consideration.
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New perspectives or current treatment of a field of knowledge.
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Inclusion in standard bibliographies, indexes, and databases.
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Opinions of critics, reviews, and public.
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Current in-print publications are given priority over out-of-print materials.
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Cost in relation to current budget allocations.
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Availability of material in other district and/or local libraries.
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Duplicate copies of a title will be purchased only when high demand is anticipated.
Instructional faculty and staff may request library materials to support their instruction via Library Materials Requests forms available on the library’s web site as well as in the bimonthly Laney College library newsletter. Requests for library materials are also made directly to the acquisitions librarian via email. Faculty members proposing new courses or revising or updating existing courses are required to obtain the signature of a librarian who reviews the library’s holdings related to the courses. Additionally, librarians request that faculty make recommendations for new titles related to the course content. Librarians also make such recommendations. Faculty members requesting library orientations for their classes are asked to submit copies of assignments. Reference and Instruction librarians review library holdings related to assignments and make recommendations for purchase (IIC1a-3, IIA2a-1). The Laney College Library Collection Development Policy outlines criteria by which the library seeks to build the highest quality print and non-print collections (IIC1a-4). All materials acquired are subject to the following general criteria:
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Within the criteria outlined above, the library creates and maintains a collection that contains: •
Standard reference materials related to general areas of knowledge and to the specific curricular areas offered by the college.
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Materials in a variety of formats including print, audio-visual, and electronic.
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Adequate basic, retrospective, and current materials to meet the needs of each curricular area.