Students Speak About the Temporary Library

If you visited the 49er Library ConNeX this September you probably noticed a large white board on display posing the question:  “What do you think about our temporary facility?”   Students were invited to write comments on the white board sharing what they liked and disliked about the library’s temporary location in Building 300, which it currently shares with the cafeteria.

We asked, and you answered!  The following were the topics mentioned in students’ feedback:

Likes

• Friendly, helpful library staff
• We’re glad that students like the library staff.  We like you, too!
• Research assistance 
• We provide research assistance to students working on assignments. Stop by the reference desk and speak to a librarian for research assistance.  We’re here to help!
  
• Free coffee
• Who doesn’t love free coffee?
• Quiet Cyber Lab
• The Cyber Lab, located in a room separate from the main library area, is a quiet place to study and access computers.  If the cafeteria noise is bothering you, visit the library’s quiet Cyber Lab, containing 32 computers as well as individual desks and study carrels.
• Longer hours
• Because we care about our students, we have extended our hours to Monday-Thursday 7:45am-8pm and Friday 7:45am-4:30pm.  Stop in!
• Shortened distance to the cafeteria
• You’ve got that right!  If the library was any closer to the cafeteria, we’d be shelving bananas alongside our books.
• Less formal setting than the previous library
• A less formal setting is inevitable when the library is sharing the same building with the cafeteria.  Just maintain the quiet, please!

Dislikes

• Smaller library size
• Although the size of the temporary library is smaller than the main library, with about 4,000 books on display, the library’s remaining collection of about 15,000 books is accessible offsite.  If you find an item in the library catalog that is not currently located on the library’s shelves, all you need to do is request the item and we’ll retrieve it from storage for you.
• Smelling cafeteria food while trying to study
• We understand that the smell of cafeteria food can be distracting while trying to study.  Unfortunately, the aromas come with the location.
• Lack of power outlets to plug in electronic devices
• We’re pleased to announce that a whole row of power outlets have been installed on the cafeteria side of Building 300 to meet students’ needs.  Additionally, more power outlets have been installed in the courtyard.
• Cafeteria noise
• We know that the cafeteria noise can be distracting to students while working at the library’s study tables.  However, the library’s Cyber Lab, located in a room separate from the open-air space that the library shares with the cafeteria, is a quiet place to study and work on assignments.  The Cyber Lab contains 32 computers as well as individual desks and study carrels.  Visit the Cyber Lab for your quiet computer and studying needs.

We thank you for your patience during this two year period while the main library is being remodeled and undergoing its high-tech, Library 2.0 transformation.  The temporary inconveniences accompanying our cafeteria-based location were inevitable, but in the end it will all be worth it when in two years we move into our newly remodeled, state-of-the-art library building.   We continue to try to improve our service, and we appreciate the excellent, informative feedback written on the library’s white board this September.   The library is doing its best to meet students’ needs and always welcomes students’ feedback about how we can make your library experience better.

We’re listening, and we want to hear from you.

The Library’s New Location: Building 300

The 49er Library ConNeX, Yuba College Library’s newly-named temporary location, is functioning in full swing this Fall semester in its new location:  Building 300 (the cafeteria).  The 49er Library ConNeX will be located in Building 300 for the next two years while the library’s original location, Building 1100, is renovated and transformed into a high-tech, 21st century library!  It is expected that the renovation of the library’s original location, Building 1100, will be completed in 2013.  Thus, for the next two years the 49er Library ConNeX, which shares Building 300 with the cafeteria, will be the temporary home of the Yuba College Library.

Although the library has been down-sized a bit to fit into its new location that it shares with the cafeteria, all of the library’s services remain the same.  The 49er Library ConNeX displays over 4,000 materials, offers to retrieve library-owned materials if they are not currently located in the temporary library, provides access to an InterLibrary Loan service, contains a Cyber Lab for student’s computing needs, and features a quiet space for student study.  In addition, students are encouraged to use the library for research assistance and are welcome to make appointments with the librarian — via phone at (530) 741-6592, SMS text at (530) 359-8220, as well as by approaching the reference desk — for research, reference sources, and citation assistance.

The 49er Library ConNeX offers new, extended hours this Fall semester at the Yuba College Campus:

• Monday – Thursday:  7:45am – 8pm
• Friday:  7:45am – 4:30pm

We hope that you will visit the library’s new location in Building 300 and take advantage of its collections and services.  We look forward to serving you at the library this semester!

The 49er Library ConNex Logo

Check out the new logo created for 49er Library ConNex!  The library logo has been developed to represent the technology available at our temporary location, as well as convey the importance of connecting and collaborating!

We are so excited about presenting the 49er Library ConNex and its logo to the Yuba College faculty, staff, and students.  Please stop by sometime soon and check out all of the great amenities provided at the library’s temporary facility!

New Library Location

The transition of moving the library to its temporary location has been completed!  The move went exceptionally well, and we were able to bring over 4,000 books and media materials to the new 49er Library ConNex!  The 49er Library ConNex will be offering new, extended hours for the Fall in order to accommodate growing needs of Yuba College’s students.  We are so excited about providing more hours to students, and we really hope that you will take advantage of the extended schedule!  The 49er Library ConNex will be opening August 15 for the Fall Semester.

New Fall Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 7:45am – 8:00pm

Friday: 7:45am – 4:30pm

The new library location will provide thousands of resources for students, faculty, and staff.  However, if you find something in the catalog that is not located at the 49er Library ConNex, you can request that the materials be brought over to the new location.  You can request materials through the library catalog or in-person at the library – and remember, you can also request materials from other campuses as well!  We will be at this new location for two years during the major remodeling project and then reopen at the freshly remodeled library in 2013.

Come visit the Cyber Lab!  We will have all types of technology and equipment to meet your needs, including: computers, printers, WiFi, copiers, resources for DE testing, and more!  We will also provide a quiet study area for students who need to complete studies and research in a quiet environment.

We are so excited about the innovative changes being made to the Yuba College Library and hope that you are too!  We understand that the temporary location is smaller in size and has a new atmosphere due to the close proximity of the cafeteria.  We greatly appreciate the flexibility of our students as we work to create a newly remodeled library!

So, stop by the 49er Library ConNex to see our technologically advanced Cyber Lab, take advantage of our extended hours schedule, and find a quiet place to complete your studies.  We are here to help!

It’s Official: The Library is Moving This Summer

The library is moving! We know, we mentioned it a few weeks ago, but now we can provide you with the exciting details!

This summer the library (Building 1100) will close for a week to facilitate the move to its new location – the cafeteria (Building 300). We will then re-open in our new digs – dates are still TBD.

We are expected to be there for 1 ½ to 2 years, while our permanent home in Building 1100 undergoes a renovation to transform it into a 21st century information center. All of the data we’ve been collecting over the past several months, from the Survey Monkey questionnaires to the white board student surveys, as well as other data collection efforts coming in the near future, will help influence the types of materials, technology tools, services, and space layout that will comprise the new library.

In the meantime, the cafeteria will be partitioned in half, with the library on one side and the cafeteria on the other (in some respect that could prove to be extremely convenient!).  The cafeteria will continue full food service, but less seating will be available.

The library is also going a little leaner to accommodate the smaller space. While we will still offer all of our popular services, they will be scaled back a bit. Some services will, however, remain in tact as follows:

Downsized                                                                            Full Service
-4 to 5 thousand books from stacks                          -Wi-Fi
-100 current periodicals                                                -Copying & printing
-A selection of textbook and media resources     -Research assistance
-Some tables/seating for studying                             -Circulation desk
-Smaller reference section

The Media Lab and the Computer Lab will move to Building 300 as well and will be located to a room adjacent to the cafeteria, which is the former staff lounge. The College Success Center will remain in Building 1100.

The Social Science and English/Journalism faculty offices will also move from their current location in the Fall.

New information about the move is continuously being updated, so please check in with YCLibrarynews for the latest, including moving dates, the library closure, and new summer hours!

We’ll see you at our new location soon!