The Library Has a New Dean!

At its November 12, 2008 meeting, the Board approved the hiring of a new Dean of the Library and Learning Resource Center. Carl Bengston will officially take the helm when he joins the Library and LRC staff on February 2, 2009. Most recently Carl has been the Dean of the Library at California State University-Stanislaus. Welcome Dean Carl Bengston! We look forward to your arrival!!

Attention Thanksgiving Cooks

The library has great recipe books with mouth watering pictures. Want to cook something new this holiday? Try one of these recipes that will certainly impress your family and/or friends. Hmmm... Enjoy! Call Number: TX715 .S741695 2007 Location: New Book Section Call Number: TX739.2 .T45 P37 2005 Location: North Stacks

Call Number: TX7 73 .P5747 2007 Location: New Book Section

Renew Your Books Online

Did you know you can renew your Cerritos College library books online? Just login to your library account at MyLibrary and renew them. Your student ID# is your User ID and the password is changeme. You may renew regularly circulating items twice. There is a one (1) hour waiting period to renew hourly reserve material and a 24 hour waiting period to renew reserve materials that may be borrowed one day or more. Materials may not be renewed by telephone. Of course, you can also bring your books to the library check out counter and have them renewed!

New Exhibit!

A new library display named "Toys from our Childhood" was just assembled by Nick Metz. The collection presents toys, mostly from the baby boomer period, that were brought by the library staff. These artifacts will trigger childhood memories for many of you. The display that is located in front of the library entrance.

Libraries Are Old But Gold

This video is from 1947 and it brilliantly explains core concepts of different types of libraries, besides highlighting library careers. Of course a lot has changed from that time, although fundamental services and resources remain the same. Remember the old card catalogs? Enjoy this trip back in time. :-) The link below was found on YouTube. Your Life Work: The Librarian (Video)

What Happened to the Library Tree?

Last month we had to say goodbye to our beautiful tree. Do you remember how the tree added a touch of nature to the library? Deeann Fraser, our longtime staff, acquired the tree over 25 YEARS ago. Initially, the tree was small enough, so it was placed on a counter. Unfortunately the tree grew too much, and as a result, we needed to replace it. The "old" tree is now planted outside the library where it finally sees the sun! :-) Have you seen how the new one looks like? It is tiny. We will probably need to wait another 25 years for it to become as robust as the old one.

Textbooks Anyone?

For those of you who are not yet familiar with our Reserves service, we have hundreds of textbooks and other materials available for check out. These textbooks are kindly brought in by your professors, so please take good care of their property. As most of these textbooks can only be used inside the library, feel free to utilize any of our four copy machines if you need. One of the copiers takes coins or bills. Copies are $0.10 per page.

Keep in mind you can also activate your school photo I.D at the circulation desk. The I.D would turn into your copy card.

We hope you can benefit from this service! :-)