Library Mission & Policies

Library Card

Your Laney College Photo ID card with a current semester sticker is your library card. You must show your card to the library staff to borrow library materials or use library computers.

Photo ID cards are issued at the Welcome Center, Room A-101. For current photo ID hours, check at the Loan Desk. To update a photo ID card with a sticker for the current semester, go to the Loan Desk or the Welcome Center (Room A-101)

Study Rooms

A limited number of group study rooms are available on the 3rd floor of the library for use by Laney College students. To request a group study room, go to the Loan Desk (Main Floor) and present your Laney photo ID with a current semester sticker to the desk attendant.

Reservations are accepted up to seven days in advance. Use of rooms is limited to two hours a day. Study rooms close before the library, so check at the Loan Desk for current hours.

Study Areas

1st Floor (Basement) — Computers available in L-101. Limited study space in the hallway. Expect some noise disruption from nearby activities. For quiet study, use the 4th Floor

2nd Floor (Main Floor) — Computers available for students. Limited study space in the Reference Area, Exhibit Area, and Browsing Area. Expect some noise disruption from nearby activities. For quiet study, use 4th Floor. Limited charging is available in the Reference Area.

3rd Floor — For individual and group study. Groups may use this area for conversation and collaboration.

4th Floor — Quiet study area. No conversation. Keep phones on mute. Charging is available at tables and carrels.

Library Fines

Textbooks

The library enforces strict fines for overdue textbooks:

2-hour textbooks (library use only): $2 per hour overdue

2-day textbooks: $2 per day overdue

Reserve Rules : Finestopper

Lost Books

The library charges replacement fees plus processing fees for lost books. The library does not accept replacement books in lieu of payment for lost books. If a lost book is returned, the replacement fees will be waived. The library encourages borrowers to keep careful track of library materials and report losses immediately.

Service Animals

Click to read Administrative Procedure 3440 Service Animals approved by Peralta Community College District AP-3440-Service-Animals

Book Donations

Due to reductions in staffing, the library no longer accepts donations of books or other library materials.

Library Users Policy

Disruptive Library Users Policy

PURPOSE

This policy is designed to guide the systematic development of the library’s print, media, and electronic collections. The primary purpose of the Laney College Library collection is to supplement, enrich, and support the instructional program of the college. Print and nonprint library materials are selected, acquired, maintained, and deselected to serve this purpose.

PHILOSOPHY

The Laney College Library fully endorses and adopts as its policy the Library Bill of
Rights as issued and amended by the American Library Association.

POLICIES

Collection Development Policy

Textbook Purchasing Policy

Streaming videos available through Kanopy are now moderated by Laney College Library. Check out the Laney College Library Kanopy Collection Development Policy for details.

ACQUISITION REQUEST FORM

To request library materials, use the Library Materials Online Request Form for books and DVDs.

If you have any questions, please contact Autumn Sullivan, at asullivan@peralta.edu or  L-114.

Most material available on the Internet, whether from freely accessible web sites or from subscription databases such as those available through the Laney College Library, is protected by copyright law, whether or not a statement of copyright is visible on the page being viewed. Laney College Library upholds all provisions of United States copyright laws, including 17 United States Code sections 107 and 108 governing fair use and reproduction by libraries and archives. Patrons using copier or printing services are responsible for any infringements of copyright laws.

NOTICE: WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use”, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

(37 CFR section 201.14)