General Campus Knowledge
Know Your Staff/Faculty
Circulation Procedures
Checking Out Books
Around the Library
100
What is the name of the library on the Petaluma SRJC Campus?

Mahoney

100

If you are unsure about a book's location, who do you ask?

Vanessa or your supervisor

100

How many bookdrops do we have and where are they?

One up front by the snack counter, one next to light panel, one on Elliot Avenue by the Bear's Den

100

What do you need to check out a reserve book?

A valid ID number

100

Where is the courier bin? How many times a day should it be checked?

It is a bin we use to transfer items between here and Mahoney, located back in Tech Services. It is checked twice a day: Once at opening, again during the middle of the day.

200

Where is academic counseling located?

Bertolini, second floor

200

Who can you refer a student to if a student has questions about NoodleTools?

Librarian at the research desk

200

What is the courier bin? How many times a day should it be checked?

It is a bin we use to transfer items between here and Mahoney. It is checked twice a day: Once at opening, again during the middle of the day.

200

How do you renew a reserve book?

Do not click renew. Return the book, and then check it back out to the patron.

200

Where can a student find The Press Democrat newspaper?

Over by the New & Leisure book section

300

What building is the accounting department located in?

Bailey Hall

300

Who can a student be referred to if they have a question about donations?

Bob Peterson

300

What is the process for students coming in having booked the special collections room?

New this semester, the special collections room is being used as a study room. They need to sign-in at the circulation desk, where the circulation student will go unlock the room, and they need to sign-out at the same desk when they are finished.

300

There are 4 main loan policies (how long a book can be checked out) at this desk, represented by the dots on the spine of each book. What are the four different loan policies and there colors?

No dot: 2 hours

Yellow dot: 4 hours

Red dot: 1 day

Blue dot: 3 days

300

Where in the library is classroom 4420?

3rd floor, next to CETL (room behind glass walls)

400

There are three lost and founds on campus, not including district police. Name two of them.

Student Information Desk, Doyle Library, Stem Student Success Center

400

Who can a student be referred to if they have a question regarding ILL?

Lena Ryberg

400

We have three items behind the circulation desk that can be checked out, NOT including reserve books. What are these three items?

Rocks, skeletons, monologues

400

What is the difference between a late and lost fee? What items have late fees?

Lost fee is what we charge when an item hasn't been returned, and this fee is refunded when the item is returned to us. Late fees are permanent fees that are charged if a book is not returned on time. These are only for reserve books.

400

How many display rounds (these are display tables) are located in the library, not including the second floor?

There are 3 on the third floor, 2 on the fourth floor, for a total of 5

500

Where can students receive a "current enrollment sticker", allowing them to ride free on any Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, or Petaluma buses?

Student Information Desk, Bertolini

500

Who can a student be referred to if they have a question regarding USF?

Alex Weishaar

500

How many books can be in the “Books To Be Shelved” pile before they need to be shelved?

1! Please shelve all books right away.

500
How many items can a student have checked out at once?

25

500

There are many pieces of art located around the library. Sculptures, paintings, abstract, etc. Every piece of art was made by a certain group of people. Who is this group?

Previous staff/faculty members at the JC