A. Mission Statement for the Robert E. Swenson Library at Cabrillo College

The Robert E. Swenson Library is committed to supporting of the goals of the Instruction Component at Cabrillo College. The librarians and library staff are committed to:

• Provide innovative, state of the art programs, systems and services in support of the information needs of the diverse Cabrillo college community
• Provide prompt, unbiased, and knowledgeable responses to requests for assistance with information resources
• Provide high quality instructional services and programs in the use of information resources
• Provide universal online access to current information resources for the Cabrillo community
• Encourage and facilitate information literacy, critical thinking, intellectual independence, and lifelong learning skills in all students
• Provide library and information services to remote users and to users with special needs

The Library is a division within the Instruction component at Cabrillo College. As such, the library submited its first Program Plan in Spring 2001, and has been providing annual submissions of relevant activities for the Instruction Operational Plan in support of the College Master Plan. The Library Technology plan will be revised annually. The plan has been reviewed by the Library faculty and staff, the College Technology Committee, the Division Chair Council and the Faculty Senate. It is expected that the Library Technology plan, which was required by June 2000 by the Chancellor's Office, will ultimately be a part of the broader College Technlogy Plan. Planning parameters for the Library Technology plan are defined by advances in the Information marketplace and by the expressed needs of Instruction goals for the campus.

• Physical building:

  The Library occupies 30,245 assignable square feet. It was substantially remodeled and re-opened in August 1997. There is seating for 450, There are ten collaborative small group study rooms seating 6-10. The building meets all of Title 24 Seismic safety requirements for the State of California. The interior furnishings of the library have 10% of the surfaces at a height selected to meet Americans with Disablities Act specifications. Aisle width and the designated space between tables exceed ADA requirements. There are two public workstations sited on Adjusta-Carts for use by students with variety of physical mobility needs. There is a 3M theft detection system at the two entrances. There is an electronic classroom with 24 student workstations. The library instruction program teaches credit courses and course related information literacy and research sessions from this classroom.

• Campus computing infrastructure description

  The college has made a substantial and extensive commitment to technology for all college components. Students, staff and faculty have access to computers, email, the Internet as well as current equipment, technology and software to support the educational process and delivery of instructional materials and information. The College provides DS 3 access to the main Aptos Campus the Watsonville center and San Lorenzo Valley sites. Internet conections are available in all student labs, faculty offices and college offices. Datatel "Colleague" software is in place as an enterprise package for all major college functions. There is a fiber optic backbone with Category 5 wiring within each building. The College operates a mix of Novell and Windows NT servers.

• Computing technology status in library (hardware, software)

  Workstations and terminals: Over 100 Pentium level PC's, two laptops, 8 Power Macs, two Jaws reading stations for visually disabled users, and one Omni 3000 text reading station for learning disabled users. Internet service is provided by CENIC at a partial DS 3 level. The library maintains a Z39.50 Client and Server, a Web server, a DEC Alpha catalog server, and provides telnet and Web Access for the library public access catalog. Physical network cabling is UTP. Network Wiring protocol is Ethernet. Network operating systems in use are NT, Novell, and Linux.

  The library maintains staff workstations configured for support of efficient work effort. The library conforms to all relevant standards: AACR2 for MARC cataloging, Z39.50 linking standard, Z39.70 format for circulation transactions, HTML standards, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) page standards, TCPIP standards.

• Integrated Library System status:

  The library automation vendor is Innovative Interfaces Incorporated. The integrated system provides for an online public access catalog, circulation and reserves, serials control, and acquisitions. The system server is Dec Alpha 433 running under Digital Unix. The library has an unlimited users license.

• Status of collection, book and non-book collection, July 2002:

  55, 000 book titles; 500 magazine, newspaper and yearbook subscriptions; 2000 Videorecording titles.

• Online information resources status:

  By Summer of 2002 the library had subscriptions to a selection of core online fulltext resources: EbscoHost fulltext magazines, NewsBank NewsFile fulltext regional newspapers, ProQuest fulltext National Newspapers 5, Health Reference Center, Grove Dictionary of Art Online, Grove Dictionary of Music Britannica Online Encyclopedia , Literature Resource Center, Biography Resource center, Oxford English Dictionary, RAND California Statistics, CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, CountryWatch, and Books in Print. The library makes these fulltext resources available to Cabrillo College authorized users utilizing a remote authentication process.
  The library has multiple CD-ROM tower servers that deliver selected resources and Computer Aided Instruction modules to students in a variety of courses. A separate section of workstations is devoted to this program.

• Non-computer media equipment status:

  Eighteen individual videorecorder/TV stations and one large screen station in a group viewing room that accomodates ten users. Two KaraMate slide viewers. Four audiotape machine listening stations. Four microtext viewer/printer stations.

Strategies

• Upgrade as needed the hardware and operating systems of workstations and servers.
• Upgrade as needed the software used in the delivery of information resources.
• Ensure connectivity for all users
• Explore secure network infrastructure for provision of laptop access to the network within the library building.
• Create a spares inventory for technology and media equipment to minimize disruptions in service and staff work environments.
• Explore debit card readers for non-subscription resources and for pay-for-print services.
• Review on an ongoing basis the sustainability of information workstations and servers in the library. Submit plans for and costs of upgrades to all potential campus funding options.
• Review on an ongoing basis the plug-in configuration for public access workstations

Strategies:

• Expand the core of electronic resources as appropriate to support the instruction program at the College.

• Provide for purchasing non computer media in support of instruction.
• Study and make plans for including DVD media and converting to Universal Players for delivery systems.
• Provide for the delivery of video to group rooms in the library.
• Work with instructors to pursue the expansion of Computer Aided Instruction into a supported delivery center.
• Work with instructors to pursue the purchase of software for Computer Aided Instruction
• Add MAchine Readable Cataloging (MARC) records to the library catalog for campus owned resources available elsewhere. For example:
  • Software available in CTC, TLC
  • Audiotape and Video collection in Music Lab
  • Childrens materials in ECE collections

• Monitor the development of wireless technology for its usefullness to the future delivery of information resources within the library.
• Provide a state of the art library classroom for information literacy sessions.
• Provide Cabrillo instructors with training and assistance for integrating information resources into the curriculum.
• Develop web based tutorials
• Develop courses for delivery over the internet
• Pursue emerging technologies that improve and expand student learning opportunities

• Provide online ability to generate an interlibrary loan request
• Provide online ability to recommend items for purchase
• Expand reserve services to include scanning and digitizing materials for faculty
• Provide access to electronic reserves
• Plan for the provision of direct and indirect library services at the Wattsonville Center

• Where feasable convert all remaining 15" monitors (student and staff) to 17" monitors.
• Provide a second OMNI 3000 Kurzweil reading system
• Review the effectiveness of selected software and maintain the currency of assistive technology software for web access
• Achieve full accessiblity of library web pages (meet WAI standards)
• Standardize Web page construction software in the library
• Explore providing a Lynx browser for visually challenged users
• Expand the number of adjustable heigth workstations to 10% of the available

revised July 06, 2002

Johanna Bowen, Cabrillo College Library Director

jobowen@cabrillo.edu