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Library Services for Staff / Administrative Personnel

All services described below are available to CSULB staff/administrative personnel.  Additional collections and services are available to all library users.

Quick Links

• Create a Library Account (required for many library services including ILLiad interlibrary services, off site access, book renewal).
• Need Help? Contact us.
• Services for persons with disabilities.
• Access materials from off campus.
• Link to the library's Research Databases.
• Link to the library's catalog (COAST).
• Use RefWorks to create a personal web-based database to manage your research citations.
• Review Research Guides prepared by librarians.
• Need materials not currently available at CSULB?
• View the Library Tutorial.
• Use libraries other than CSULB.

Note: If you are CSULB student, in addition to working as a CSULB employee, you may want to review additional services for students.

Borrowing/Lending Information

(562) 985-5512

The Circulation Desk is located on the 1st Floor as you enter the Library.

• Identification Cards:  Your CSULB campus ID card serves as your library card. You must have a valid CSULB campus ID in order to use some library materials and equipment.
• Loan Periods:  The basic loan period for books for staff / administrative personnel is 120 days. The loan period for media materials (audiocassettes, compact discs, videos, and DVDs) is 7 days. Items are subject to recall when there are other requests for the materials.  Check COAST at My Library Account for materials checked out to you.
• Renewals:  Books may be renewed (limit of 2 times) at the Circulation Desk or through COAST (unless the book is on hold). Media materials may be renewed 1 time.
• Borrowing Periodicals: Current, unbound and older, bound periodicals circulate to staff/administrative personnel for three days.  Current periodicals check out from Current Periodicals at the Lower Level services area and bound periodicals from the Circulation Desk, Lobby.

Information and Assistance

(562) 985-5512

Library personnel are available to provide assistance on the 1st Floor Spidell Technology Center area all hours the library is open.  In addition, Librarians are available during Reference hours to provide information, reference, and research assistance. 

Periodicals/Microform Materials and Equipment

(562) 985-4028

Latest issues of periodicals are available in unbound format in Current Periodicals, Lower Level.  Microform materials (microfilms, microfiche, microcards) and the equipment to read and print such materials are also available on the Lower Level.

Photocopy Services

(562) 985-4754

Photocopiers are located on Lower Level and 1st Floors. You can use your Campus ID card to pay for photocopies in any of the campus copy centers.  Courtesy copier cards may be purchased at the Value Transfer stations on the Lower Level and 1st Floors.

Purchase of Books, Periodicals, and Media

New materials may be recommended by submitting a Recommend New Items form.  You can also submit requests directly to a subject specialist librarian.

Special Collections and University Archives

(562) 985-4087

Unusual and valuable collections of rare and fragile books, original art prints and photographs, and historical papers are located on the 3rd Floor.

Spidell Technology Center

(562) 985-7820

The Spidell Technology Center, 1st Floor, is one of two Open Access Computer Labs at CSULB.  Over 200 computers are available in the Library building.

 

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