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Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

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Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12<br />

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Descriptive Summary<br />

<strong>Hartnell</strong> <strong>College</strong> Library collaborates with other college and public libraries through its<br />

memberships in the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP), Monterey Bay Area Cooperative<br />

Library System (MOBAC), The Califa Library Group, Community <strong>College</strong> Library<br />

Consortium (CCLC), Council of Chief Librarians for California Community <strong>College</strong>s (CCL),<br />

and other consortia. PLP/MOBAC provides delivery service between local libraries,<br />

expedites interlibrary loan service, offers networking opportunities to librarians and staff<br />

through its committees, lobbies on behalf of libraries in Sacramento, and offers free<br />

professional development workshops.<br />

The library also has an agreement with California State University, Monterey Bay Library<br />

(CSUMB) to share their integrated library system, Voyager/ExLibris. CSUMB and <strong>Hartnell</strong><br />

Libraries are currently working together to create a written agreement to document this<br />

arrangement (II.C.30).<br />

Self Evaluation<br />

Annually before memberships are renewed, the appropriate librarians and library staff<br />

discuss the pros and cons of membership in the various organizations. Past consensus has<br />

been that membership costs are low compared with the benefits received.<br />

The CSUMB-Community <strong>College</strong> Library Voyager/ExLibris consortium is periodically<br />

discussed and reviewed. <strong>Hartnell</strong> has heavily relied on CSUMB for system support with<br />

minimal staff time, few down times, and very low costs. The community college library<br />

members of this informal consortium—<strong>Hartnell</strong>, Monterey Peninsula <strong>College</strong> Library, and<br />

Gavilan <strong>College</strong> Library—met in December 2011, and then in May 2012. The librarians<br />

discussed the future of the integrated library system consortium, the development of a<br />

memorandum of clarification regarding the consortium, and alternatives to<br />

Voyager/ExLibris.<br />

A revised draft memorandum of clarification has been proposed to consortium members, and<br />

all consortium members have indicated via email that they approve<br />

The college meets this standard.<br />

Planning Agenda<br />

Library staff will continue to work towards finalizing the Voyager agreement between<br />

CSUMB-Community <strong>College</strong> Library Voyager/ExLibris consortium members by fall 2013.<br />

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