The Campus Connection Online -- September 13 2004

The Cerritos College librarians would like to familiarize you with the library’s collection development process at Cerritos College. The library’s primary objective is identical to that of our college: to provide high-quality, academically rigorous instruction in a comprehensive curriculum that respects the diversity represented in our student body and region. The college library is an educational service and the selection of its library materials is an educational function designed to implement and complement the curriculum.

The goal of the library’s collection development process is to meet the curricular and lifelong learning needs of our students. This goal is accomplished through professional and subject expertise of library faculty who work in conjunction with classroom faculty to continuously identify new titles for addition to our collection. Individual library faculty are assigned specific subject areas and are responsible for working with classroom faculty in those disciplines. Although the book budget has been reduced substantially over the past year, the library faculty encourage you to continue to submit your purchase recommendations. Unfortunately, due to recent budget cuts, not all recommended books can be purchased. We will do our best to make sure that the most essential titles are ordered and that our collection continues to grow in the direction that is best for our students.

You are encouraged to contact the librarian in your subject area and work with her to ensure that the library has a viable, academically sound collection in your discipline. Book recommendations can be sent via the email form or the paper form available in the library.

Below is a list of the Cerritos College Library faculty and their subject areas.

Lynda Sampson – Collection Development Coordinator
Contact: sampson@cerritos.edu or ext 2417
Areas: American History, Ethnic/Multicultural Studies, Fine Arts, Languages, Literature, Medicine, Health Sciences

Valencia Mitchell
Contact: vmitchell@cerritos.edu or ext 2416
Areas: Archaeology, Genealogy, Education, Music, Computer Science, Natural History, the Sciences, Human Anatomy, Mathematics

Jule’ Ketcham
Contact: jmketcham@cerritos.edu or ext 2415
Areas: Philosophy, Psychology, World History, Country History (other than the Americas), Agriculture, Library Science

Lorraine Gersitz
Contact: lgersitz@cerritos.edu or ext 2414
Areas: Geography, Anthropology, Folklore, Recreation, Government, Political Science, Public Administration, Military History

Monica Lopez
Contact: mmlopez@cerritos.edu or ext 2434
Areas: Romance Language and Literature, International Law, U.S. Law, Technology

Debra Moore
Contact: dmoore@cerritos.edu or ext 2418
Areas: Religion, Sociology, Business, Economics, Statistics

Check online for a more detailed breakdown of these subject areas. The librarians look forward to hearing from you soon.

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The Campus Connection Online, September 13, 2004

Cerritos College

Connections 2004

A Look at the Library's Collection Development Process