CSUH Catalog 2004-2005: Library (Undergraduate)

Library

	Department Information
	Mission and Goals
	Information Literacy Courses

Department Information

Reference Desk: Library 2000
Phone (510) 885-3765

Librarians Emeriti: Carol Castagnozzi, Douglas Ferguson

University Librarian: Myoung-ja Lee Kwon

Associate University Librarian: Aline Soules

Librarians: Michele Buda, Judy Clarence, Elizabeth Ginno, Kristin Ramsdell

Associate Librarians: Dana Edwards, Judith Faust, Douglas Highsmith, Jennifer Laherty, Stephen Philibosian

Senior Assistant Librarians: Thomas Bickley, Kyzyl Fenno-Smith

Mission and Goals

University Library Mission Statement
The mission of the University Library at Cal State Hayward is to provide user-focused quality services and collections in support of undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty research, and the general information needs of the diverse community. The University Library provides access to recorded knowledge in all formats regardless of ownership. Consistent with the teaching mission of the university, the library assists students in becoming information competent, critical thinkers, and life-long learners. The University Library provides physical facilities to foster individual and collaborative teaching and learning and to encourage the exchange of ideas.

The Library's mission is accomplished through the following goals:

Goals


	•	Identify, acquire, organize, preserve, and provide access to pertinent recorded knowledge to support teaching, research, and creative activities.
	•	Recruit, hire, and retain, quality faculty and staff committed to delivering excellent services in response to the rapidly changing needs of the diverse user community.
	•	Offer formal and informal instruction to promote information literacy.
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	•	Provide an easily accessible, user-friendly and safe environment that fosters teaching and learning for both library users and library employees.
	•	Apply appropriate technological innovations to achieve productivity and efficiency, as well as provide library services to distant learners and information seekers.
	•	Communicate library services to raise awareness and promote partnerships with university organizations, other libraries and educational institutions, and local communities.
	•	Create a forward thinking, dynamic organization that is responsive and flexible in order to achieve its mission and goals.
	•	.Continue to improve the library's effectiveness through systematic, on-going outcome assessment.

Information Literacy Courses


The course prefix for the following courses is LIBY.
1010	Fundamentals of Information Literacy (1) Information structure and organization. Techniques and computer skills for effectively identifying, acquiring, evaluating, using, and communicating information in various formats. Sections tailored to articulate with courses in first year thematic G.E. sequences in Areas B, C, and D.
1551	Information Skills in the Electronic Age (2) Instruction and practice in accessing information through print, electronic, and other non-print formats. Includes examination of the Library's collections as well as information available remotely through electronic means. CR/NC grading only.
3200	Discipline Based Information Research (2) Research techniques and computer skills for effectively identifying, acquiring, evaluating, using and communicating information in specific disciplines. The focus changes from quarter to quarter as appropriate. May be repeated for credit with consent of the instructor.