An Interview with Carol Bednar: Documenting the Past and Moving on to the Future
Carol Bednar is retiring after 36 years at Cal State Fullerton. Carol has served as Government Documents Librarian for the last 20 years and has been actively involved in many facets of academic libraries’ transitions during the last two decades of technological change. Read an interview with Carol as she reflects on her many and memorable contributions during her distinguished career.

In considering alternative ways of reducing expenditures, the focus has been on how to make the best use of the Library’s resources and services.

The Library’s open hours remain unchanged.  (7:30-10:30, Monday-Thursday; 7:30-5:00 Friday; 10:00-5:00 Saturday; Noon-7:00 Sunday)

Circulation Desk will close at 9:00; self-checkout is possible thereafter, but there will be no counter assistance.

Reference and Research Services Desk in the ILC will open at 9:00 am and close at 7:00 pm, Monday-Thursday (Friday 9:00-5:00).  24/7 online virtual reference will continue to be available.

Direction Desk in the Atrium will be closed from February 9th.

AV (Audio-Visual) Desk will be staffed only from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday-Thursday, and from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Friday (Saturday/Sunday hours unchanged).  The Circulation Desk will provide some A-V services when the 4th floor desk is closed.

Circulation and Interlibrary Loan policy changes

Recalling of checked-out materials will be resumed.  Use of interlibrary loan for books checked out of the Pollak Library will cease since the associated costs are no longer affordable.

Failure to return recalled materials will result in blocking of borrowing and interlibrary loan privileges.  The intent here is to ensure that scarcer resources are equitably shared by the CSUF community.  The Academic Senate Library Committee was unanimous in supporting this policy change.

Acquisition of New Materials

The Library’s materials budget has been trimmed, but there are no drastic cuts in either print or electronic resources.   A one-time grant from the Patrons of the Library (our community support group) will help sustain purchasing power for critical materials during the remainder of this fiscal year.

Streaming Video

Streaming video is no longer available.  However, the  Media Commons on the first floor opposite the Circulation Desk should make viewing AV materials relatively easy.

Questions are bound to arise as these changes are implemented with the beginning of the semester.  These can be directed to staff at our public service desks or via the “Problems & Suggestions” form.

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On Tuesday, July 29th, a magnitude 5.4 struck southern California. Centered in nearby Chino Hills, the quake was strong enough to cause the administration to close the campus at 12:30.

The Library did not suffer any structural damage, but the earthquake knocked a multitude of books off the shelves on the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors. As a safety precaution, these floors were closed to the public. The day after the temblor, a massive reshelving effort has taken place. In just one day the library staff and volunteers were able to completely organize the 4th floor and re-shelve over half of our 5th floor. Take a look at the video below to see some of the damage and the cleanup. The first half of the video deals with another library, after that it focuses on Pollak library.