Los Angelesmission College

Los Angeles Mission College Standard 6 March 1, 2000 Present: Ed. Zayas, Ed. Casson, David Garza, Susan Polk, John Cantley, Roman Juarez, Dale Newman, Stan Levine John discussed the standards’ progress chart and the status of standard 6 in this chart. The committee reviewed work submitted: STANDARD SECTIONS 6.1 Susan Polk submitted an inventory chart for all the labs on campus that offer services to students. John suggested that she also include the multimedia lab. The committee noted that even though the LRC pays for the tutors in the OA Lab, this tutoring is limited to OA students. Other tutors also help disabled students. Approved for Posting. 6.2 Not submitted 6.3 Garza is working on this section and wants to include the access hours, number of trained staff, location of resources, organization of resources, disability access, and usage policy. The committee agreed that he should proceed in that direction. 6.4 Not submitted 6.5 The committee advised the subcommittee to interview Borchetta and CSS and submit answers. The committee also suggested that the subcommittee interview Sandy Thomsen and Dale Newman about the budgeting process--especially as to the formation of the operational plan. The committee suggested that the submitted writing be converted into a descriptive summary and to talk more about security issues, budget allocation, and the fluctuation in money allocated for books. The committee wants to read the results in detail before approving this section. 6.6 The committee suggested that the information on software licensing agreements belongs in another section. Approved with modifications. 6.7 The committee asked the subcommittee to include the tutoring surveys done by the LRC every year as evidence of assessment. Approved with modifications. SURVEY
Standard 6: Information and Learning Resources	Students	Faculty/ Staff	Comments
1. I am given at least one assignment per semester that requires me to use the library.	Y	Y
2. The library has an adequate and up-to-date selection of books, periodicals, and other resource materials.	Y	Y
3. The library personnel are available and helpful when I need assistance.	Y
In the library, which following need to be improved (select as many as apply)? 4. Better lighting and temperature control. 5. Lower noise levels.			Change the question to ask if it is adequate
6. More audiovisual/multimedia materials.		Y
7. More up-to-date books. 8. More up-to-date reference materials.			Ask if it is adequate
9. Open longer hours during the week. 10. Open on weekends.			NO
11. If you have not used the college library in the past year, why not? Did not need to use it Not open when I needed it Too hard to find things I needed Too far to travel Used another library Other	Y
12. I am given at least one assignment per semester that requires that I use a computer [yes/no]	Y		Change to "…use for research…"
13. There were adequate numbers of computers in the labs. [Learning Center, other labs]	Y
14. The computers in the lab were in good working order. [Learning Center, other labs]	Y		Specify what labs
15. There was a staff member in the computer lab that could help me if I had a problem. [Learning Center, Other computer labs]	Y		Specify what labs
16. The service provided by the computer lab staff was helpful. [Learning Center, Other computer labs]	Y		Specify what labs
For the following types of learning assistance please indicate if you have used them in the last year and rate your preference 17. Tutoring 18. Video tapes 19. Computers 20. Audio tapes 21. Workbooks			NO
Please indicate your need for learning assistance in the following areas [Need High/low] 22. Math 23. English 24. Sciences 25. Humanities 26. Social Sciences 27. Vocational disciplines 28. Other			NO
29. The library is open when I need to use it.			Yes
The committee suggested the following question: Is it easy to faculty to put a CD on LRC server for students to use? The committee will meet again on March 15 at 3:00 in the LRC.