Library and Learning Connection 2014-15 Program Review Summary, by Marcia Corcoran, Dean of Language Arts, November 2013, page 1 of 5
Library and Learning Connection Accomplishments and Progress Made
All Areas
Curriculum &
Assessment
 Outcomes and
review of
assessments
informed updated
curriculum
 Service Area
Outcomes written,
assessed and
improvements made
 Culture of fac
development, study
of practices, review
of data, design of
innovative practice
in and out of class
Student Support
Human Resources
 Outreach creating
 Work redistributed
value and vision for
and streamlined with
library & LC as
technology yet still
centers of learning
decreased access to
on our campus
students; Library Tech
to start Spring 14
 Increased hours
 Cost-effective
 Library film
academic learning
screenings,
support infrastructure
speakers, book
pilot unsuccessful
displays, storytelling
for Early Childhood  Faculty participation
Dev
in Academic Support
and in Instructional
 Lap-top and camera
Support - designed
lending program
interventions
Technology
Facilities
 Library into the
 Planned bldg
Information Age—
100 renovation
improved technological
into Design
tools and information
Review with
earthquake
 Enhanced web sites for
retrofit included
easy access of data and
resources for students and
faculty
 Researched and purchased
new library management
system: Online Computer
Library Center (OCLC)
Worldshare
 Book/AV/Journals funded
by bond
Library and Learning Connection Goals and New Initiatives
All Areas
Curriculum/Assessment Student Support
Human Resources
Technology

 Increase # tutors and
Learning Assistants
to accommodate
student and faculty
needs
 Revisit possibility of
Library and Learning
Resources Dean
 Increase hours &
service by hiring
Instructional
Assistant for
Tutoring and
Learning Connection
Labs including
Math/Science
 Increase technological
 Complete bldg 100
tools for students,
renovation by
especially those with
summer 2014 (for
less access to
safety, program
technology
continuance and
expansion, and
 Improve wireless
student success)
printing and Internet
speeds in all areas
 Enhance online
resources for students &
faculty
 Reduce labor needs by
new or better aligned
systems for college
(e.g., eSARs with
Banner)

Create more
instructor-librarian
collaborations
Develop more
discipline instructor
leadership in tutoring
and learning support
 Reach out
internally and
externally for
Library & Learning
Connection to
promote as centers
of academic
learning at Chabot
 Pilot study groups
 Develop more
enhanced academic
events (film
screenings,
displays, speakers,
etc.) for out-ofclass support
Facilities
Library and Learning Connection 2014-15 Program Review Summary, by Marcia Corcoran, Dean of Language Arts, November 2013, page 2 of 5
Library and Learning Connection Accomplishments and Progress Made by Area
Curriculum/Assessment Student Support
Human Resources
Technology
Facilities
Library
 Assessed and
improved library
orientations
 SLOs/CLOs/PLOs
review – changes
included increased
instruction and
practice time on citing
sources, plagiarizing,
and distinguishing
popular vs. scholarly
journals
 Created libguides
 Updated Library
Skills course curricula
 Expanded outreach to
discipline faculty
 Promoted vision:
Value the library
and LC as “centers
of learning” on our
campus
 Offered events and
lectures (e.g., Day
of the Dead, book
displays, storytime, student and
faculty art displays)
 (see also bullets in
columns to the
right)
 Redistributed work
load of Library
Techs, cross-trained
 Updated
responsibilities of
Lib Coordinator
 Circulated job
description of
Academic Services
Dean
 Hired temps to
prevent library
closing with
absences & .5 Lib
Tech hired to begin
Spring 14 for
evening hours
 Created a more
inviting
environment
o New study
tables and
chairs
o Silent study
room
o Soft furniture
groupings to
improve
ambiance
o Patio furniture
o Improved
signage
o Reference
computers
 Moved librarian
into office
 Planned for bldg
100 main floor
renovation
(circulation,
instruction room,
offices) into
Design Review
Learning
Connection:
Academic
Support
 Integrated SLOs and
Service Area
Outcomes (SAOs),
quantitative and
qualitative, to
improve services
 Wrote report for
Accreditation
 With Institutional
Research, collected
data revealing
students who use
tutoring have
higher success rates
than students in
same course who
do not
 Created and
implemented new
compensation model
for tutoring and for
student “scholars”
for cost effectiveness
of tutors (pilot
unsuccessful; needs
revision)
 Redesigned web pages
 Increased reliability of
online catalog
 Added e-books (80,000)
 With bond money,
broadened access to
interdisciplinary
materials in databases,
periodicals, and audiovisuals
 Began migration into
new Library
Management System
(from SIRSI to
Worldshare)—more
access and digital
 Installed electronic
counters at each door
 Implemented online
reservation system for
group study rooms
 Reference—chat, phone
 Piloted research tools
loaner program
 Replaced computers on
mezzanine
 Built a Learning
Connection website
with resources and
posted data
 Used eSARs for tutor
scheduled appointments
(first college to pilot
this)
 Planned for bldg
100 first floor
renovation into
Design Review
Library and Learning Connection 2014-15 Program Review Summary, by Marcia Corcoran, Dean of Language Arts, November 2013, page 3 of 5
Curriculum/Assessment Student Support
Human Resources
Technology
Facilities
Learning
Connection:
Academic
Support
(cont’d)
 Leveled TUTR 1A
and 1B courses to
allow repeatability
 Added TUTR 1Bs for
Business, Allied
Health, Soc Sciences
 Piloted and revised
COMM 70A/B to
give students credit
rather than pay for
being tutors or
“learning scholars”
 Institutionalized
ESLWriting across
the Disciplines
Workshop
 Data shows higher
student success
rates correlate with
more time in
tutoring
 Data shows courses
with Learning
Assistants (in-class
tutors) students
have higher
engagement,
especially in CTE
 Conversation
groups in ESL and
study groups in
math/science

Faculty awareness
and participation
increased
Learning
 Faculty completed required assessment cycles,  Used Title III funds
Connection:
reported work, and set up assessment schedules
for reassigned time:
Instructional
(as required by accreditation and as needed for
o Center for
Support
increased student learning and success)
Teaching &
Learning/Staff
 Faculty Inquiry Groups – Small groups of
Development
faculty inquire about teaching and learning,
Coordination (7.5
posing a question, reviewing literature,
CAH/sem)
collecting data, and proposing interventions
o Learning
both in and out of the classroom to better
Assessment
support student success (37 FIGs over 3 yrs)
Coordination (3
 Institutionalized best practices (such as Reading
CAH/sem)
Apprenticeship, Habits of Mind)
o Data
 Presented data in collaboration with
Coordination (3
Institutional Research
CAH/sem)
 Shared information – “developed local
experts,” “train the trainer” – sent faculty to
conferences

“Making Visible”
video of students to
better understand their
experiences of and
needs for academic
learning support
 Learned about students’
experiences – “Student
Voices” film projects
used in classes and with
faculty to stimulate
discussion for
improvement
 Used eLumen and
developed new forms in
Program Review for
reporting assessment
work
 Planned with
faculty across
campus for bldg
100 first floor
renovation into
Design Review
Library and Learning Connection 2014-15 Program Review Summary, by Marcia Corcoran, Dean of Language Arts, November 2013, page 4 of 5
Library and Learning Connection Goals and New Initiatives by Area
Curriculum/Assessment
Student Support
Library
 Work with more
discipline faculty on
providing information
competency skills to
students
 Increase story-time
activities for ECD
program
 Continue to assess
LIBS 1 and LIBS 2
and use assessments to
improve
Learning
Connection:
Academic
Support
 Visit other colleges to
get ideas for
innovation
 Need .12 FTEF
increase for courses to
accommodate new
disciplines
Human Resources
Technology
Facilities
 Create a library
 Reorganize with
culture where all
Library and Learning
students and
Resources Dean
employees value the
preferred MLIS
library as a center of  Increase # student
learning on our
assistants for
campus
improved shelf
maintenance
 Expand library
outreach (events and
($10,000 for library)
lectures, exhibits)
 Increase adjunct
librarian hours for
 Establish library
collaboration with
improved service
Hayward Public
Library and campus
wide /community
events like the Great
Debate
 Plan for funding
sources for library
materials when bond
runs out, or plan for
securing money in a
new bond, parcel
tax, and other
development.
 Complete migration into
OCLC Worldshare
system (Spring 14)
 Expand lending
program for laptops and
other technological
tools for student
research (e.g., flip
cameras, voice
recorders)
 Increase capabilities of
wireless printing
 Increase Internet speed
 Secure stable funding
for books, AV, journals,
and databases for when
bond and/or state
monies are not available
 Offer more study
group tutoring and
conversation groups
 Continue to pilot
Supplemental
Instruction and
Learning Assistants
across disciplines
 Develop and support
online tutoring
 Find more online
materials for tutors
 Convert TUTR 1A and
1B to hybrid or online
 Complete
building 100
update in scope:
o More study spaces
for students
o 44-station Library
Instruction Room
(include software,
video streaming,
smart classroom)
o Circulation and
reference redesign
o Reading areas
redesign
o Staff work areas
renovation
o Paint, furniture,
carpets in study
areas
 Include items in
Bldg 100 out of
scope: ADA
compliant
elevator and
electrical upgrade
requested
 Centralize
academic learning
support under 1
space (building
100
 Work with district to
revise compensation
model for tutors
 Need Library Tech I
for more open hours
(.5 FTE)
 Need more Learning
Assistants and Tutors
Library and Learning Connection 2014-15 Program Review Summary, by Marcia Corcoran, Dean of Language Arts, November 2013, page 5 of 5
Curriculum/Assessment Student Support
Human Resources
Technology
Facilities
 Design and develop  Need Library and
“community” for
Learning Resources
students (explore
Dean
interests and career
 Continue to visit
options providing
identified
academic learning
“successful” tutoring
support and student
programs; learn “best
support services)
practices” (need
$800.00)
 Continue to measure
to show increase in
 Continue to increase
success rates
faculty awareness
and participation
tailoring needs for
additional disciplines
 Connect e-SARs with
Banner for easy data
collection (attendance
accounting and
research)
 Work with district to
streamline systems for
hiring and paying tutors
Learning
 Advance teaching through:
 Provide institutional
Connection:
o exposure to current theories and best practices
reassigned time (will
Instructional
o developing and evaluating teaching practices
help meet
Support
o utilizing a variety of pedagogies
accreditation
o Faculty Inquiry Groups to create, implement,
mandates):
and assess new interventions
o Center for Teaching
o thoughtful and collaborative Flex Day activities
& Learning/Staff
in support of Strategic Plan (some district, some
Development
college, some division/discipline work)
Coordination (3
CAH/semester)
 Collaborate with high school, university, and
o
Combined Learning
community to increase student pathways and
Assessment & Data
completion
Coordination (2
CAH/sem from
district; need 1
CAH/sem from
Chabot)
 Provide technology
needs for new building
space
 Provide website support
for maintenance and
streaming video support
for Making Visible
projects
 Collaborate with
Television and Radio
stations to optimize
Faculty and Staff
Development and to
create outreach to high
school and university
counterparts
Learning
Connection:
Academic
Support
(cont’d)
o Ample student
study space
o Space for study
and tutoring
groups
o Space for
computer labs
(ESL, WRAC,
Math/Science,
Social Sciences)
o Software
o Space for Law
and Democracy,
Opportunity and
Freedom, Change
It Now, Center
Civic & Comm
Engagemt
 Integrate
Instructional
Support space
(building 100)
o Space for Center
for Teaching and
Learning,
Assessment,
Institutional
Research and
Grants, Making
Visible for
faculty and
students as coinquirers