Materials and Services

Library

Albany Campus
Willamette Hall, 1st Floor
libcirc@linnbenton.edu
541-917-4638

Monday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Tuesday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Friday: 7:30am - 4:00pm
Saturday: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Lebanon Campus
Healthcare Occupations Center
libref@linnbenton.edu
541-918-8840

Monday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

The LBCC Library provides both digital and print resources in many media: books, magazines, scholarly journals, videos, and more!

 

Checking out books and DVDs

You can place a hold on an item at LBCC or a partner library using the Library Catalog. To check out a book, you can use any form of photo ID.  You may also use a library card from any member library of the Linn Libraries Consortium. If you want to know more about checkout periods, late fees, etc., see the circulation policy.

Library users need to show one of the following to check out library materials:

  • LBCC ID card
  • OSU ID card
  • Government-issued photo ID
  • Library card from any member of the Linn Libraries Consortium
  • High School ID card
  • Passports
  • Photo credit cards

  • Books
  • Course textbooks
  • CDs
  • DVDs
  • Laptops
  • Calculators
  • Phone chargers
  • Other technology items

 

 

Accessing course textbooks

Course reserves are available either for two-hour checkout for in-building use or, for some titles, one-week checkout.

The LBCC library's reserves collection assists students who may be in need of a short-term loan of a class book or textbook. While the collection has many textbooks, it does not have all books used in all LBCC courses. The Library encourages students to use the collection to aid them when waiting for financial aid or for their textbooks to arrive in the bookstore; it is generally not a good practice to rely upon the collection for an entire term as a particular reserve book might have to be shared amongst 20-60 students.

Reserve items generally check out for either two hours or one week.  Two-hour items must remain in the building. There is a photocopier and a book scanner in the Albany campus library. The HOC library in Lebanon has a scanner located near the emergency exit.  LBCC students are expected to comply with copyright laws. Making copies of short passages for personal use may fall within fair use.

Please note that, in accordance with the library's circulation policy,  significant or repeated failure to return library items (including technology) may result in suspension of a library user's borrowing privileges.

  • Ask your instructor to see if a copy of the item may be placed in the library's reserves collection.
  • Contact the Roadrunner Resource Center for assistance if you can't afford your course materials.

 

 

Using the Linn Libraries Consortium

In addition to resources at LBCC, you can use FindIt to locate and request books and DVDs at other libraries in the Linn Libraries Consortium.

 

 

Requesting an Interlibrary Loan

We can also work with partner libraries across the US to get you the books, DVDs, articles, and other resources students and employees need.

Request an interlibrary loan by completing this form. You may also request a paper interlibrary loan form from the circulation desk.

Interlibrary loan is a courtesy service provided by many libraries allowing patrons to order and receive materials from other libraries.

Interlibrary loan (ILL) lets LBCC students, faculty, and staff obtain materials that are not available in the LBCC library. The library requests them for you from another library. Please limit your requests to five a week and do check your local library catalog before requesting ILLs.

Note: Interlibrary loan services are available only during academic terms and limited to current LBCC students, faculty, and staff.

Current LBCC students, faculty, and staff may use the library's interlibrary loan service.

Requests generally take one to two weeks to complete. It may take a week or more to fill requests for whole books. You will be contacted by email, phone, and/or mail.

The LBCC library will place requests for all types of library materials. The following types of materials, however, may be difficult for the library to obtain: textbooks, CDs/DVDs/VHS, dissertations, rare books.

The checkout duration is set by the lending library, so it will vary. Two weeks is a common loan period for interlibrary loan items. LBCC library staff will inform you of the return date when you pick up materials. Ask library staff if renewal is possible.

Distance learning students may request that items be mailed to them if they are unable to come to the library. Those requesting mail service become responsible for the cost of any borrowed items and are also responsible for the return postage.

 

 

Using the Library for the General Public

Anybody age 14 or older can come to the LBCC Library and become a public patron. Please fill out our registration form, being sure to choose LBCC as your home library. Be prepared to show us a government-issued photo ID. Once in our system, you will have the same borrowing privileges (and the same late penalties) as LBCC students, except for:

  • Interlibrary loans - reserved for LBCC students and employees
  • Laptops and hotspots - reserved for LBCC students
  • Course textbooks - reserved for LBCC students

Research and Information Help

Reference librarians provide research assistance and help people with college processes, technology, and answers to all questions. Learn more and make an appointment.

 

 

Printing

Black and white as well as color printing is available in both the library and the Learning Center. Staff can assist students in creating an account and deposit funds for printing. Costs are $.10 a page for black and white and $.20 a page for color.

 

 

Student Help Desk (Student Tech Support)

The Student Help Desk assists students with software, hardware, and other technology-related problems and questions.

 

 

Collections

The library has a variety of special collections, including Spanish-language materials, Literacy Resources & Readers Collection, and technology available for checkout. You can search for specific items in the Library through the Ebsco Discovery Service (includes physical items and most digital collections) or the Library Catalog (includes physical items and some ebooks).

 

 

Suggest a Resource

Librarians select materials in accordance with our materials selection policy. The LBCC library also accepts requests for purchase of new library materials that are in support of the curriculum content and/or instructional needs of employees and students. Submit a purchase request.

 

 

Programming

The library offers a variety of educational and cultural events. Read our library programs policy.

The library is located on the first floor of Willamette Hall on the Albany campus. We also have a branch library facility at LBCC’s Health Occupations Center. Both libraries have the resources you need for success, including comfortable space for collaborative work or quiet study and computers with internet access, printing, copying, and scanning. Our main library even has a private room for quiet reflection, prayer, or lactation.

 

Reserve Study Space

Study space can now be reserved online via My LB and select the "Room Reservations" tile. Here's a detailed guide to reservations.