EJA Library Getting a New Look!

The Escondido Center Library is getting a new look!!
Thanks to funding from the Ernest J. Allen endowment the Library at Palomar College’s Escondido Center is being remodeled. The remodel will result in the Library and ESC200 laboratory being redesigned into a single learning space. Unfortunately the bid requires that we completely remove the entire collection and all our furnishings, so we must close before the end of the semester to allow our contractor access.
Our Library will close for remodeling as of May 10th! We expect to reopen in early July (this date is subject to the contractor’s timetable). Select library services will be available from our temporary home - Room 500E in the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC)!
Librarians at Escondido will continue to provide Reference service. This includes helping students identify books and articles for homework and research needs as well as assistance with citation and resource evaluation. Library instruction sessions will be held in the TLC Conference room (500B). Faculty are encouraged to continue requesting Library Instruction in person or via our online form (the preferred method).

Our Library Technicians will process return of library materials, accept payment for fines and provide access to our textbooks and Reserve collection. Students will continue to have access to the collection at our San Marcos location and can request materials be transferred to Escondido from there.
Please contact Library Department Chair, Linda Morrow, or Branch Services Librarian, Marlene Forney, if you have any questions.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Amber Dubois and her fellow students at Escondido High School (EHS). We are saddened to know she will not be returning to her circle of friends and loved ones. We urge our Escondido Center students to attend the Monday March 8th memorial at EHS. May the light of her life continue to shine through those who follow a path of love and learning.

You can ask away anytime of the day!

Check out what Palomar's student paper, The Telescope, had to say about our Ask-A-Librarian service. Their Jessica Walls reports on interviews with Librarian Laurie Hope (one of our EJA librarians!!) and students that the 24/7 Reference service is worth using. The full story appears in the January 19th issue, both on The Telescope's online portal and on the front page of the print edition.