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LPC Library Catalog Information

Library Information

The following paragraphs offer information about LPC Library catalog and interpreting the information contained therein. Click on About the Library for more information on LPC Library.

iLink Login Information

If you wish to place a hold on library materials at LPC or Chabot or check your library records, you must have a college ID card which you have taken to the Library Check-out desk to be activated or renewed. Then you may log in to the catalog where login information is requested. You will be asked to enter your LPC user ID and PIN.

Your LPC user ID is the "W" number which was issued to you by the College. You can find your "W" number on CLASS Web.*

Your PIN consists of:

  • the first two letters of your first name
  • the first two letters of your last name
  • the last two numbers of your "W" number.
  • example: John Smith with the W number W11122233 would use the PIN josm33

Your pin is not the same pin that is used for LPC distance education (Blackboard). If you have any trouble logging in, please ask for help at the Check-Out Desk or call them at 925.424.1151.

If you log into the catalog on a public computer, don't forget to log out when you leave the catalog to protect access to your ID and Pin number.

How To get Your LPC "W" Number ID*

  1. Go to the LPC Homepage
  2. Click on "Register for a Class"
  3. Choose "Class Web Login"
  4. Click "Sign On To Class Web"
  5. Type your social security number and your pin number.
  6. Click "Log In"
  7. Click "What's My New User ID"
  8. The resulting screen will display your "W" Number

AV Call Numbers

Most Las Positas College Library audiovisual materials have not been assigned a Library of Congress call number. Audiovisual materials are assigned a call number based on their format and the order in which they were added to the collection.

Categories include cassettes, records, compact discs, maps, charts, equipment, kits, microfilm, video, pictures, realia, model slides, prints, DVD, and CD-ROM. Since the two libraries share the catalog, some of these categories may be found in one library and not the other. Some of the most common examples of the letter designations for the types of material are:

CD - Compact Disc Sound Recording

KS - Combines materials such as slides, videorecordings, etc. with another type of media such as audiocassette. LPC Library has few kits.

MV - Videorecording - VHS tape

SL - Slides

DVD - DVDs in the Las Positas College Library audiovisual collection are cataloged with Library of Congress call numbers. If you find a DVD in the catalog, it will have a LC call number but will be described as a [videorecording] or [DVD] in the hitlist and as a videodisc in the Item Record. Its location will be listed Audiovisual Collection. However, the jewel cases are in call number order in a special location in the stacks. You must take the jewel case to the check-out desk to get the DVD when you wish to check one out.

Library Material Locations

Some of the more frequently used location designations within the Las Positas and Chabot libraries that you may see in the Location column in the Holdings section at the bottom of the catalog record are:

Atlas Table - Large reference atlases near Reference

AV - Audiovisuals at Las Positas

Drama Book Collection - Individual plays with call numbers beginning DBC and the first part of the play title (e.g., DBC AMADEUS

Index Shelf - Located on shelves at the end of the reference shelves

Index Table - Topical information located on the index table toward the rear of the library (library use only)

Newton Collection - Special local history collection (library use only)

Professional - Professional community college or educational materials near the indexes on the Reference side of the Library

Reference - Materials on the reference shelves (library use only), such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, etc.

Reserve - Materials kept at Check-Out Desk at the request of instructors

Stacks - Bookshelves containing books that can be checked out

Tech Proc. - Items being cataloged or mended and not available for check-out

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Page last modified: June 27, 2011