The Textbooks 'n' Technology (TnT) Program lends textbooks, laptops and calculators for the entire semester.
If you need help with a research project for a class, contact us below.
Library Services
- Adult members of the community (18 years and over) may become a community borrower.
- Library privileges are valid for one year from the date of registration. Privileges are non-transferable.
- To become a West Valley College Library community borrower, you must present all of the following: a current driver's license or State picture I.D., current address and telephone number.
- When checking out materials, you must present your West Valley College Community Borrower Card.
- Circulating books, CDs and DVDs may be borrowed. Textbooks and technology items may not be borrowed by community borrowers.
- A maximum of ten items at a time may be checked out.
- Lost, damaged, or non-returned items must be paid for according to West Valley College Library Policies. The Library is obligated under California State law to retrieve library materials.
- Study rooms are not available to community borrowers.
- The West Valley College Library is closed between sessions and for certain holidays.
WVC Loanable Tech is available for checkout to WVC students, staff, and faculty only. All borrowers must show an ID and complete an equipment loan agreement prior to checking out the equipment. The loan period is 10 days and you may renew once for a total borrowing period of 20 days.
Please visit the Information desk and come prepared to spend at least 15 minutes to check out the equipment. You will be briefed on the equipment and all its peripherals and given instructions on returning the item(s). View our available equipment offerings.
Please note that Library staff will not instruct you on how to use the equipment. Instruction manuals and online tutorials are included in the description of the equipment in the tabs above as well as in each of the cases.
- Study rooms are available for use by reservation only, which must be made through the online booking system at westvalley.libcal.com/reserve or in-person at the Information Desk on a first-come, first-served basis.
- A person must have an active MyWVM or WVC official email address to place a reservation.
- Rooms may be reserved for up to two hours at a time.
- Only one reservation may be made per day.
- The calendar opens at 12:01 a.m. for same-day reservations.
- Reservations cannot be made further in advance.
- Reservations may be canceled using the link provided in the confirmation email.
- There is a 15 minute grace period for reservations.
Cost:
- Black and White: 15 cents per page
- Color: 25 cents per page
- Complete the printing form at westvalley.edu/library-printing.
- Simply add your initials in the "User Info" box.
- Come to the printer station in the library, enter your initials and complete the instructions on the screen.
The West Valley College Library Archives project is a work in progress. Over the past several years staff, faculty, and student volunteers have been invaluable in collecting, cleaning, organizing, and processing of archival materials on the campus.
In 2010, the West Valley College Library received a Local History Digital Resources Project grant from the California State Library. The project was supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
As a part of the project, 200 images from the West Valley College archives were scanned and were hosted at the Califa Digital Collections. In the summer of 2011, the collection was loaded on the Calisphere and Online Archive of California websites.
Additional scans will be added to the Califa Digital Collection prior to uploading to Calisphere and the Online Archive of California.
West Valley College Library Archive collection guides (also known as finding aids) can be viewed at the Online Archive of California.
The West Valley College Library Archives is open by appointment to students, faculty, staff, visiting researchers and the general public. Please make an appointment to use the collection.
The West Valley College Library strives to create a physical and online environment of intellectual freedom which protects the interests of all members of our campus. Access to research, information, and technology is critical in identifying and eradicating social inequities and racism. As a library, we pledge to be an active partner in combating systemic discrimination on our campus and foster skills and resources that students, faculty, and classified professionals can use to confront discrimination in our society.