The document provides an orientation guide for students at the Chattahoochee Valley Community College library. It outlines the library policies, procedures, and resources available to students. Students can check out up to 10 books at a time using their student ID card, and overdue fines are $0.20 per day. The library offers books, textbooks, laptops, DVDs, and databases for research. Students can search for materials using the call number system or online catalog. Assistance is available from library staff to help students find materials and use library resources.

1. Library Orientation
Owen Hall Learning Resource Center
Chattahoochee Valley Community College

2. Overview
• Briefly go over policies and procedures
• Assign the Orientation Passport Activity
• Divide into Teams
• Work together to solve the assigned tasks and earn stamps
• Learn your way around the library and its resources

3. Check-Out Guide
• CVCC students can check out up to 10 books at a
time
• Your library card is your Student ID
• If you do not return books on time, each book will
incur a $0.20 fine per day it is overdue.
• Unpaid library fines result in a hold on
your record,preventing you from:
registering, graduating, and
accessing official transcripts.
Fun fact!
You can also check out
books at CTC by signing
up for a CVCC/CTC
library card with us!
Need Help Finding a
Book?
If we don’t have the book you
need, you can request it from a
different library through ILL.
See a member of the library
staff for more information!

4. Resources Guide
Check-Out and Take With You
• Any circulating books from our
“main” collection.
• These can be found mostly on the
2nd floor, as well as on the bookcase
by the computers (bestsellers &
new releases).
Check-Out and Stay in the LRC
• Textbooks (located in the Reserve
room behind the circulation desk)
• Laptops
• DVDs
• You will need to leave a
photo ID at the desk.
BYOEB!
Bring your own
earbuds! We do
not check out
earbuds or
headphones.

5. Printing & Copying Guide
Printing
1. Use your student ID or buy a print card. Printing costs
$0.10 per page.
2. Add money to your card with the Equitrac machine. It
only accepts $1 bills.
3. After pressing File  Print, a window will pop up
asking for a release key. This can be anything that is
easy to remember (your initials, favorite number, etc.).
4. Find the release station next to the printer/copier.
Type in your release key.
5. Click on your document title, click Print, insert your
card into the pay station.
Copying
1. Use your student ID or buy a print card. Copies cost
$0.10 per page.
2. Put your original on the glass. Select number of copies.
Insert your card into the pay station.
3. Press the green “Copy” button.
NOTE: do not open the drawers or trays for any
reason. If there is an error, or if the machine is out
of paper, see a member of the library staff instead.

6. Searching the Stacks Guide
• All of our books are arranged by the Call
Number, and we follow the Library of Congress
Classification system (which is a bit different
from the Dewey Decimal Classification system).
• Call Numbers are basically the books’ addresses.
• They are read top to bottom, and the books are
arranged first alphabetically on the bookcases,
and then numerically on the bookshelves.
Call Number!

7. Searching the AVL Guide
• AVL stands for Alabama Virtual Library, and it is where you will get access
to databases full of scholarly articles.
• On campus, you do not need a username or password, but at home you
might. See the librarian for registration information!
• From the screen, click on Student Resources, then College & University, then
select a database from the list.
• Use limiters to help narrow down your search and to make sure you are only
getting results that fit within your assignment requirements.

8. Stay in Touch With Us!
• Hours: Monday – Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, CLOSED
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Phone: (334) 291-4978
• Virtual Chat: http://thelrcblog.blogspot.com
• Online: http://cv.edu.booksys.net/opac/cvcclib/index.html
Summer Hours
Monday – Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, CLOSED
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

9. Ready? Set! Go!
Now it’s your turn!
Meet up with your teammates, read the instructions carefully, and solve the
problems together.
Come to the circulation desk for your completion stamps.