Distance Learners

The Cerro Coso Community College Library, through its online, web-based Library Catalog, offers current students, faculty and staff from the college's four distant sites and online (within the college's service area), the opportunity to borrow books from the Cerro Coso Library collection. An online request form is available. Book Request Form

Non-print media is not available for checkout to students. Faculty should contact the college's Library to borrow non-print resources for instruction through the Library Catalog. Faculty at distant sites, please make your request to borrow non-print media (such as VHS tapes), at least 1 week in advance of when you'll need it for your class.

Policies and Procedures

Library print resources will be available for checkout and delivery only to currently enrolled Cerro Coso students, faculty and staff residing in the CCCC service area, and attending classes at the college's distance sites of Kern River Valley, South Kern, Bishop, Mammoth or Online. This delivery service excludes students, faculty and staff residing in the general Indian Wells Valley and Searles Valley area as well as those residing out of state or out of the geographic areas served by the college.  Verification of current status will be checked.

The Cerro Coso library book collection catalog is available online on the CCCC web page through Library Catalog. After determining which book(s) (limit of two) to request and borrow from the Cerro Coso Library only, the requestor must fill out and send the information by the "Book Request" form below. Upon receipt of the request, the requestor will be advised by e-mail of availability and if available, the books will be sent within two working days via US MAIL or by being sent to the Center's office.

Books will circulate for no longer than three weeks. Reference books do not circulate.  Renewals may be requested by e-mail to sarah.witkowski@cerrocoso.edu and are dependent upon whether the book has been requested for checkout by another person. 

Failure to return borrowed library books when due will result in a "hold" and charges being placed on borrower records. Please make every effort to return books in a timely manner so that they are available to other users. Borrowers who lose, mark or damage borrowed books will be required to replace items at their own expense. 

All transactions involving mailing library print resources will be available only to those eligible persons residing outside the general Indian Wells Valley and Searles Valley area, but within the Cerro Coso service area.

All address changes for distance borrowers should be e-mailed by the borrower to sarah.witkowski@cerrocoso.edu asking for the files to be updated. Please address all questions about these policies and procedures to the above e-mail address.

Book Request Form

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