General Services & Information

Hours & Locations

Oakland Campus Library 400 Hawthorne Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 Tel: 510-869-8900 Fax: 510-869-6633 Regular Hours M-Th: 7:30am - 10pm F: 7:30am - 5pm Sa: 11am - 4pm Su: Noon - 10pm Holiday Hours Labor Day Weekend (August 30- September 1): Closed Finals Hours (August 4-14) Regular hours, except open until 11pm Sunday-Thursday	Sacramento Regional Learning Center Library 2710N Gateway Oaks Drive #360 Sacramento, CA 95833 Tel: 916-646-2767 Regular Hours M-Th: 8am - 6pm F: 8am - 4:45pm Librarian Available as Posted
San Francisco Local Learning Center Library 555 San Jose Avenue San Francisco, CA 94110 Tel: 415-869-3207 Regular Hours M-F: 8am - 5pm Librarian Generally Available M: 11:30am - 4:30pm Tu-W: 9:30am - 5:30pm	San Mateo Local Learning Center Library 1720 Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300 San Mateo, CA 94402 Tel: 650-292-5578 Regular Hours M-Tu: 8:30am - 5pm W: 1pm - 5pm

Access

Patrons may use the library only during the hours posted above.

A Samuel Merritt College ID badge or Summit ID badge is required for entry to the Oakland campus library Monday-Thursday after 5pm and all day Saturday and Sunday.

For problems with Samuel Merritt College ID badges, contact Lillian Harvin [1] at 510-869-8785.

Staff Directory

Name	Position	Phone	Location	Responsibilities
Anna Barnard [2]	Technician	510-869-8693	Oakland	cataloging, system administration
Becky Boyd [3]	Librarian	916-646-2767	Sacramento	library services
Daniel Grobani [4]	Technician	510-869-8900	Oakland	document delivery, interlibrary loan
Arthur Hassel [5]	Technician	510-869-8900	Oakland	circulation
Huyen Ho [6]	Technician	510-869-8694	Oakland	serials, reserves
Derek Monypeny [7]	Librarian	650-292-5578	San Mateo	library services
Barbara Ryken [8]	Director	510-869-8692	Oakland	director
Debbie Sommer [9]	Librarian	415-869-3207	San Francisco	library services
Thom Hai Tran [10]	Technician	510-869-8900	Oakland	circulation
Kristi Wessenberg [11]	Reference Librarian	510-869-6833	Oakland	reference, instruction, acquisitions

About the Library

The John A. Graziano Memorial Library provides access to the largest collection of nursing and podiatric journals and monographs in the East Bay and is one of the best collections in these specialty areas in California. Curricula in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physician Assistant programs are strongly supported, including a core medical collection. The library holds additional materials in such areas as biology, psychology and the social sciences, health administration and finance, biomedical ethics, law, policy, research, other allied health disciplines and alternative health care. The audiovisual collection emphasizes nursing and podiatry. Participation in regional library consortia extends the available resources.

Library Services to Students

The library offers a number of services to students. This flyer [12] will familiarize you with some of the services the library offers.

Library Services to Faculty

The library offers a number of services to faculty. This flyer [13] will familiarize you with some of the services the library offers.

Library Mission

The John A. Graziano Memorial Library provides Samuel Merritt College and Summit Campus of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center with access to information resources and training in using them to support a life of highly skilled and compassionate service in health care. The library also contributes to the good health of the greater community by making current consumer health information available.

Library Tours

Tours of the library are offered at the beginning of each fall and spring semester and by appointment.

Group Study & DVD/Video Viewing

The library has four rooms available for group viewing of DVDs/videos and group study. Samuel Merritt College students have priority for room use. Individuals are permitted to use a room but will be asked to leave if a group needs it. Individual viewing of videos may be done at one of the library’s audiovisual study carrels.

Donations to the Library

The library accepts donations and will send the donor a thank you letter with a list of titles donated if the donor provides a name and address. The library can not provide an estimate of monetary value for donations and reserves the right to give away unneeded items. For other ways to give to the college, please see the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs' Ways to Give to Samuel Merritt College [14].

Locations and Directions

Samuel Merritt College locations are detailed here [15]. Click on the location name for maps and directions, or here [16] for a Google map. The Oakland library is in the Health Education Center (HEC), indicated on the Oakland campus map as building 3. The entrance to the library is the first door inside the front door of the HEC.

Consortium Memberships

The library is a member of the following associations, networks, and consortia:

Some of these memberships provide reciprocal borrowing and lending privileges.

Coming soon

Services to Staff
Services to Summit Medical Center
Services to Alumni and the Public
Tables of Contents Service for Faculty