Academics
About the Library
Library Faculty and Staff
Administration
Jennifer Dysart
Director of Library and Media Service
Phone: Ext. 2094
email: jdysart@greenriver.edu
Michele Gallion
Administrative Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2099
email: mgallion@greenriver.edu
Faculty Librarians
Marji MacKenzie
Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2101
email: mmackenzie@greenriver.edu
Jody Segal
Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2103
email: jsegal@greenriver.edu
Adjunct Faculty Librarians
Haley Benjamins
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: hbenjamins@greenriver.edu
Barbara Horton
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: bhorton@greenriver.edu
Olga Karimova
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: okarimova@greenriver.edu
Jennifer Rohan
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: jrohan@greenriver.edu
Mike Wood
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: mwood@greenriver.edu
Philip Whitford
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: pwhitford@greenriver.edu
Rachel Woodbrook
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: Ext. 2091
email: rwoodbrook@greenriver.edu
Technical Services
Ann LovellCirculation Services
Fartun Abdulahi
Circulation Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2090
email: fabdulahi@greenriver.edu
Jeanine Llapitan
Circulation Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2092
email: jllapitan@greenriver.edu
Linda MacKenzie
Circulation Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2090
email: lmackenzie@greenriver.edu
Catherine Rabold
Circulation Technician
Phone: Ext. 2093
email: crabold@greenriver.edu
Emily Ruder
Circulation Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2090
email: eruder@greenriver.edu
Caitlin Williams
Circulation Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2090
email: cwilliams@greenriver.edu
Media Services
Oleg Kanonik
Media Technician
Phone: Ext. 2111
email: okanonik@greenriver.edu
Heidi Pettit
Media Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2108
email: hpettit@greenriver.edu
Karl Smith
Media Assistant
Phone: Ext. 2108
email: ksmith@greenriver.edu
Mission and History
Mission Statement
Holman Library serves the students, faculty, and staff of Green River Community College by providing the resources and services necessary to ensure access to information and development of information literacy skills.
Holman Library History
Holman Library is named after the "father" of Green River Community College, Hayes Holman, former Superintendent of the Auburn School District.
The library first opened in 1965, the same year GRCC moved to its present site. Then in January 1997, the library moved into the new Holman Library Building, our present location. The old library building was renovated for classroom use and renamed the Rutkowski Learning Center.
Collections
Books, Videos, Music and Other Items
The Library houses approximately 59,000 items. Search the library catalog for books, movies, CDs and more. New items are added in accordance with our collection development policies:
eBooks
Holman Library has a collection of over 25,000 electronic books (eBooks). You can access these eBooks in three ways:
- Search full text of our eBooks on EBSCOhost collection (almost 5000 titles)
- Search full text of our ebrary collection (over 21,000 titles)
- Search records for both collections using the Holman Library Catalog
Periodicals
The Library provides online access to approximately 15,000 periodicals through subscription databases. The library also subscribes to 200 periodicals in print format. Browse print journals by subject.
- The most recent editions of the library's print/paper periodicals are displayed in Current Periodicals. Earlier editions are shelved alphabetically in Periodicals.
- Newspapers, including The News Tribune, Seattle Times, Enumclaw Courier-Herald, and Wall Street Journal are available in the library. The most recent week's editions of each newspaper are shelved with the Current Periodicals. Two weeks of back issues are at the Circulation desk.
Library Policies
General Policies for Students, Faculty and Staff
The following policies provide information about the acceptable use of computers, college privacy policy, library borrowing policies, collection development policies, and other general library policy information.
Student Acceptable Computer Use Policy
Purpose: This policy governs the use of all technology and computer resources at Green River Community College including college computers, college email, internet access, and use of the college network by either college-owned computers or personal computers. Use of the college's technology and computer resources signifies agreement to abide by this policy. Read the policy
Children in the Library
- Children under the age of 16 are allowed in the library while they are being directly supervised by the adult responsible for them.
- Children are expected to adhere to the same use policies as adult patrons.
- Due to safety/liability reasons, if a child is left unsupervised and the librarian is unable to easily locate his/her guardian, the Safety Office will be called (ext. 3350).
- If a child wishes to check out library materials, a parent or guardian with a student ID, staff ID, or a community borrower card may check out the items for the child. They will be responsible for the return of the checked out items and fines and fees if applicable.
Borrowing
All students, staff, faculty and community members may be able to check out library materials with proper ID. For students, staff, and faculty your library card is your student or employee ID card. For other borrowers, an official ID is required. Books, CDs, DVDs, microfiche and copies of periodical articles may be borrowed.
Details on our borrowing policies are found under the "Services/Borrowing" section of the library web site.
Please refer to the Laptop Checkout Policy for terms, conditions and student responsibilities.
Gifts
Holman Library does not accept gifts of books, periodicals, CDs, DVDs or other materials at this time. Monetary gifts may be made through the Green River Community College Foundation.
Monetary gifts may include restrictions, providing they are pre-approved by the Director of Library and Media Services. Please indicate your gift is for Holman Library.
Room HL112 Use
HL 112 is equipped for media and teleconferences.
Equipment: teleconferencing setup, DVD/VHS player, plasma tv with a cable for connection to a laptop, and a computer on the instructional network requiring an instructional login. The computer can also be hooked up to the plasma tv.
Scheduling Priorities
First priority: ITV / K-20 events.
Teleconferences are scheduled by Media Services only.
Second priority: student group viewing of media, or group practice of presentations
Student groups of 3 or more may schedule the use of HL 112. Students may reserve use of HL 112 at the Circulation Desk. Faculty members can schedule the room on behalf of students
Third priority: staff meetings/conference room
Room HL150 Use
As a library instruction classroom, HL 150 is available for library instruction and individual student use. Library instruction is provided by a librarian or other faculty member in collaboration with a librarian. All instructional activities must be scheduled through a librarian.
The first priority for the use of HL 150 is information literacy instruction, such as the use of library databases and Internet resources for research and general information retrieval.
The second priority, particularly when there are no seats available in the main Information Commons, is as additional computing space for individual student use of library databases, Microsoft Office applications, and Internet resources. This is dependent on the availability of staff to open and monitor the room.
Other instructional activities in HL 150 may be scheduled on an occasional basis but will not take precedence over priorities 1 and 2.
Room HL213 Use
As an extension of the library's Information Commons, HL 213 is available for library instruction and individual student use. Library instruction is provided by a librarian or other faculty member in collaboration with a librarian. All instructional activities must be scheduled through a librarian.
The first priority for the use of HL 213 is instruction in the use of library databases and Internet resources for research and general information retrieval.
The second priority, particularly when there are no seats available in the main Information Commons, is individual student use of library databases, Microsoft Office applications, and Internet resources.
Other instructional activities in HL 213 may be scheduled on an occasional basis but will not take precedence over priorities 1 and 2. Because of high demand for the resources available in the main Information Commons, HL 213 is usually available for individual student use between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.