About the Library

Library Faculty & Staff
Mission & History
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Mission & 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 policy.

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 300 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.

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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 Policies

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.

Loan Periods

For Students �

Item Type	Length of Time
Most Books	14 days / 14 day renewal / 2 renewals
Reference Books	In-library use only (non-circulating)
Magazines & Journals	In-library use only (non-circulating)
Course Reserves	Loan period set by instructor
Most DVDs & VHS	3 days / 1 renewal / limit 2 3 - 5 hours for in-library use only DVDs & VHS
Sound CDs	7 days / 7 day renewal / 2 renewals / limit 5
Piano/Keyboard Headphones, Headphone Splitters	6 hours in-library use only
USB Drives, Wireless Cards, non-English Keyboards	3 hours in-library use only

For Faculty �

Item Type	Length of Time
Most Books	28 days / 28 day renewal / 2 renewals
Reference Books	In-library use only (non-circulating)
Magazines & Journals	In-library use only (non-circulating)
DVDs & VHS	7 days / 7 day renewal / 2 renewals / limit 10
Sound CDs	7 days / 7 day renewal / 2 renewals / limit 10

For Staff �

Item Type	Length of Time
Most Books	14 days / 14 day renewal / 2 renewals
Reference Books	In-library use only, (non-circulating)
Magazines & Journals	In-library use only, (non-circulating)
Course Reserves	Loan period set by instructor / no renewals
DVDs and VHS	3 days / no renewal / limit 2
Sound CDs	7 days / 7 day renewal / 2 renewals / limit 5

Renewals

You may renew books or other library materials in person or with a phone call to the library circulation desk, or online through the library catalog.

You will not be able to renew items online if your library account has been blocked.

Renewals are permitted if:

No one else has requested the item
The renewal limit has not been reached

Overdue items may be renewed, but overdue fines will be charged.

Lost items (21+ days overdue) may not be renewed.

If you would like to renew library materials or if you have any questions, please phone the circulation desk at (253) 833-9111 Ext. 2090.

Quarter Breaks

Students, faculty, staff and community borrowers may check out items from the library over the breaks between quarters. Borrowers must show proper ID, and the check out date will be modified to reflect a due date for the beginning of the new quarter.

Fines and Fees

For Students �

Item Type	Overdue Fines	Grace Period
Main Collection, Basic Skills, Oversized & New Books	25¢ per day	7 days -- $2.00 due on the 8th day
Course Reserves - Hourly checkout	5¢ per minute	30 minutes -- $1.50 due after 30 minutes
Course Reserves - Daily checkout	$1.00 per day	None
Telecourse & DVD Sets	$1.00 per day per DVD set	1 day -- $2.00 due on the 2nd day
DVDs & VHS	Library-use-only materials: 5¢ per minute 3-day checkouts: $1.00 per day	Library-use-only materials: 30 minutes -- $1.50 due after 30 minutes 3-day checkouts: 1 day -- $2.00 due on the 2nd day
Music & Essential College Skills	25¢ per day	2 day -- 75¢ due on the 3rd day
Headphones	$10.00 replacement cost	Fee charged if not returned the same calendar day they are checked out.

Holman Library reserves the right to adjust fines and fees without notice.

When total fines are equal to or greater than $10.00, a block will be placed on library privileges and on the ability to receive an official transcript.

When fines have not been paid after 60 days, the student or community borrower's debt may be sent to a collections agency.

For Faculty & Staff �

Item Type	Length of Time	Item Type	Length of Time
Main Collection, Basic Skills, Oversized & New Books	N/A	N/A	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Course Reserves - Hourly & Daily checkout	N/A	N/A	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Telecourse & Audio Tape / DVD Sets	N/A	N/A	$100.00 to replace the set. If one tape or disk is missing from the set, the missing tape or disk is prorated.
DVDs & VHS	Staff: $1.00 per day	1 day -- $2.00 due on the 2nd day	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
DVDs & VHS	Faculty: $1.00 per day	2 day -- $3.00 due on the 3rd day	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Music & Essential College Skills	Staff: 25¢ per day	1 day -- 50¢ due on the 2nd day	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Music & Essential College Skills	Faculty: 25¢ per day	2 day -- 75¢ due on the 3rd day	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.

Holman Library reserves the right to adjust fines and fees without notice.

When total fines are equal to or greater than $10.00, a block will be placed on library privileges.

Damaged Items

Holman library reserves the right to assess items and determine whether or not they are damaged upon their return.charges fees for damage to books and materials. Damage assessment and fines for books and other print items:

Damage	Action
Minor - A few pencil marks, bent pages, and very slight water damage.	Warning or note in patron's record with no fee.
Moderate - Highlighting, ink marks, stains, water damage, torn pages, or multiple pages with pencil.	$5 fee.
Major - Damage to cover and binding requiring extensive repairs.	$10 fee.
Severe - Torn, cut or missing pages, excessive ink writing or drawing, severe water damage, burns, teeth marks from pets, or any other extensive damage.	$10 processing fee plus replacement cost as determined by acquisitions librarian.

The patron will be charged the full replacement cost for damaged CDs, cassette tapes, video tapes and DVDs.

Lost Items

A book or other item is considered lost if it is not returned within 21 days of its due date.

Item Type	Replacement Costs
Main Collection, Basic Skills, Oversized & New Books	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Course Reserves	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Telecourse & VHS / DVD Sets	$100.00 to replace the set. If one tape or disk is missing from the set, the missing tape or disk is prorated.
DVDs & VHS	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Sound CDs	Replacement cost plus $10.00 processing fee.
Headphones	$10.00

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 HL 112 Use

HL 112 is equipped for media and teleconferences, ITV / K-20 events which will receive first priority for use of this room.

Second priority: student group viewing of media, or group practice of presentations

Third priority: staff meetings/conference room

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.

Teleconferences are scheduled by Media Services only.

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

Room HL 213 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.

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