Holman Library News

Holman Library serves Green River Community College in Auburn, WA.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Library Closed During Quarter Break

The Holman Library will close at 7PM on March 22nd for the quarter break. Although the library will be closed during the break, the book drop will be open and monitored during this time. Items returned to the book drop will be processed on the day they are received. See you back on April 3rd, when the library opens at 7AM, as usual! If you have questions, call the Circulation Desk at extension 2090.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Library Materials Due Back by March 22nd

The last day of Winter Quarter, March 22nd, is fast approaching. Before you take off on a quarter break adventure, please make sure to return any Holman Library items that you have checked out. Faculty and staff can check out books for the quarter break. Students can also check out books, providing they show proof of registration for Spring Quarter. The library will be closed during the quarter break; however, the book drop will be open. Items returned to the book drop will be processed on the day they are turned in. If you have questions, please contact the circulation desk at extension 2090.

New Reference Books in Holman Library

One of the newest additions to Holman Library’s reference collection is a five volume set designed to help court reporters and transcriptionists transcribe testimony precisely. The other is a two volume set on one of the more controversial issues in the United States today, the history of immigration to the U.S.

Benoit, M. Monette, and Emmett J. Donnelly. The sports, Olympics, security and terrorism handbook for reporters and captioners. San Antonio, Tex. : Court Reporter Reference Books, 1997. R347.7316 B473s 1997

Benoit, M. Monette, and Emmett J. Donnelly. The universal religions, ethics and philosophy handbook for reporters and captioners. San Antonio, Tex. : Court Reporter Reference Books, 1997. R347.7316 B473u 1997

Benoit, M. Monette, and Emmett J. Donnelly. The A.D.A., civil rights, affirmative action, business and convention handbook for reporters and captioners. San Antonio, Tex. : Court Reporter Reference Books, 1995. R347.7316 B473a 1995

Benoit, M. Monette, and Emmett J. Donnelly. The politics, elections, government, military and criminal handbook for reporters and captioners. San Antonio, Tex. : Court Reporter Reference Books, 1995. R347.7316 B473p 1995

Benoit, M. Monette, and Emmett J. Donnelly. The environment, weather, sciences and geology handbook for reporters and captioners. San Antonio, Tex. : Court Reporter Reference Books, 1997. R347.7316 B473e 1997

The “handbook for reporters and captioners” titles are designed to assist court reporters and transcriptionists understand and transcribe correctly unfamiliar, specialized language. The books do not contain definitions, simply listings of terms commonly used in that discipline. For example, The environment, weather, sciences and geology handbook has a list of insects, but tells you nothing else about the insect.

Immigration in U.S. history / edited by Carl L. Bankston, III, and Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo. 2 volumes. Pasadena, CA : Salem Press, 2006. R304.873 I335 2006

We are indeed a nation of immigrants. We, or our ancestors, all came from somewhere else. The Native Americans may have immigrated here first, but they too came from somewhere else. The Yakama people believe they have lived along the Columbia River for 10,000 years, and the evidence of Kennewick Man supports that tradition, but the cover article in a recent issue of Time states that there is evidence people have been in the New World for much longer, perhaps even 30,000 years (Lemonick, Michael D. and Andrea Dorfman. “Who were the first Americans?” Time. March 13, 2006). Immigration in U.S. history discusses much more recent immigration to the United States, beginning with the Jamestown Colony, to the Homeland Security Department. Immigration has always been an issue in the United States, and this resource covers the many issues of immigration with articles on the Ku Klux Klan, the Alien and Sedition Act, and Japanese Internment. Articles are signed and followed by recommended further readings.

Wendy L. Graham

Monday, March 13, 2006

Searching for a specific journal?

If you are searching for a specific journal title, you should try out the Holman Library Journals List. The list allows you to search for the availability of a specific journal in our print collection and across most of our databases.

You can also start by doing a search in one of our databases and, if the journal isn't full text in that database, you can click on the "Article Linker" icon to search in other databases or our print collection.

If the journal you are looking for isn't available in print format or in our databases, you can submit an interlibrary loan request. Most requests take 1-2 weeks. (Ask at the reference desk.)

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Did you know the library has pianos?

Last year the college purchased new pianos, and a home was needed for the older ones. The library volunteered to adopt some pianos and, as a result, there are now four pianos available for practice. The pianos are located at the north end of the second floor and have become very popular. The pianos have been adjusted so that you must use head phones. Head phones can be checked out at the circulation desk, or you can bring your own.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick

Shortly after Oprah names her latest book club pick, Holman Library receives copies of the book. In an agreement between Oprah and the publishers, copies are sent to participating libraries. Two copies of the latest book Night, by Elie Wiesel, are currently available.

From the Inside Flap: "Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again. This edition also contains a new preface by the author. "

The New York Times: "A slim volume of terrifying power."
Alfred Kazin: "No one has left behind him so moving a record."
Oprah Winfrey: "I gain courage from his courage."

Librarians Attend Information Literacy Workshop

On Friday, February 24th, librarians Lee Semsen, Marji MacKenzie, Jennifer Dysart, and Brenda Philip attended an Information Literacy Workshop at Highline Community College. Our librarians had a chance to network with other Washington state community college librarians, discuss assessment of library instruction, and learn about exciting technology options for teaching information literacy or other subjects.

This workshop, along with several others, was funded by a four-year, $160,000 Library Services and Technology Grant. The grant aims to create interdisciplinary teams of librarians and faculty to collaborate in developing and implementing "programs that utilize Information Literacy as both a lifelong skill and an instructional strategy. Libraries will have an opportunity to showcase the direct impact they have on student success with assessments of information literacy within courses. Student information literacy will increase."

GRCC librarians will be looking for GRCC teaching faculty to partner with in developing assessments and otherwise increase student learning.