Connect with the Library this Winter

We're wrapping up the Fall Quarter this week! The Holman Library will be closed from December 13th, 2014 - January 4th, 2015 for the Winter break...but here are a couple of ideas on connecting with the library over the holidays!

Are you looking for a winter read over the holiday? Pick up a copy of the Green River Community College One Book for 2014-2015: Homeland.

Homeland is a quick, snappy read set in a fictionalized version of San Francisco that discusses current events like privacy, civil rights, and electronic surveillance. For fun, there's even information on desert camping (at Burning Man, a major counter-cultural festival that takes place in Nevada) and cold-brewing coffee!

Students can pick up copies of Homeland for free at the Holman Library circulation desk this week and after January 5th, 2015-- just stop in and ask us!

The library building may be closed over the break, but you can still access our resources on the go with the Holman Library's mobile app - WA Library Now Edu.

Getting the mobile app is easy! Just visit your app store of choice (iTunes / Google Play / Amazon / Win 8) and download the Library Now Edu app (it's free!).

You can use the application to access many of the library's services from your tablet or phone, and a recent survey of WA users showed that many people found it easier than looking for their library's website on their device:

Happy Holidays, and have a wonderful break!

OneBook, Homeland, Aaron Swartz, Creative Commons ... And More

The library's OneBook display is fully stocked with books and other materials that support many of the themes in Cory Doctorow's Homeland.

Check out the books on Information Technology, Privacy, Civil Liberty and Ethical Hacking. One great book you can check out today is:


Rebecca MacKinnon's Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom published in 2013 by Basic Books.

"MacKinnon does a fantastic job of tying her theory and analysis to real-world stories. She illustrates how governments are figuring out how to use networks to take freedom away, to control debate, to find and crush dissent. She shows how Internet corporations -- even the ones with a good track-record on protecting their users -- are prone to cooperating with the worst, most repressive instincts of governments (including supposedly liberal western governments)." Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

Also available as an eBook

While you are at the display watch the documentary The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. This documentary follows the story of internet activist Aaron Swartz from his involvement with RSS, Reddit and Creative Commons to his political activism and his pending trial concerning the downloading of 4.8 million articles from JSTOR. Aaron Swartz wrote the Afterwards for Homeland. This is a must see documentary.  

There's more to look though then can be mentioned in this blog post, including books, magazines, posters and more! Take some time to explore this display and check out one of the books to read over the break!