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Bookends: A Library Newsletter | April 10, 2025 |
“More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out
of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s
almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving
their cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slate
sky of Spring rains, it’s the greening of the trees
that really gets to me. When all the shock of white
and taffy, the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave
the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath,
the leaves come. Patient, plodding, a green skin
growing over whatever winter did to us, a return
to the strange idea of continuous living despite
the mess of us, the hurt, the empty. Fine then,
I’ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf
unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I’ll take it all.”
Talking about this poem, Ada says: “It was a hard winter. My whole body raged against it. But right as the world feels uninhabitable, something miraculous happens: the trees come back. I wanted to praise that ordinary thing as a way of bringing myself back too.”
Some days it feels like we are still in that hard winter. Some days it feels like we are coming out of it. In either case, the trees are putting on new leaves, and the flowers are coming back from their winter slumber, and yes: we can bring ourselves back, too.
If the library were a tree, we’d have some new slick leaves to show off as well. We have, for instance, many course materials available for short term checkout or via e-book! Read on to find out more about what’s new and what we have going on this quarter, including new displays and exhibitions and a number of cool events we have scheduled over the next few months.
Library Resources & Services at a Glance
Back in the ‘pandemic days’ the library purchased 300 Chromebooks to help students who didn’t have a computer of their own take their classes remotely. We’re thankful to leave that particular hard winter behind, but the Chromebooks continue to be a very popular commodity, and since those Chromebooks were starting to get a little long in the proverbial tooth, we purchased 300 new ones!
The new Chromebooks are from Dell and have the same general layout and form factor as the old ones (11.6” screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, webcam, microphone). They are an upgrade to our old Chromebooks in a number of ways including faster processing, more memory, and continued security and updates from Google.
Chromebooks check out for the entire quarter and are available to Evergreen students (including ILC students and interns), staff, and faculty. Charging cables are provided. Chromebooks may be checked out at the library circulation desk during our open hours. Students in the Tacoma Program (or anyone who can’t easily come to the Olympia campus) are welcome to get in touch and we will work with you to get a Chromebook into your hands! Email us at libraryhelp@evergreen.edu or call the circulation desk at (360) 867-6580.
Already have one of our old Chromebooks? Please bring it in if you’re able and we will swap it out for a new one!
Curious about other neat things that the library can check out to you, besides books? We’ve got a lot and the collection is always growing. Visit our “Library of Things” guide to learn more about the various cool things we have, including graphing calculators, webcams, and even a new Singer sewing machine!
Top portion of the poster for ‘That Summer Feeling’ event.
When: Mondays and Thursdays Weeks 1 through 3, 4-5pm; every subsequent Monday through Week 8.
Where: Podcast Studio (Evans 1504) and the Lynda Lab (Evans 1350)
What: Media Services is excited to show off our two newest General Access spaces: the Podcast Studio, and the Lynda Lighting Lab! Whether you're interested in accessing a space to record podcasts, interviews, and other voice recordings, or want to explore the possibilities of the Lynda Lighting Lab for photography and video, we invite you to visit us during these Drop-In Sessions! Staff and interns with Electronic Media will be present to answer questions, help navigate the proficiency process and give hands-on demonstration of these spaces.
Whereas, We Declare by KaKeArt
The James F. Holly Rare Books Room staff have curated a new display for Spring 2025 on the topic of activism and social movements throughout history. Join us in exploring these materials by visiting the Rare Books Room during open hours. Want to see material up close? Ask a Rare Books Room staff member to open the display cases for you.
During spring quarter we are pleased to present materials celebrating the history of performing arts here at Evergreen. Check out props and costumes from recent shows put on by The Evergreen Theatre Club, content from the Archives related to “Evergreen Expressions,” and more! This exhibition will be up all of spring quarter, viewable in the display cases on the main floor in the library during our open hours.
The library has purchased a subscription to NewsBank's Life in America series which includes Indigenous Life in America, Hispanic Life in America, Asian Life in America, and our already-subscribed Black Life in America. These are article-based databases that provide coverage of cultural populations as seen through the news media. To access the databases and see which years are included, visit our Database List.
We are the library for all of Evergreen's students, studying at all levels, in all programs and at all campuses. Reach out and we will do our best to help your student experience be successful and fulfilling. We update our social media accounts regularly and would love to hear from you. Otherwise, feel free to email us any time at libraryhelp@evergreen.edu or give us a call at (360) 867-6580.
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