Library Blog

[caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="400" class=" "] Mary Kennery, Library Technician, receives award (photograph by Susan Baker)[/caption] We are pleased to announce that our Library Technician, Mary Kennery, has won the 2013 Excellence in Support Services Award at Durham Tech. This prestigious award is presented to an employee who promotes excellence, innovation, and dedication in service to the students and to the larger community of Durham Tech. Mary is an exceptionally

We have a white board set up in the library to collect feedback about your library experiences. You can also use this blog to share your opinions. Feel free to answer the following questions by submitting a comment. How have you used the library this academic year? What do you like about the library? What could the library do to improve your experience? You can also take our library survey [link disabled since the survey has ended] to give us your opinions on our resources, services, and spaces

It’s close to time for exams, but the library has another kind of testing already going on. We’re trying out new chat software that lets us IM with students, faculty, or anyone else who needs assistance. To start talking with us, go to the library homepage and click on the chat icon in the middle of the page, near the bottom. If we're available to chat, the icon looks like: If we're not available, a different icon indicates that we're away. Chat with us, and let us know what you think! We hope

Take a look at our Career Resources LibGuide for lots of good materials and links. Did you know that DTCC has an online Career Center? New print resources in the library: Job Interviews for Dummies Call Number: HF 5549.5 .I6 K393 2012 The Essential Phone Interview Handbook Call Number: HF 5549.5 .I6 B295 2011 Resume 101 Call Number: HF 5383 .S3275 2012 Hot Health Care Careers Call Number: R 690 .H68 2011 Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies Call Number: HF 5382.7 .W35 2011

Check out the library's downstairs display to find books of poetry, CDs, and DVDs of poets reciting their work. Here are some new poetry collections available in the library: The 100 Best African American Poems PS 591 .N4 A15 2010 Beauty Is a Verb : the new poetry of disability PS 591 .D57 B43 2011 Head off & Split by Nikki Finney PS 3556 .I53 H43 2011 Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins PS 3553 .O47478 H67 2011 A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World by Adam Clay PS 3603 .L385 H68 2012

[caption id="attachment_607" align="alignleft" width="171"] Santosh 'Toshi' Shonek[/caption] Our NDC librarian, Santosh 'Toshi' Shonek, has published her third volume of poetry, called Take My Love for Granted, which is now available for checkout from the libraries. Toshi's daughter created the art work for each of her book covers. Toshi has worked at Durham Tech for about thirteen years. Before Durham Tech, she was a librarian at Duke University. Toshi recalls how she began writing poetry, "One

This month the library is featuring a display of genre fiction. The display is downstairs on the lower level. Enjoy! Graphic Novels: The Arctic Marauder Daytripper Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics: Science Fiction Classics Short Stories: At the Mouth of the River of Bees Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Steampunk! : An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories About Sci Fi: In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

[caption id="attachment_343" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Library Display Window[/caption] The Durham Tech Library was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant called Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys. The grant provides our library with more than 25 books and videos about Muslim culture, history, literature, and faith. Visit the Durham Tech events calendar for details about programs, films, and book discussions related to Muslim culture and faith that will

We have added several new documentary films to our library collection. Learn something new! Borrow one today! Use the online catalog to search our film collection by title or keyword. If you are looking for movies on a particular topic you can search for that topic along with the words "and video" to limit to video titles. American Teacher See the stories of four teachers in different areas of the country, revealing the frustrating realities of today's teachers, the difficulty of attracting