What We’re Reading Wednesdays: The OTA Edition

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Meredith Lewis

In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the awesome and amazing Occupational Therapy Assistant Program faculty are currently reading and have recently read:

Recently Read– Student Diagnosis Reports: Christine Gunnigle

Her View from Home website article Stop Being a Butthole Wife screen grab

Recently Read: Christine Gunnigle

cut flower garden by erin benzakein and Julie Chai book cover

Currently Reading: Kim Chandler

Recently Read (with her son): Christine Gunnigle

out of my mind by sharon draper book cover

Recently Read: Kim Chandler

against all grain celebrations cookbook by danielle walker cookbook

Currently Reading: Kim Chandler

Majestic Unicorn Blog article Broken Things screen shot

Recently Read: Christine Gunnigle

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Green Eggs & Ham, and Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss book covers

Recently Read (with her son): Christine Gunnigle

Recently Read: Sue Cheng

Recently Read: Sue Cheng

American Journal of Occupational Therapy artiicle Explicit or Hidden? Exploring how Occupation Is Taught in occupational Therapy Curricula in the united states screen grab

Recently Read: Sue Cheng

New Yorker article When Things Go Missing screen grab

Recently Read: Sue Cheng

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant textbook cover

Currently Reading: Kim Chandler

black man in a white coat by damon tweedy book cover

Recently Read: Kim Chandler

Currently Reading– Training Modules: Sue Cheng & Kim Chandler; Forum Posts: Christine Gunnigle

what do people do all day by richard scary book cover

Recently Read (with her son): Christine Gunnigle

As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don’t have it. Need help doing either of these things or don’t yet have a library card? Ask in the library.

Is your department, club, campus, committee, or subgroup interested in participating in a What We’re Reading blog post? The goal of the What We’re Reading posts is to highlight books, professional literature, blogs, or any other things you might be currently reading or have recently finished. Contact OCC librarian Meredith Lewis for more information.

What We’re Reading: The Shining Girls

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Meredith Lewis

The book was read by Meredith Lewis, a Librarian at (mostly) the Orange County Campus Library. The library copy of this book is available downstairs in the Main Campus Library.

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Why did you choose to read this book?

I read another one of Lauren Beukes’ books, Zoo City and really liked it. When I realized we had The Shining Girls in our collection, I went ahead and checked it out because I’d enjoyed her weird mix of fantasy-in-the-real-world and crime. I’ve been having a hard time getting into a book lately, so I wanted to stick with someone whose writing I was enjoying.

Plus the description was about a time-travelling serial killer. What’s not intriguing about that?

Did it remind you of any other book, or a movie?

It kind of reminded me of a fantasy-tinged book-length episode of Criminal Minds.

What feeling did the book leave you with?

Satisfied (as a reader). I like it when the bad guys get got in crime novels, so that didn’t disappoint, but the resolution of the story was complex and interesesting. I also thought that, for a story that jumps around in time (though not space), it was pretty well-organized.

Who would you recommend the book to?

Anyone who likes a crime novel, but may want to shake things up a bit. It is gory in some places, so heads up on that. (I mean, it is about a serial killer.)

What We’re Reading Wednesdays: The Virtual Library Edition

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Meredith Lewis

In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech Library is currently reading and has recently read virtually or digitally:

Currently Reading: Irene Laube & Stephen Brooks	Currently Listening To: Courtney Bippley	Currently Reading: Irene Laube & Stephen Brooks
Recently Read: Julie Humphrey	Recently Read: Julie Humphrey	Currently Reading (and AWWWW-ing over): Meredith Lewis
Currently Reading: Meredith Lewis	Currently Reading From: Susan Baker	Currently Reading: Susan Baker
Currently Reading: Stephen Brooks	Currently Reading: Courtney Bippley	Currently Reading: Wendy Ramseur

Is your department, club, campus, committee, or subgroup interested in participating in a What We’re Reading blog post? The goal of the What We’re Reading posts is to highlight books, professional literature, blogs, or any other things you might be currently reading or have recently finished. Contact OCC librarian Meredith Lewis for more information.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with Streaming Video from Films on Demand

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Julie Humphrey

Althea Gibson was a trailblazing African-American tennis player, who crossed the color line of international tennis in the 1950’s.

March is Women’s History Month and a great time to celebrate women in history. Explore the film above or those below and visit Films on Demand for more films and clips. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Explore the following videos to learn about fascinating and important women in history:

Dolores Huerta is a labor leader and civil rights activist who advocated for the rights and wages of American farm workers. View “Born-Again Feminist: Dolores Huerta.”

Margaret Sanger devoted her life to legalizing birth control and making it universally available for women throughout the early 1900’s. View “Margaret Sanger.”

Gloria Steinem is a social activist, writer, editor, and champion of women’s rights since the late 1960s.View “Gloria: In Her Own Words.”

Makers: Women Who Make America Series is a 3-part series which tells the story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy in the last 50 years. View “Makers: Women Who Make America Series.”

New Books for March

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Courtney Bippley

Cloud Computing by Nayan B. Ruparelia

Black History in its Own Words by Ronald Wimberly

Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress…and Everything Else by Holly B. Rogers

My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism by Nancy Wang Yuen

Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own - Edited by Veronica Chambers

Available at the Main Campus (E 909 .O24 M43 2017)

Small Acts of Leadership: 12 Intentional Behaviors That Lead to Big Impact by G. Shawn Hunter

Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome by Charlie McDonnell

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

What We’re Reading Wednesdays: The Science Department Edition!

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Meredith Lewis

In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech Science Department is currently reading and has recently read: