Continuing Education courses for Summer II and Fall 2026 are now available to view in Self-Service. Course sections listed with a begin date after July 1, 2026 will open for registration on July 1, 2026.
Something Wicked in the Stacks: 13 Spooky Reads for Spooky Season
Help us name our library skeleton on Main Campus for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card (generously donated by an anonymous Friend of the Library). Winners will be announced at the beginning of November.
No need to wander into the woods for a fright—our library shelves are brimming with chills and thrills enough to make even the bravest reader look over their shoulder. This October, step into a world where every creak of the floorboards and rustle of pages hints at something lurking just out of sight and waiting for you to check it out.
This October, the Durham Tech Library invites you to brave The Scary 13—a carefully conjured collection of eerie delights spanning every format we offer. From dusty tomes, to whispering audiobooks, to graphic chills, and ghostly films, these stories are guaranteed to haunt your imagination long after the last page—or end credits—fade.
From ancient monsters to modern unease, The Scary 13 pulls its nightmares from every corner of the library. Each pick
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Tag Like You Have Never Tagged Before: Meet Differentiation Tags
If you've ever wished you could organize your students into groups without creating a mess in your course setup, Canvas has finally answered your prayers. The new Differentiation Tags feature is here, and it's about to make the organization of students in your online classes a whole lot simpler. What Are Differentiation Tags? (In Plain English) Think of Differentiation Tags as invisible sticky notes you can put on students' names. You create these tags, assign students to them, and then use them
Mid-Semester Checkpoint: Adjust Now, Plan Ahead
We’re already approaching the halfway point of the fall semester, which makes this a perfect time to pause and reflect. How are your classes going so far? Are students engaging the way you hoped? Are assignments matching your goals? Now is the moment to make small but meaningful adjustments, whether that means refining what you’re doing in your 16-week classes or beginning to plan strategically for Term B so that the second half of the semester sets both you and your students up for success
Celebrating the *Official* End of Summer with Your Durham Tech Library
Missed out on this swag giveaway?
Good news! You've got another chance!
For National Library Card Sign-Up Month (all of September), we're giving away one Golden Library Card from Libro.fm good for 6 free audiobooks of your choosing and some sweet Durham Tech Library swag. Enter here by September 30. Must have a valid library account to be eligible to win but--more good news!-- you can complete the request/renewal form online by going to the Library Account Registration form found at the link under Announcements on the Durham Tech Library homepage.
It may still be somewhat steamy outside, but September 22 (at 2:19 PM, to be precise) marks the official start of fall with the Autumnal Equinox.
We asked and you answered-- What was our Durham Tech community up to this summer?
Faculty, staff, and students chimed in, and we've got a selection of books from the Durham Tech Library collection inspired by their stories.
This summer, Durham Tech Assistant Accountant Alma Acosta discovered the
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Get Creative this Fall with Library Crafternoons!
Did you know that the Main Campus and Orange County Campus Libraries host free monthly craft workshops for Durham Tech students and employees?
Take a break, meet new friends, and make something cool! Check out our September, October, and November workshops on both campuses.
All materials are provided thanks to Viva the Arts on Campus and a generous grant from the Eichholz Foundation.
Next week for our SEPTEMBER Crafternoon, we’ll be keeping it quick and making glass magnets and buttons from collage materials.
Join us on Tuesday, September 23 in the OCC Lobby from 11am-1pm and on Thursday, September 25 downstairs in the Main Campus Library from 1pm-3pm.
You can stop by at any time during the workshop and stay for as short or as long as you want.
Want to check out our previous Crafternoon results? Follow us on Instagram at @durhamtechlibrary to see the cool things Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students are creating.
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Drop In, Light Up: Explore the New Lightboard Studio (Open House)
Instructional Technologies is excited to invite you to an open house showcasing Durham Tech’s brand new Lightboard Studio on Wednesday, September 18 from 2:00-3:00 PM. What is a lightboard? A lightboard is a transparent glass writing surface. Think of it as a glowing, see-through whiteboard. You’ll stand (or sit, if you prefer) behind the glass and write with fluorescent markers, while a video camera on the other side records your lecture. The result? Students can see your face as you explain
How to Research Newspapers & Magazines at Durham Tech Library
Students and staff at Durham Tech have digital access to databases that offer full-text articles from publications such as New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Time, Wired, Wall Street Journal, and more.
Users must access the articles through our databases, so they might appear different than how articles appear online through those organizations’ websites. For example, photos or screenshots published in articles may not be visible when they appear in our databases, but the written content should be the same.
We offer several ways to access articles from these places:
- New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post are linked on our Articles, Journals, and Databases page. You can use the filters on that page to narrow down our resources to Newspapers and see some of the other databases that offer newspaper articles.
- It’s also possible to find these publications in individual databases, such as the U.S. Newsstream Collection, whereas magazines can be found in Master
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Your Library Wants to Know: Tell Us about Your Summer, Win Swag!
The Durham Tech Library wants to know-- what did you do this summer?
Complete our form for a chance to be featured (either by name or anonymously) in a future Durham Tech Library blog or social media post AND be entered to win some very excellent Durham Tech Library swag.
Enter by Monday, September 1. Winners will be notified well before the autumnal equinox on September 22.
(For what it's worth, working all summer is a perfectly acceptable answer here. We get it. We worked, too. You can just fill out the form for the swag.)
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Setting up for Success: Using the Online Course Review Checklist and Fall Professional Development to Strengthen Your Online Teaching
As we start another academic year, many of us have launched our online classes and are already thinking about classes for the B term and beyond. Whether you're building a course from scratch or refining one you've taught before, setting aside time now to ensure it's well-structured, clear, and engaging can make a meaningful difference for your students and for you. One tool that can help with that process is the Online Course Review Checklist . Designed with quality standards and effective
15 Library Links to Start Your Semester Off Right
Librarians like to make sure you have all the information, so sometimes it's hard for us to keep it short. There's just so much information out there! We want to make sure you have all the details that you need.
Sometimes you just need to keep it short[er] and sweet, though.
With that in mind, here's a top 15 list of essential library links for your first few weeks of school and beyond--
- Need a laptop? We have Chromebooks and a few PCs for students to borrow: https://www.durhamtech.edu/student-services/computer-and-internet
- Need a calculator? We have them for short- or semester-long loans, depending on your class: https://durhamtech.libguides.com/techtools/calculators
- Need a place to study? We have spaces in both the Main Campus and Orange County Campus Library: https://durhamtech.libguides.com/library/space
- Instructors-- Need a library instruction session, tour, or quick introduction to library resources? We have form for that!: https://durhamtech1.wufoo.com/forms/library_instruction
- Need to
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