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National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15 to October 15 and uplifts the contributions of Hispanic Americans and celebrates their heritages. Check out the Main Campus Library's downstairs display featuring some of our awesome books and DVDs. As with all our displays, all items are available for checkout. Keep reading the check out details about the books and DVDs on display and for additional Durham Tech collections celebrating Spanish language and Hispanic heritages. We also have a
Today, NASA announced that they've found proof of liquid saltwater on Mars. It's an announcement that makes one day finding living microbes on the surface more likely than ever before. With the movie adaptation of The Martian by Andy Weir coming out soon it seems like a good time check out what science has to say about the red planet, and through fiction discover what our preoccupation with the red planet says about us. All of the books below are available to check out of the library. This list
A few quick Library-related announcements-- Our last Crafternoon of the semester is coming up on Tues., Nov. 14 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Orange County Campus and Wed., Nov. 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the Main Campus Library. We'll be making buttons and word bracelets, allowing you to create your own motto or mantra to wear around your wrist. Here's where we need YOU: Do you have any beads hanging around at home? Did you buy a thousand letters for some T-Swift friendship bracelets and now
Announcing our library's new reference service, Book A Librarian! Do you need help doing research for an assignment for class? Want to learn more about searching for resources in general? Want someone to walk you through citing a paper in a new-to-you format? Have a busy schedule and want to make sure that a librarian is available to help you when you come into the library? Now you can make an appointment with one of the Durham Tech librarians for some one-on-one help! What we can do: - Give you
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s Durham Tech’s awesome faculty and staff’s favorite spooky or scary reads: [gallery size="medium" link="none" ids="3627,3628,3629,3630,3631,3632,3633,3634,3635,3636,3637,3638,3639,3640,3641,3642,3643,3644" orderby="rand"] [gallery link="none" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="3645,3646,3647"] As always, if you’re interested in a title or related title, you can either use the call number provided to locate it
To ask about the availability of resources or verify current hours, email the Library (library@durhamtech.edu) or call 919-536-7211 x1631. Students should show a photo ID (preferably your student ID) at the check-in desk to use the Durham Tech Library. Guests must show a photo ID to be signed in at the check-in desk. Face coverings over the nose and mouth are no longer required while on campus as of May 24, 2021. You may still choose to wear one. We especially encourage those who have not yet
It's still April, which means it's still Poetry Month. (Yay for that!) There's something powerful about hearing an author reading their own work, especially with poetry. Where do they stop and start? What words do they emphasize? It adds something extra (at least for that particular moment). If you like to listen, the Library of Congress has a comprehensive list of audio recordings of poets reading their own poems. They contain both external and internal audio resources, including the Library of
It's a new semester and your 3 branch campus libraries and 9 library staff members are ready to help you succeed! Masking is required on all Durham Tech campuses and in all Durham Tech Libraries. To encourage continued masking, food is no longer allowed to be eaten in the Main Campus Library. Masks may be removed briefly while actively drinking from beverage containers with lids, but should be put back on immediately. BEFORE arriving at any Durham Tech campus, be sure to assess your health. If
A little unfinished business first-- Need to fill out your 2022 challenge form? Here it is! Since we're a little late releasing the new list this year (and everyone deserves a little grace sometimes when we're able), you've got until Friday, January 13, 2023 to complete and submit the 2022 Reading Challenge form. If you've already filled it out, no need to do it a second time. Want to revisit old challenges? Check out our new Read Great Things Challenge LibGuide website for the ghosts of reading
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” On Monday, August 5, 2019, author, editor, and teacher Toni Morrison passed away. Morrison was nearly 40 when her first book, The Bluest Eye, was published. She went on to become the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for her "novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, giv[ing] life to an essential aspect of American reality." She earned the