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This book was read by Meredith Lewis, Orange County Campus Librarian. Title: The Nickel Boys Author: Colson Whitehead Genre: Historical Fiction #ReadGreatThings2019 Category: A book suggested by a Durham Tech librarian Also Ekpe Udoh's October 2019 Book Club pick! Why did you chose to read this book? I read a Time Magazine interview with Colson Whitehead and had also read an article about the boy's school in Florida on which he based the book. The final quote from a man who had been there really
[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
Hello, hello, hello! If you haven't heard yet, the Durham Tech Library has started a podcast! It's called Out Loud in the Library. You can listen and subscribe through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more. I'm a big podcast listener myself so I thought I would share some of my favorites with you today. Obviously, my podcast is the best one. But once you finish listening to mine I'm sure you'll want more podcast content. So, listen to episode 2 of Out Loud in the Library
There are a lot of reasons why people are cooking and baking more right now, including restaurant closures and the fact that many of us are at home more. Check out some of our digital cookbooks through the Home Grown eBook collection and how to access (and help) our own Durham Tech Food Pantry. We have many academic ebooks in our overall collections, but we also have some fiction and nonfiction through the NC LIVE Home Grown eBooks, including a Food and Wine collection. Here are a few of my
The Durham Tech Library in collaboration with the Student Enrichment Department is thrilled to announce the return of our Crafternoons for the Fall 2022 semester! Take a few minutes to unwind with a creative break and chat with fellow Durham Tech students, faculty, and staff. Students, faculty, and staff from all programs and departments are welcome to participate. Materials will be provided. Keep reading for more details about the upcoming Crafternoon events! You can also find these listed on
June 19th marks the historic holiday known as Juneteenth when in 1865 a Union general spread news in Texas of that enslaved Africans were free. North Carolina recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday in 2007, but the holiday was not federally recognized until President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act on June 17, 2021. Did you know the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources offers a Juneteenth website? It offers comprehensive historical resources on African
There is a new art gallery on campus! Learn all about it from Liz McFarlane, Director of Development for the Durham Tech Foundation. Who is the gallery named for? How was it created? Who gets to decide what art goes into it? Find out all this and more! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve Our Recording Room' form to reserve the Recording Room up to six weeks in advance. Liz read Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by
No joke--it's the official Census Day! What does that mean? Where you live or stay most of the time as of today is what your Census documentation should show. 5 Ws and a H: Census FAQ WHAT? Every 10 years the US Census counts each person in the US. NC loses $16,000 for each person not counted. WHY? Census data is used by the state, county, and city to plan for and fund everything from Head Start to high schools and healthcare to highways. WHO: One person should count every member of their
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
A.J. Fikry owns a bookstore, which he and his late wife Nic started on a vacationers' island in New England. The story begins with A.J. the widower wallowing in his grief each night with frozen dinners and red wine. As he works through his grief and begins to let people into his life, he finds meaning. Title: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Author: Gabrielle Zevin Genre: contemporary fiction Read Great Things 2022 Categories: A happy or hopeful book; A book about community; Blast from the past: A