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In honor of libraries everywhere, we wanted to share a sweet and amazing story about the donkey libraries, Biblioburros, in Columbia. "By adapting the packsaddles of his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, from carrying water to carrying books, Luis created a makeshift mobile library and set off to take his books to children who otherwise wouldn’t have access to reading materials. With that the ‘Biblioburro’ was born." (BBC) View the wonderful short video and article from the BBC Culture site. Our
Thanks to everyone who sent me your favorite poem! This year's poetry month bookmarks contain some nature poems, some poems about peeking at other people's houses (consensually), an ode to James Baldwin, and several more. Click through to download previous years' and 2021's Durham Tech Library Poetry Month bookmarks, which include Joy Harjo's “Ah, Ah,” Danez Smith's “little prayer,” Kay Ryan's “Sharks’ Teeth,” Stanley Kunitz's “Halley’s Comet,” Rita Dove's “My Mother Enters the Work Force,” Karl
This week for Black History Month, we're highlighting the actual history of the month itself and resources available to work towards Dr. Woodson's goals when he envisioned a month highlighting Black contributions to American history. https://youtu.be/WMfWGc5kyBg Dr. Carter G. Woodson is the "father of Black History Month." Starting as a week in February in 1926 (selected as the same month as the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass) and expanded to a month by
[caption id="attachment_2917" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Image from https://pixabay.com/en/colorful-color-brush-painted-1974699/[/caption] This month the library is featuring a display of international authors on the lower level. Check out these authors and titles to explore the world. Many of these works have been translated from their original languages. For more ideas, browse this Goodreads list of popular international authors for inspiration. Search the library's online catalog for
Hello, Durham Tech, Here is our monthly list of book ideas for the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things Challenge! This month we are highlighting memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, and fictionalized stories about real people (look for this post soon!). Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. All of the books below can be found in our library, along with so many more! [gallery link="none" type=
Banned Books Week is an annual event which celebrates the freedom to read and highlights the importance of open access to information for all. Banned Books Week brings awareness to issues of censorship in libraries and schools. [caption id="attachment_3587" align="aligncenter" width="373"] Image from ALA: American Library Association[/caption] According to the American Library Association, "A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group
Did you know that the library has a nice fiction collection ? We purchase new novels, graphic novels, books of poetry, and short story collections a few times per year using funds from our Durham Tech Foundation Campus Fund Drive account. We think that pleasure reading is important and fun! We also appreciate hearing your requests. If you have a book to recommend to the library for our collection, please let us know in the comments below or send us an email ( library@durhamtech.edu). Check out
If you're a college basketball fan--like I am--then maybe you consider this the most wonderful time of the year. The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament's "Round of 64" is underway as of today and the Division I Women's Tournament begins tomorrow. So, what has that got to do with the Durham Tech library? Well, you may be surprised at how much information we provide about basketball, with a bevy of library resources. For example, do you know who coined the term "March Madness" and how the
“Atlanta is where I learned the rules and learned them quick. No one ever called me stupid. But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.” --Roy Othaniel Hamilton Jr in An American Marriage Roy and his wife Celestial are a young, attractive, highly-educated African American couple on the way to living their
Title: The Three-Body Problem Author: Cixin Liu Genre: science fiction Why did you choose to read this book? I am participating in Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder Challenge. Having read The Three-Body Problem allows me to check off the category “A book of genre fiction in translation.” Also, the book has been on display on the Special Collections area of the main campus library and I’ve walked by it many times. The cover jumped out at me; this qualifies it for the library's Read Great Things