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New semester, new upcoming Crafternoons! We're reaching back to some old favorites from Crafternoons past for the Spring 2022 semester, so join us at either the Main Campus or Orange County Campus to create something awesome! No prior experience or expertise necessary-- all supplies and instructions will be provided at the event! Click through to find out more info about our Spring 2022 Crafternoons in February, March, and April! Stab some fibers with us for wool felting in February! Two chances
Do you ever get down after reading the news? Ever feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the climate crisis? Ever feel alone in worrying about the future? Do you feel left out of conversations around sustainability and eco-consciousness? Join our reading circle! In the spring 2022 semester, the Durham Tech Library will be hosting a reading circle for the book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, an anthology edited by Dr. Ayana Johnson and Dr. Katherine Wilkinson
If you've been around here for a while or are coming back after a while, nope, you're not wrong: The Durham Tech Library Blog has changed! All our very important past posts have been imported, and we're now ready to embark on a new semester in a new virtual space. Please forgive any broken links or wonky images. Please be patient with us as we remember our old lightweight coding skills. (Elder Millennial says Geocities and MySpace what?). Anyways-- Bienvenue! Welcome to the newest home of the
It's April, which means we've been reading poetry (or re-reading some of our favorites) for National Poetry Month! To help you keep track of your progress in books you're currently reading, the Durham Tech Library has created some coloring page bookmarks for you. Click on the images below to access the pdf of the coloring page bookmarks and print them out for yourself-- remember to print 2-sided short edge (which--side note--is also how you print an awesome brochure). We recommend using some
Did you know that NC LIVE has more databases than the ones on our database page? It's true! And, as a member of the Durham Tech community you have access to all of it. (You may also access NC LIVE through your local public library.) This post is going to look at the Natural Medicines database. First you need to know how to get to the database. You can get to NCLIVE by going directly to nclive.org or clicking the NCLIVE Home Page link on the library databases page. From there you can browse the
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
Summer is a great time for movie watching! You may borrow two movies at a time for a week. New Feature Films: Anna Karenina Argo Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln The Master Perks of Being a Wallflower Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Documentaries: The Abolitionists Brushes with Life: Art, artists, and mental illness Bully Cuban Missile Crisis: Three men go to war Dropout Nation Forensics on Trial From the Other Side How to Survive a Plague Hot Coffee: Is justice being
We at the library want to help you get through this tough time. Here are some resources to help you get your football fix while waiting for the new season to start. Movies About Football [gallery type="rectangular" ids="1137,1138,1141,1140,1139" orderby="rand"] Books About Football [gallery type="rectangular" ids="1143,1144,1145,1146,1147" orderby="rand"]
The library is featuring a display on the lower level of poetry books. Check out classic poets or modern poets! Be inspired to write your own poetry. Here are some great websites for reading, learning about, and listening to poetry! Poets.org A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for every occasion. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ Find poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and book reviews http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
Dance is wonderful. It is one of my favorite things in the world despite the fact that I'm only okay at it on a good day. Who cares? If I'm dancing I'm having a good time. Many of the dances known in the United States were created by the Black community. Blues dancing, Swing, the Twist, Disco, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Jitterbug, Moonwalk, Cakewalk, and so many more. These are dances that have shaped the look and feel of decades. See below for a video of Lindy Hop dancers back in the day and books