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At the end of the spring semester, the Library and the Durham Tech Fine Arts classes come together to host a student art display. We look forward to this event each year. With the physical library closed, the annual art display was [obviously] cancelled, but we still wanted to find a way to highlight some of the wonderful art that Durham Tech students created this year, so we've created a virtual art show two ways. https://youtu.be/O6QznvW7iT4 Need to spend a little more timing browsing
New Documentaries: Blackfish The filmmaker began researching the lives of orcas in captivity after the death of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau. Her film offers a powerful and provocative look at a remarkable breed of animals that humans still don't fully understand, and how the financial interests of water parks and resorts may run counter to the best interests of the animals they put on display. Dark Girls Dark Girls is a fascinating and controversial film that goes underneath the surface to
June is Pride Month! To learn more about the Stonewall Uprising and to check out some books by and about LGBTQIA+ people's history, lives, and experiences, click on through. Check out the PBS American Experience: Stonewall Uprising documentary to learn about the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising that launched a worldwide civil and gay rights movement and its long-lasting impacts. To view, log in off-campus by using your Durham Tech username and password--the same one you would use for Sakai or Self
Title: The Way to Rainy Mountain Author: N. Scott Momaday Genres: memoir, biography, folklore Read Great Things Challenge 2020 category: A book about the great outdoors (sort of). This book was read by Stephen Brooks, Main Campus Reference Librarian. Why did you read this book? It was assigned book club reading. N. Scott Momaday is the descendant of Kiowas, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Great Plains of what is now the United States. This book is many things, including a biography of
Need to find journal articles or ebooks in the arts? What about literature or the sciences? Look no further than JSTOR! JSTOR is a digital library including thousands of academic journals, books, and primary source documents in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and math. You can search using keywords in their search box, like this search on “Alice Walker”… or you can browse content by subject area, by title, or by publisher. JSTOR contains more than 85,000 ebooks from academic publishers
A wide-ranging exploration of architecture and innovation, featuring floating foundations, incorporating nature into school design, how temperature can impact our perception of happiness at work, the balance between community and privacy (and choice), and the challenges of living on Mars, among other topics. Title: The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness Author: Emily Anthes Genre: Nonfiction; Popular Science; Psychology of Daily Life
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] One of UNC-Chapel Hill's Libraries' #colorourcollection pages, including a football scene at the top. (Go, Panthers!)[/caption] It's almost the weekend (yay!), and you may want to unwind a little and give yourself a mental break between study sessions and family responsibilities (and maybe a little football?). Why not throwback to your childhood and take a mental break by coloring? Several special collections libraries and museums across the US and
Join us on February 23rd at 2 PM in the Verizon room for a lively discussion about the book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. Book description from GoodReads: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. National Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the contributions made by Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrates Hispanic heritage and culture. [caption id="attachment_1589" align="alignleft" width="300"] image from
Yesterday I announced that this is Open Education Week and described the characteristics that make a work "open." I mentioned that Open Educational Resources (OER) in their digital form don't cost anything and that print versions of OER textbooks are available at far less cost than commercial textbooks. Why is this important? Let's talk about students' needs. According to The Hope Center, staggering numbers of U.S. college students are food or housing insecure. Students often have to make