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Durham Tech Libraries recently added a very exciting new database resource: Digital Theater+! When Durham Tech students and instructors use Digital Theater+, they can explore high quality videos of award-winning plays, dig into the history of various genres of theater, and enjoy a Spotify-like curation of stories by theme. It's an all-encompassing theatrical experience*. *Stage fright not included. Continue reading to see what the fuss is all about! When you navigate to Digital Theater+ (off
While North Carolina's official forecasting groundhog Sir Walter Wally may have retired in 2023, you can still get your Groundhog Day fix with the current Punxsutawney Phil's prediction. The verdict? He saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter. In honor of the other Groundhog Day*, we're sharing a few of our books that feature time loops. (*the movie, that is.) Check out these titles available through your Durham Tech Library collections, including the Main Campus, Orange County Campus
I don't know if you've heard, but 2018 is here and the library is launching a reading challenge! To help you discover books for the reading challenge categories, we will be highlighting books from our collection that fit into different categories (and also count towards that last one-- librarian recommendations). Get excited! This month we're covering books that will be turned into movies or television shows this year. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="3803,3804,3806,3807,2847,3808
On March 31 st, the transition to New Quizzes in Canvas officially kicked off with activation of the new quizzing engine in your Practice Course. That week, Instructional Technologies also offered Canvas New Quizzes: Bootcamp sessions to help introduce New Quizzes. If you were unable to join us in-person or during the webinar, we highly encourage you to access the workshop recording below to learn more about the basics of New Quizzes including how to: access and navigate around the interface
I know you've been missing the library podcast. But the good news is that we're back! Ready fill your ears with library content in 2022. Learn about comics and graphic novels from English instructor Patrick Morris. He joined us to answer explain what the difference between comics and graphic novels is. And, makes recommendations to people who haven't read any before. He has passion and knowledge to share! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve
Title: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Author: Safiya Umoja Noble Genre: nonfiction Read Great Things Category: a controversial book (maybe), a book suggested by a Durham Tech librarian Why did you choose to read this book? Dr. Noble's book made waves in the library world when it came out in 2018. I was aware of the book's premise--that Google's search algorithms result in innocuous keyword searches (e.g., black girls) turning up offensive search results--and wanted
October is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning History Month. Explore the library's resources featured below! HQ 73 .R54 2012 HQ 76.3 .U5 B696 2011 KF 4754.5 .M64 2011 Other selected titles: Becoming Visible : an illustrated history of lesbian and gay life in twentieth-century America HQ 75.16 .U6 M37 1998 Gay Rights Activists HQ 76.8 .U5 B86 2005 Hear Us Out! : lesbian and gay stories of struggle, progress and hope, 1950 to the present HQ 76.8 .U5 G357 2007 Making History : the
It (probably?) should go without saying that snakes and other pets are not allowed in the Durham Tech Library, but just in case you were wondering, based on a pretty popular news article going around lately, service animals must be approved as per college policy. Snakes are not approved service animals. If you want to know more about snakes and other animals, check out books in call letter S (for some specific domestic animals) and QL (for animals galore!), including some of the awesome picks
Everything happened kind of quickly in the spring, but we're back now and ready to take those overdue Durham Tech library books off your hands and return them to the collection. Remember that while we don't charge late fees, we do charge replacement fees for damaged books or long-overdue books. How can you get your books back to us so we can clear your account and make them available to someone else who may need them? You now have two options. Option 1: You can just drive up and drop them off--
This week's What We're Reading post is a little different because this book is a cookbook! I've included a couple of pictures of the food I've made. My amateur food photography skills are on full display. Title: Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes Author: Joe Yonan Description: Joe Yonan, food editor of the Washington Post,provides a master base recipe for cooking any sort of bean in any sort of appliance—Instant Pot