In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here are some of Durham Tech’s great faculty and staff’s recommendations to help you complete your Read Great Things Challenge: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="4499,4500,4501,4502,4503,4504,4505,4506,4507,4508,4509,4510,4511,4512,4513,4514,4515,4516,4517,4518,4519,4520,4521,4522,4523,4524,4526" orderby="rand"] Need more information about how to participate in (and "win") the Durham Tech Library's Read Great
With the end of the Fall Semester just around the weekend and Winter Break almost upon us, we're adapting our hours while class isn't in session. Monday, Dec. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 16 : Business as usual (8:00AM to 8:30PM) Wednesday, Dec. 17 to Friday, Dec. 19 : 8:00AM to 5:00PM Closed Saturday, Dec. 20 Monday, Dec. 22 to Tuesday, Dec. 23 : 8:00AM to 5:00PM Closed Wednesday, Dec. 24 to Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 to Friday, Jan. 9 : 8:00AM to 5:00PM Closed Saturday, Jan. 10 Resume
Check out our current window display showing off Durham Tech's Faculty and Staff Best Books of 2014! Want to read something we don't have or that's checked out? Ask a librarian about getting it via interlibrary loan. Click on a book for more details. The Top Picks: [gallery type="square" ids="1066,1067,1068,1069,1070,1071,1072,1073" orderby="rand"] Other Best Reads: [gallery type="slideshow" ids="858,1076,1077,1078,1079,1080,1081,1082,1083,1084,1085,1086,1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,1092,1093,1094
Have you signed up for Durham Tech's First Virtual Open House? The 3-hour event will take place on Wednesday, June 2 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm and will provide information on College Admission, Financial Aid, Career Services, Student Support Services, and various other areas of the college. Following the Open House, the College will have virtual booths open for additional questions and information for specific Durham Tech departments. As a part of the Student Support Services department, the Library
Bad audio? Blurry video? Just want to try out a new microphone, audio recorder, backdrop, video camera, web cam, tripod or ring light to see if it'll make a difference in the video and audio you're creating for classes? Let the Durham Tech Library help you out with some tech tools and accessories available for checkout. Currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff can check out a variety of tech and accessories for video and audio recording, including microphones (lavalier, headset, and USB)
Learn all about the new Men of Color Scholars Institute at Durham Tech from Blake Williams and Dr. Keyma Clark. The transcript will be available on the podcast website soon. I hope you enjoyed the podcast this year. We'll be back in the fall with new updates and new interviews! Remember to like, subscribe, or follow the podcast wherever you listen. And, reviews make my heart happy. Have a great summer!
Harper Lee's highly anticipated second novel, Go Set a Watchman, will be released Tues. July 14. It has been suggested that Go Set a Watchman was written before Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Details have emerged that Lee's publisher, asked her to rewrite “Watchman” to focus on the perspective of Scout as a child. " Watchman" focuses on Scout as an adult and her relationship with her father, Atticus Finch. Much attention and controversy surrounding the new novel
The Durham Tech Campus Harvest Food Pantry has launched the Give the Gift of Giving campaign. Durham Tech employees, show your co-workers that you are thinking of them this holiday season by making an online gift to the food pantry on their behalf. To participate in the Gift of Giving campaign, complete the Foundation’s Online Giving Form and put your colleague’s name in the Tribute Information box. In the Additional Information comment box, indicate if you would prefer that your colleague
Are you participating in the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things 2020 Challenge? Desperately want to complete your "Someone else's favorite book" category but don't know where to start? Good news! We can help. Durham Tech faculty and staff identified the following as their favorite books of all time: Some current favorites included: And some favorites that were one of many (or an old favorite that has since been replaced, but still matters, darn it!): Interested in checking out one of these
It's finally starting to feel like Fall! Time to curl up with a good book, wear some fuzzy socks, and sip hot tea. Dog may be substituted by a cat or a pumpkin.