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[caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="400" class=" "] Mary Kennery, Library Technician, receives award (photograph by Susan Baker)[/caption] We are pleased to announce that our Library Technician, Mary Kennery, has won the 2013 Excellence in Support Services Award at Durham Tech. This prestigious award is presented to an employee who promotes excellence, innovation, and dedication in service to the students and to the larger community of Durham Tech. Mary is an exceptionally
The Dr. Charles Sanders President's Lecture Series at Durham Tech presents Mary Roach Sunday, April 13th 7:00 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Downtown Durham [caption id="attachment_495" align="alignleft" width="249" class=" "] Mary Roach, from http://www.maryroach.net/maryroach.html[/caption] Read more about the author and her fascinating books on her website. Members of our library staff have read and enjoyed her books immensely and look forward to seeing her. The subjects of her highly entertaining
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
[caption id="attachment_3702" align="aligncenter" width="198"] Available on the New Book Shelf at the Durham Tech Main Campus Library[/caption] Title: Take Out: A Mystery Author: Margaret Maron Read by: Mary Kennery, Library Technician Genre: Mystery Why did you choose to read this book? I read all of the Deborah Knott character series of books. This is the first Sigrid Harald, a NYPD homicide detective, book that I tried. What did you like about it? I like to read a mystery. I enjoyed learning
Unlike many of our health science folks, I was academically an English major (and then an education major and then a library science major), so my formal education surrounding anatomy and physiology is lacking. Maybe that's why I love books about the human body so much, especially microhistories that dig deep into particular anatomical aspects. Or maybe I remember The Magic School Bus and then the Futurama tribute episode fondly, both of which were inspired by the 1966 science fiction classic
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
Today is Constitution Day and to celebrate we wanted to highlight a couple of videos about the US Constitution from our Films on Demand database. Films on Demand has streaming video that is free to watch and easily embedded into Sakai. This first video is The Almost Painless Guide to the US Constitution and is a short summary of how the Constitution was created with fun narration and a quick quiz at the end. (If you're off campus you will need to log in with your Durham Tech username and
The votes are in! The next book that the Durham Tech Library Book Club is reading will be Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The library has 5 copies of the book waiting behind the circulation desk to be checked out and enjoyed. The meeting to discuss this book will be December 3rd at 3pm in the Schwartz Conference Room. Join us! [caption id="attachment_1238" align="aligncenter" width="202"] Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel[/caption] One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor
[caption id="attachment_4079" align="aligncenter" width="194"] Available at the Main Campus Library (GV 885.72 .N8 E45 2015)[/caption] This book was read by Charles Farrow, a Library Technician at the Main Campus Library. Genre: Historical Nonfiction #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A book about or that features sports AND A book that takes place during or is about a historical event 50 years or more in the past What is this book about? Sunday, March 12, 1944 at 11:00am. The Secret Game. In
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s what the Durham Tech Library is currently reading and has recently read virtually or digitally: [caption id="attachment_3036" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Reading: Irene Laube & Stephen Brooks[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3037" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Listening To: Courtney Bippley[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3040" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Currently Reading