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Thanksgiving is just a little over a week away! For yours truly, this holiday is about the three fs: family, food and football! I will enjoy the day cooking and visiting with my relatives while watching my beloved Carolina Panthers take on the Dallas Cowboys. Speaking of football, CQ Researcher recently published an in-depth report titled NFL Controversies. Chief among the issues it highlights is the occurrence, detection and prevention of concussions among players. The main campus library also
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here are the best books that Durham Tech faculty and staff read in 2016-- [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2770,2771,2772,2773,2774,2775,2776,2777,2778,2779,2780,2781,2782,2783,2784,2785,2786,2787,2788,2789,2790,2791,2792,2793,2794,2795,2796,2797,2798,2799,2800,2801,2802,2803,2804,2805,2806,2807,2808,2809,2810,2813" orderby="rand"] For Durham Tech Library availability and more details about the 2016
Hello, Durham Tech, Here is our monthly list of book ideas for the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things Challenge! This month we are highlighting memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, and fictionalized stories about real people (look for this post soon!). Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. All of the books below can be found in our library, along with so many more! [gallery link="none" type=
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
Whether you're a new student, returning student, staff or faculty member, the library has resources and services to help your semester be a success, both in person and on our website! Did you know that in the library you can: check out books, including fiction, nonfiction, and even children's books? check out textbooks and other class materials on reserve behind the front desk? check out DVDs? (And for free! It's cheaper than RedBox!) check out audiobooks both in the library and online through
Fall classes start on Monday, August 16, which means next week is Fall Semester Preparation Week! The Library (and the College with the exception of the Bookstore) will be closed to students on Monday, August 9 for professional development. The Library will reopen to students on Tuesday, August 10. Check the Library and College website for up-to-date hours for next week and the fall semester. What's new for the fall semester? Well, classes are back in person (still online, too!) and everyone
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
1. Helpful and friendly librarians and library staff! 2. Computers, computer lab, and Wifi access 3. Comfortable group and individual study spaces 4. Cool new books! 5. New DVDs! 6. LibGuides for research help 7. Citation workshops and help with MLA & APA formats! 8. Research databases 9. Graphic novels! 10. Magazines, journals, and newspapers and much more! Visit the library today to register for your library card. Let us help you find the information and resources you need to be successful
[caption id="attachment_1439" align="alignnone" width="560"] Image from http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/glbt-book-month[/caption] Explore the library's GLBTQ nonfiction, fiction, and DVD collections. Browse the online catalog for more titles. The Stonewall Book Awards List, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table, honors books for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience in literature, nonfiction, and
Dr. Katherine Johnson, part of the human computer team at NASA and responsible for hand calculating NASA's path to space, has died at 101. She graduated from West Virginia State College with degrees in math and French and briefly worked as a teacher before working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which would later become NASA) at Langley Research Center. In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. To read about her influence at NASA and the team of black