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Hello, hello, hello! The podcast is back after a short break and this time I spoke with Durham Tech librarian Tracey Callison about our new Spanish Language Collection. She put in the leg work to make this happen. Find out how a library collection gets put together, why having more Spanish language materials is important, and what Tracey is reading! (Hint: She's reading one of our favorites!) Find the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge categories on the library blog! Follow the library on Facebook
[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
Interested in Durham Tech's strategic planning process? Strategic Planning Committee member (and fellow librarian) Stephen Books answers all my questions. What is a strategic plan? Where is the data coming from? How will it be implemented? All this and more in our conversation. Stephen read March, which is available at the Durham Tech Library. He's counting it on his 2021 Read Great Things Challenge list. Are you participating in the reading challenge yet? Find out more on the library blog!
It's National Library Week and, while we celebrate Banned Books Week in the fall, the first weekday of National Library Week always highlights an individual's right to choose their own reading materials or choose age-appropriate materials for those in their care without restricting others' access. What can you do to help or "celebrate" Right to Read Day? You can always read a banned or challenged book . The American Library Association, a professional association for all kinds of libraries-
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and open access to information for all. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or censorship in libraries and schools. The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles lists of challenged books in order to bring awareness of censorship that affect libraries and schools. Stop by our banned books display on the lower level of Main library and pick up a bookmark
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s Durham Tech’s awesome faculty and staff’s favorite reads from all of 2017: [gallery link="none" size="medium" type="rectangular" ids="3832,3833,3834,3835,3836,3837,3838,3839,3840,3841,3842,3843,3844,3845,3846,3847,3848,3849,3850,3851,3852,3853,3854,3855,3856,3857,3858,3859,3860,3861,3862,3863,3864,3865,3866,3867,3868,3869,3870,3871,3872,3873,3874,3875,3876,3877,3878,3879,3880,3881,3882,3883,3884,3885,3886,3887
In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here’s Durham Tech's awesome faculty and staff's favorite reads of summer 2017: [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="3446,3447,3448,3449,3450,3451,3452,3453,3454,3455,3456,3457,3458,3459,3460,3461,3462,3463,3464,3465,3466,3467,3468,3469,3470,3471,3472,3473,3474,3475,3476,3477,3478,3479,3480,3481,3482,3483,3484,3485,3486,3487,3488,3489,3490,3491,3492,3493,3494,3495,3496,3497,3498,3499,3500,3501,3502,3503,3504
Check out the library's downstairs display to find books of poetry, CDs, and DVDs of poets reciting their work. Here are some new poetry collections available in the library: The 100 Best African American Poems PS 591 .N4 A15 2010 Beauty Is a Verb : the new poetry of disability PS 591 .D57 B43 2011 Head off & Split by Nikki Finney PS 3556 .I53 H43 2011 Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins PS 3553 .O47478 H67 2011 A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World by Adam Clay PS 3603 .L385 H68 2012
This month the library is featuring several March-themed displays. Do you have the fever? Check out the library's collection of basketball books and DVDs. Shooting Stars by LeBron James Tobacco Road : Duke, Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest, and the history of the most intense backyard rivalries in sports Heart of the Game DVD The Last Shot : city streets, basketball dreams Women's History Month Test yourself on your knowledge of women's history with this quiz from the National Women's History
The weather is finally changing, and we've got some fresh new fiction in our collection to cozy up. Check out the books highlighted below and on our new books shelves-- right before you go downstairs in the Main Campus Library and on the shelf along the back wall in the Orange County Campus Library. Prefer ebooks or audiobooks? Our NC Community College online library collection-- Dogwood Digital Library-- is available 24/7 on and off-campus with your Durham Tech username and password. Download