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It’s close to time for exams, but the library has another kind of testing already going on. We’re trying out new chat software that lets us IM with students, faculty, or anyone else who needs assistance. To start talking with us, go to the library homepage and click on the chat icon in the middle of the page, near the bottom. If we're available to chat, the icon looks like: If we're not available, a different icon indicates that we're away. Chat with us, and let us know what you think! We hope
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
Each June, the library celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities by highlighting resources in our collection. We have recently added several new DVDs and books at Main Campus Library! Explore the library’s guide to LGBTQ resources for fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, ebooks, DVDs, streaming video, and recommended websites. Last week Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed June as LGBTQ Pride Month in North Carolina. The month of June was chosen to commemorate the riots that
There are lots of treasures to be discovered in Durham Tech's Digital Archives! The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We have partnered with the Digital Heritage Center to digitize and publish Durham Tech's historic materials online. Click here to view more than 100 archived documents including yearbooks, newsletters, annual reports, and
Check out these new books we have for 2015 for up to three weeks at a time. If one of these doesn't catch your eye, find more on our New Books Bookshelf next to the circulation desk at the Main Campus Library. [gallery link="none" columns="5" ids="1015,1016,1017,1018,1020,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025" orderby="rand"]
(In which one of your librarians highlights the different categories of the Read Great Things Challenge 2019. Want to know more about the Read Great Things 2019 Challenge? Check out our library blog post about it. All are welcome to participate!) I like memoirs. A lot. I know this isn't everyone's favorite genre, but on the other hand, some people really only like to read memoirs. (You do you, reader.) If you also like memoirs or just need to fill that " book by or about someone that you admire"
Come by and visit our new bookshelves to browse for new books to read. There is also a display featuring new books on the lower level of the library. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="2276,2280,2277,2281,2275,2283,2278,2282,2279"]
These are some of the new films we have for you to check out. Because sometimes reading is too much effort. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2868,2869,2870,2871,2872,2873,2874,2875,2876" orderby="rand"]
Now that the weather outside is frightful, it's time to stay inside and watch movies! Check out some of our new DVD titles. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" size="medium" ids="4670,4669,4668,4667,4665,4664,4663,4662,4661" orderby="rand"]
So many great books are hitting the screen this fall, either as TV shows or movies. Many are already out or available on streaming platforms. Here are a few book adaptations that we're looking forward to watching or are currently enjoying. If you would like to read one of these but it's not available at our libraries, you may request it through Interlibrary loan. Happy reading and watching!