In the spirit of the new year the library has brand new books for your reading and learning pleasure. [gallery type="circle" link="none" ids="1831,1834,1835,1836,1837,1839,1840,1841,1842" orderby="rand"]
Take one of these books home to enjoy. Or cry over. Or marvel at. Or learn from. Or all of the above. [gallery link="none" type="rectangular" ids="3424,3423,3422,3421,3420,3425,3426,3427,3428,3429,3430" orderby="rand"]
Durham Tech Library and Student Government Association are excited to host fun craft events for students! This will be an ongoing event series in Fall and Spring semesters. We will host this first event at both Orange County Campus and Main Campus Library. PROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or notebook LOCATION: Orange County Campus, room 104 PRESENTER: Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian WHEN: Thursday, August 24, 11:30-1:00 pm & PROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or
Are you participating in the library's Read Great Things Challenge 2019? Do you need suggestions for books about immigration? Here are some recent books, both nonfiction and fiction, that explore immigration and the immigrant and refugee experience. These are now available in the library collection.
Check out our new books for June. Even thought these are primarily nonfiction, we have lots of popular and literary fiction for summer reading. Search the library's online catalog by title, author, or subject to locate good books. We have a display on the lower level of the library featuring a lot of our new books and a new book shelf by the reference desk full of new titles. Enjoy! [gallery type="rectangular" size="large" ids="2224,2225,2226,2227,2228,2229,2230,2231,2232,2233,2234,2235"]
Sometimes it feels like you'll be in school forever. And, the journey to graduation can have twists and turns you don't expect. But you can still make it! Brian Moody is a Durham Tech student graduating Spring 2021 who shares his experiences making it to the finish line and wisdom he gained along the way. And, how his fellow students can do the same. Listen below or find the podcast on your favorite podcatcher. Happy Birthday, Brian!
The library recently added nearly twenty new contemporary art books to our collection thanks to the Art Resources Transfer program sponsored by The Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (D.U.C.). The D.U.C. distributes books on contemporary art and culture free of charge to rural and inner-city libraries, schools, prisons, and alternative education centers nationwide. By enriching library collections with art resources, the program fosters arts education, literacy, and access
This spring the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) replaced its seventh edition handbook with a new eighth edition. The new edition includes significant changes that focus more on the process of writing and documenting sources. Previous editions of the handbook provided very specific guidelines for formatting and citing and the new eighth edition outlines basic core elements and principles of MLA documentation and explains how writers can use them in different situations. Explore the