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There are worldwide events and webinars this week to increase awareness about textbook costs as barriers to education and the potential for technology to enhance teaching and learning. Durham Tech Library advocates for Open Educational Resources and provides support for faculty and staff interested in exploring OER. Stop by the Main Campus or Orange County Campus libraries to pick up an OER button to show your support. Here are some resources to help you learn more: Open Education North Carolina
In the 1960's and 1970's, many soul, funk, and R&B performers lived and worked in Durham, NC. More than 40 groups recorded singles and full-length albums in this time period. Ten recording labels were based in Durham during those decades. Durham County Library's North Carolina Collection, put together a comprehensive web exhibit, Bull City Soul, where you can learn about this fascinating musical history. Read about musical origins and influences, see profiles, images, and discographies of the
Take a look! We have added a lot of new fiction, literature, and poetry as well as non-fiction titles on many other topics. We invite you to browse these titles and check them out! To check for item availability and call number location, use the Durham Tech library catalog . New Reference Books! These items can be used in the library but not taken out. [gallery columns="4" ids="725,724,723,722,721,720,719,718,717,716,715" orderby="rand"] New Circulating Books! These items can be checked out for
Remember that being at home doesn’t mean you have to go it alone! The library supports online learning in many ways… Get in touch with a librarian! Reference Chat—Did you know that librarians are available 24/7 to help with your reference questions? Durham Tech Librarians are there on weekdays, and (except on federal holidays) other librarians are available to help when we’re not. Don’t wait for help-- chat now! Email Help— Librarians are also available for research help via email too
NC LIVE recently announced the addition of 495 titles to its HomeGrown e-books collection. The new titles come from five publishers, including The University of North Carolina Press. The HomeGrown collection has grown to include 3,600 e-books, which are hosted on the BiblioBoard platform. They are organized into "curations": fiction, nonfiction and young adult/juvenile titles. You can also use the site's search tool to find books by keyword. Each curation is sub-divided into categories. For
It's nearing the end of Black History Month, so while our blog post topics may broaden, we'd like to leave you with some books by Black Americans that have made an impact on the Durham Tech community to read beyond just February because Black history is American history all year long. Keep reading for Durham Tech's favorite reads by Black American authors--fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, environmental justice, social justice, criminal justice, economics, fantasy, and finance--, and for a
We had our first few days of fall, which means in addition to warm beverages, I'm also thinking about settling into a series of books to cozy up with (and also to complete one of the categories of the 2020 Read Great Things Challenge: A book that is part of a series). There are lots of series out there, but sometimes it's nice to start on something without having to wait for the next or final installment to be published (which may or may never come--I'm looking at you in particular, George R. R
In our very first blog post, Why Durham Tech is Evaluating Alternatives to Sakai, and What to Expect, we shared that a Learning Management System Evaluation (LMS) Task Force had been formed at Durham Tech and that its charge is to carefully review Moodle and Canvas to determine which of these two learning management systems will best meet the needs of Durham Tech’s students and faculty. Over the past few weeks, the LMS Task Force began its work by first deciding upon the evaluation measures it
2022 marks the 15th year of the Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. Collection at Durham Tech Library's Main Campus. After retiring, Dr. Phail Wynn Jr., president of Durham Tech from 1980 to 2007, made a great investment in Durham Tech Libraries to create a new, special collection: The Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. Collection. The Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. Collection touches upon social responsibility and civic engagement, including topics such as ecology and environmental studies, fighting poverty, cultural awareness
Celebrate Black History Month by watching an inspirational film! The following films are available for viewing online through the library's Films on Demand streaming video collection. Click on the blue titles below for access. There are more than 150 films for African American History available through Films on Demand and the library has many DVDs for check out too. Eyes on the Prize Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men