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Loaner AND Keeper Chromebooks (and Calculators and Portable Monitors): Digital Champion Grant Update
In December 2025, the Durham Tech Library began distributing "keeper" Chromebooks to qualifying students as the final part of our NC DIT Digital Champion Grant. Our first sixteen students who have picked up their keeper Chromebook (and the others who have qualified) expressed interest in the program on their intake or renewal form, demonstrated need by borrowing a loaner laptop for two terms or more, and met progression goals according to their program. Qualifying students turned in their loaner
The library has lots of inspiring biographies of African Americans. Check out our display on the lower level to learn some of these stories: African American Entrepreneurs African American Women Scientists and Inventors American Tapestry : The story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama The Autobiography of Medgar Evers Hand in Hand: Ten Black men who changed America Ida: A sword among lions, Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching The Life of Sojourner Truth:
Looking for something to read but don't want to leave your increasingly cozy home both because fall weather is coming (periodically, sporadically) and because, well, pandemic? Well, try out the Home Grown eBook Collection, available through the Durham Tech Articles, Journals, and Databases link on the library homepage (H for Home Grown). This collection comes to North Carolina libraries through NC LIVE and offers more than 3,700 ebooks from North Carolina publishers, though the content is not
Title: The Lightkeepers Read by: Julie Humphrey Author: Abby Geni Genre: literary fiction, mystery Why did you choose to read this book? The main character is a nature photographer who travels to live on a remote island off the California coast with a few biologists who study animals there. I'm interested in travel, photography, and wildlife so it sounded like a good fit for me. It was also described as “part mystery and part ghost story” which intrigued me. What did you like about it? It’s
There are a lot of reasons why people are cooking and baking more right now, including restaurant closures and the fact that many of us are at home more. Check out some of our digital cookbooks through the Home Grown eBook collection and how to access (and help) our own Durham Tech Food Pantry. We have many academic ebooks in our overall collections, but we also have some fiction and nonfiction through the NC LIVE Home Grown eBooks, including a Food and Wine collection. Here are a few of my
March 1-5, 2021 is Open Education Week! North Carolina, like many states, is moving towards making Open Educational Resources a valid alternative to traditional publisher-controlled teaching resources. Today’s blog post will acquaint you with some of the things NC has been doing with OER and hopefully get you thinking about how you might use them to customize your course content (and make life simpler for students!). Check it out! Let me insert a shameless plug for Durham Tech’s OER Team – a
This poster was designed by eleventh grader Lara L. from Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, New York, who was the winner of the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest, and features a line by 2021 Presidential Inaugural Poet and 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. To celebrate Poetry Month, the Durham Tech Library and Student Engagement Departments are thrilled to announce the return of the Poetry Fox! Join us Tuesday, April 26 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. outside of
North Carolina is lucky to have such wonderful beaches to visit. Are you heading to the beach this summer? Would you like to learn more about North Carolina's beaches? These books will fill you in on the history and culture of NC's beautiful coast as well as help you plan your trip. North Carolina Beaches by Glenn Morris Long hailed as the best guide to enjoying the state's 320 miles of coastline, North Carolina Beaches will help you find just the right spot for a long vacation or a one-day
The Durham Tech Library is very pleased to welcome new members to our team as well as announce some additional updates to our staffing. Our new staff members look forward to working with you so please stop by and introduce yourself! Courtney Bippley, Library Technician Courtney grew up in the Raleigh/Durham area and has a Master of Science in Library Science from UNC Chapel Hill. An avid coffee drinker, she also enjoys tea with a good book. Courtney loves science fiction/fantasy and is always
The Durham Tech Library is happy to announce that our new podcast, Out Loud in the Library, is live! Listen to my voice as you drive to work, fold laundry, play games on your phone, or sit staring creepily into the distance. You can find it on Spotify, Podbean, and Google Podcasts. Soon to be available through Apple Podcasts as well (slight delay because Apple). Each episode will feature library updates and an interview with a student, staff, or faculty member from Durham Tech. Our very first