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Welcome to 2024! We made it and have already had some weather excitement. Remember to regularly check your Durham Tech email for updates from instructors, the College, or about changes or reminders about classes or College operations, whether it's weather or life circumstances. A few beginning of semester reminders & news-- Subscribe to the Durham Tech Library Blog If you're getting this in your email, thanks! You're already subscribed. If you're stumbling on this blog post randomly or it has
Instructional Technologies is busily preparing for the upcoming transition from Sakai to Canvas. In this post, we provide some quick updates on where we are in the process and a heads up about more information that will be coming your way soon. What’s happened so far Here’s a quick summary of what Instructional Technologies has been doing in January and February… Setting up and configuring Canvas for Durham Tech. Integrating Canvas with Durham Tech’s student information system (Colleague) to
There is a new art gallery on campus! Learn all about it from Liz McFarlane, Director of Development for the Durham Tech Foundation. Who is the gallery named for? How was it created? Who gets to decide what art goes into it? Find out all this and more! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve Our Recording Room' form to reserve the Recording Room up to six weeks in advance. Liz read Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by
It's scholarship time! Learn all about the scholarships available to Durham Tech students through the Durham Tech Foundation from Cassandra Rycek, Coordinator of Development Operations. Apply for scholarships on the Durham Tech website! The application window is March 15th through April 15th, 2022. Click through to the post to listen! Need help from a librarian? Use this form to book an appointment with us! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the
Learn all about the new Men of Color Scholars Institute at Durham Tech from Blake Williams and Dr. Keyma Clark. The transcript will be available on the podcast website soon. I hope you enjoyed the podcast this year. We'll be back in the fall with new updates and new interviews! Remember to like, subscribe, or follow the podcast wherever you listen. And, reviews make my heart happy. Have a great summer!
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
It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. She agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an "authentic" Korea, [b]ut he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows. As she's pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she
New term, new hours! Spring semester is ending and summer session is coming soon. Please remember-- All Durham Tech students, staff, and visitors must wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth the entire time they are in the Library and should complete the Daily Check-In form to get the daily code word. We will update guidelines as the College does. Students who need to pick up or drop off loaner Chromebooks should contact library staff either by phone (919-536-7211, extension 1631) or email
It's Shark Week! Did you watch Shark Week on the Discovery Channel with family and friends in years past? I did! Millions of people tuned in every year to learn about these fearsome predators. And yet, many people are still very afraid of sharks, to the point that society has turned a blind eye to the fact that their populations are at risk. Even the writer of Jaws regrets convincing people they are scary, when really, they are one of the ocean's most amazing and important creatures. Want to
April is Financial Literacy Month! What's that? April is almost over? Better late than never! Sometimes the most useful pieces of financial literacy are how to negotiate initial salary or pay raises, how to get that public service loan forgiveness, how to reduce medical bills (ask for that bill to be itemized), and other things that involve more than teaching someone how to open a checking account. See below for resources Durham Tech and the library offer for helping you handle your money. Allow