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June is Pride Month! To learn more about the Stonewall Uprising and to check out some books by and about LGBTQIA+ people's history, lives, and experiences, click on through. Check out the PBS American Experience: Stonewall Uprising documentary to learn about the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising that launched a worldwide civil and gay rights movement and its long-lasting impacts. To view, log in off-campus by using your Durham Tech username and password--the same one you would use for Sakai or Self
The Library and Student Government Association are hosting craft workshops this spring semester. We made felted wool creations last week. All workshops are from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level. We hope you'll mark your calendars to join us for all of the events. All materials and supplies are provided. Next week we'll make paper beads and valentine cards. Here is a poster for our spring events on Main Campus: Workshops at Orange County Campus will be
This month the library is featuring a display of genre fiction. The display is downstairs on the lower level. Enjoy! Graphic Novels: The Arctic Marauder Daytripper Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics: Science Fiction Classics Short Stories: At the Mouth of the River of Bees Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Steampunk! : An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories About Sci Fi: In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
Enter our National Library Week "Why I Love My Durham Tech Library" Drawing to win some sweet library prizes! Fill out our form by 5:00 on Wednesday, April 7 letting us know why you love your Durham Tech Library (or if you just like us-- honestly, we know love is a strong feeling). Four faculty/staff and four students each will be eligible to be entered in a drawing to win a cork-bottom coffee mug (complete with lid!) and a mask from our previous Read Great Things Challenge prizes. You're also
[caption id="attachment_4045" align="aligncenter" width="198"] Available at the Main Campus Library (GV 1785 .C654 A3 2014)[/caption] This book was read by Courtney Bippley, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. Genre: Memoir #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A memoir & A book about or that features sports Misty Copeland is the first African-American Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. She started dancing at 13 years old, far older than most ballerinas, and overcame
This week's Black History Month post highlights Black creators in poetry and music, including pop, hip hop, rap, punk, and rock. This is only a small selection of our collection, so stop by and browse our digital collections from your own computer or stop in and browse our shelves. Updated 2/15/2023: Want some poetry bookmarks? Go to the end of the post! Interested in learning how to make your own music using only a laptop? Check out this awesome event through the Wake County Public Libraries
Just in time for summer session, the Orange County Campus Library has some exciting new fiction and nonfiction in its collection. Looking to come to the OCC to visit? Our library hours have changed for the summer! Librarian services will be available Monday and Tuesday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Main Campus is open Monday through Thursday for all your in-person Durham Tech Library needs. Virtual services are available Monday through Friday. Keep reading for the new books! We've got some novel
If you have been studying at Durham Tech for a couple semesters, you are probably familiar with some of the article databases and other research tools that are available through NC LIVE, such as Academic Search Complete and Newspaper Source Plus. This semester--and continuing through 2017--NC LIVE is subscribing to some new resources you'll want to use! ProQuest Central provides access to " thousands of periodical titles and millions of full-text articles." ProQuest Newsstand replaces Newspaper
Want to live your best Ms. Frizzle (or Futurama) life and explore the human body in all its glory, but from the comfort of your computer screen? Have we got the database for you! Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy is an innovative way to explore virtual 3-D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research in the classroom or at home. This database not only lets you view each structure of the human anatomy in full detail, but it also offers a level of interactivity that you simply can't get
Today marks Durham Tech's in-person commencement for our 2020 and 2021 graduates. Every graduation represents a great achievement, and this group of graduates had a few more challenges in their path than your traditional graduates. (You know why. We won't speak its name.) Whether you're going into the workforce, transferring to another school to complete an additional degree, staying at Durham Tech to take additional classes towards additional degrees or certifications, or one of the many other