Get your read on with these new nonfiction titles at the Orange County Campus Library, most of which fit neatly into Read Great Things Challenge 2019 categories. Remember that your Durham Tech Library card is valid at all Durham Tech Library locations and you can request to pick up a book from another campus at your home campus (though you're always welcome to come visit).
It's been twenty years since September 11, 2001. The Northern Durham Center Library currently has a 9/11 Remembrance display. As with all our displays, all books are available for checkout. Keep reading for more information about these items. Some of these books are on loan from the Main Campus Library, but will be available for pickup at the Northern Durham Center Library until Oct. 4. You can put a hold on them through our catalog or contact the library to request a book for pickup at any of
Whether you're taking summer classes or celebrating the first week of summer vacation, take a few moments (heck, maybe even give it a few hours!) this weekend to check out the Read Local Book Festival in downtown Durham from Friday, May 15 - Sunday, May 17. The festival will feature authors and publishers local to Durham (meaning: Durham County and the nearest surrounding counties, including Orange, Wake, Chatham, Person, and Granville). Check out the list of participants-- you may see a
Researchers and history buffs alike may now search and access local history collections across North Carolina with a single search box thanks to a collaborative project led by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, NC LIVE, and the State Library of North Carolina. NC ECHO enables users to search across thousands of digitized historic materials, including a wide variety of books, photographs, maps, family histories, state documents, newspapers, and much more from cultural heritage
Need some info on your ballot, your rights, and other information about voting early (by Sat., Oct. 31) or on Election Day (Tues., Nov. 3) in NC? Check out our first Library podcast episode: Out Loud in the Library-- Early Voting with Erin Riney with your host Courtney Bippley You can also check out the Library blog's Informed Voter Resources post. Hey, Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students! Have you already voted? Send me (Meredith Lewis-- lewisma @ durhamtech . edu) your voting selfie and
The library discovered a neat new tool called the North Carolina Literary Map, which is a free resource produced by the University Libraries at UNC Greensboro in collaboration with the North Carolina Center for the Book. The NC Literary Map identifies North Carolina places associated with more than 3000 writers and more than 4700 of their books with an interactive online tool that is designed to foster interest in the state’s rich literary tradition. Travelers interested in literary sites
Thinking about coming to the book club? There's still time! The Durham Tech Library Book Club meets on February 4th at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the Schwartz Room in Building 5. We're reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and you can check out a copy from our library, or get your own copy elsewhere. Can't finish the book in time? Come anyway! The more the merrier. Not into non-fiction? Help us choose what fiction book to read next by voting in our online poll here. We
Title: She’s Come Undone Author: Wally Lamb Genre: fiction Why did you choose to read this book? She’s Come Undone has been on my to-read list and I saw it on the library’s display of books for Mental Health Awareness Month (May). What did you like about it? I thought it was well-written and a compelling portrait of a fictional character, Dolores Price. The novel is told from her perspective and follows her through her 30s. Dolores Price’s story picks up with her as a little girl whose parents’
Take a look at our new books! A little nonfiction to get you started-- Or maybe you prefer some realistic fiction? How about mostly realistic fiction... with just a touch of the supernatural? Or little fantasy or science fiction, perhaps? We've got you. Not able to come visit us at the Orange County Campus library but want to read one of these [awesome] books? Ask a librarian for help putting a hold on a book to pick up at your primary campus.
There are lots of treasures to be discovered in Durham Tech's Digital Archives! The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We have partnered with the Digital Heritage Center to digitize and publish Durham Tech's historic materials online. Click here to view more than 100 archived documents including yearbooks, newsletters, annual reports, and