July is Disability Pride Month! We can celebrate by learning about the Disability Rights Movement, fighting ableism* wherever it is found, and lifting disabled voices. If you haven't heard of Disability Pride Month before you can read about the origin and meaning in this article. We can spend the last few days of the month (and beyond, don't let the calendar determine your intersectional education!) reading and learning about disabled experiences, disability advocacy, as well as enjoying stories
We’re already approaching the halfway point of the fall semester, which makes this a perfect time to pause and reflect. How are your classes going so far? Are students engaging the way you hoped? Are assignments matching your goals? Now is the moment to make small but meaningful adjustments, whether that means refining what you’re doing in your 16-week classes or beginning to plan strategically for Term B so that the second half of the semester sets both you and your students up for success
For many, January is a time to mindfully start new habits, either just as a new year reset (hello, dry-anuary participants and all of you doing Whole 30 for your very last day today!) or as the start of a new, hopefully enduring habit. The library surveyed Durham Tech faculty and staff and asked them to anonymously share their goals for 2019. Have similar goals? Why not use the Read Great Things Challenge to help you reach those goals by reading a book to expand your knowledge, and also check
Title: Where the Wild Coffee Grows: The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup Author: Jeff Koehler Genre: Nonfiction [caption id="attachment_4259" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Where the Wild Coffee Grows: The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup by Jeff Koehler[/caption] This book was read by Courtney Bippley - a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. Why did you choose to read this book? I love coffee. My appreciation
Title: Dunkirk Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Historical Drama; Action; War Movie Why did you choose to watch this movie? A few years ago I started keeping a list of movies and TV shows that, for one reason or another, sounded interesting. I don't remember specifically why Dunkirk was on the list. I enjoyed Christopher Nolan's Memento, which succeeds in telling a compelling story in reverse chronological order, reflecting the main character's anterograde amnesia, rendering him unable to form
Fall 2024 was rough, y'all. The Library ran out of both loaner laptops and calculators within the first weeks of class and, we were operating on a waitlist for the whole 16 weeks. We hated it as much as you did. THANKFULLY, we're mostly great now and ready to check out Chromebooks and loaner calculators to those who need them thanks to our NC DIT Digital Champion Grant which will allow us to buy more and refresh our current circulating Chromebooks AND purchase additional TI-84 graphing
[caption id="attachment_3702" align="aligncenter" width="198"] Available on the New Book Shelf at the Durham Tech Main Campus Library[/caption] Title: Take Out: A Mystery Author: Margaret Maron Read by: Mary Kennery, Library Technician Genre: Mystery Why did you choose to read this book? I read all of the Deborah Knott character series of books. This is the first Sigrid Harald, a NYPD homicide detective, book that I tried. What did you like about it? I like to read a mystery. I enjoyed learning
Watch the film above, an interview with inspirational Congressman John Lewis, or those below and visit Films on Demand for more films and clips to celebrate and honor Black History Month. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Visit our display window outside of the library for lots of books and DVD resources available for checkout. Famous Americans: Famous African-Americans Features Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X
April is National Poetry Month, which celebrates and encourages people to read and rediscover poets and poetry in their literary lives. How can you participate at Durham Tech? Good news! We've got a few easy suggestions! Visit The Poetry Fox in the Main Campus Library on Thursday, April 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and celebrate local vulpine poets. Check out a book from the poetry displays in the Main and Orange County Campus Libraries. Write some of your own poetry inspired by the many
Borrowing a line fr om broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, we at the Durham Tech library wish librarian Bill Frazier all the best as he signs off—as this semester ends, he will be closing the chapter on his time at Durham Tech. Bill has worked as evening reference librarian at the ERC main campus library in the fall and spring semesters for almost ten years now, and we will sorely miss his kindness and good humor, not to mention his attention to detail! Bill has always been willing and able to pitch