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Wait. Why would you celebrate banning books? It's actually the opposite. Banned Books Week draws attention to books that have been challenged for removal in library and school collections and draws attention to historical banning or removal of texts. Celebrating Banned Books Week reminds us of the power of words. Click through to read more about Banned Books Week, including the books that were most frequently challenged in 2020. Removing a book from the collection due to inaccuracies, age, or
Title: IQ Author: Joe Ide Genres: mystery, street lit Why did you choose to read this book? I heard an interview with the author on public radio several months ago. He sounded interesting. I hadn’t read any detective fiction in a while. What did you like about it? IQ is a quick, easy read: fast-paced and entertaining throughout. The character Isaiah “IQ” Quintabe is well developed: IQ is goal-oriented, intends to lead a life helping people and is dealing with the loss of a loved one. He applies
Hello, Durham Tech! It's time for the next Durham Tech Library Book Club pick! Make sure to stop by our libguide for information and a book club interest form! The Library Book Club will be meeting on Thursday, December 1st, at 1 PM. The meeting will be held in the Schwartz room in the Educational Resources Center (Building 5). This time we will be discussing Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona. The first volume in a ground-breaking series that won the Dwayne
Remember to check out the Read Great Things 2023 Challenge-- there are lots of options below! Fiction, including some literary fiction, mysteries, contemporary romances/"women's fiction" [which your librarian has an issue with the classification even if she does like the genre, since many books that are considered "literary fiction" written by men but dealing the the same issues of family and relationships are lauded], some fantasy, and some books that defy genres [a word that simply means type
October is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning History Month. Explore the library's resources featured below! HQ 73 .R54 2012 HQ 76.3 .U5 B696 2011 KF 4754.5 .M64 2011 Other selected titles: Becoming Visible : an illustrated history of lesbian and gay life in twentieth-century America HQ 75.16 .U6 M37 1998 Gay Rights Activists HQ 76.8 .U5 B86 2005 Hear Us Out! : lesbian and gay stories of struggle, progress and hope, 1950 to the present HQ 76.8 .U5 G357 2007 Making History : the
It's Friday, y'all! We made it to the end of another week doing the social distance disco. This week is National Library Week, too. The theme for this year's National Library Week was originally "Find Your Place at the Library." However, it was chosen before COVID-19 forced everyone out of physical library spaces. Due to current circumstances, the theme was reassessed and became "Find the Library at Your Place." (Note the stay-at-home worker in the lighthouse using those sweet library databases
Need some more details? Here you go! Looking for the completion form so you can get yourself a tote bag? Here's where you can find the Read Great Things 2018 Challenge Completion form. Need more information about the Read Great Things 2018 Challenge? Here's where you can find the Durham Tech Library blog post about the Read Great Things 2018 Challenge. Looking for information about the Read Great Things 2019 Challenge? You can find out more at the celebration or posted on this blog in January
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA, http://dp.la) is a virtual library that makes photographic and other resources available from libraries across the United States. It organizes these resources into themed exhibitions (such as Women with Wings: American Aviatrixes), a map and a timeline. Content comes into the DPLA from a variety of libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions. Many of the resources are old photographs or scans of letters that are not subject to
Today is the last official day of Mental Health Awareness Month. Since taking care of your mental health is a year-long, lifelong process, just focusing on it for one month is obviously not enough, but as with all health awareness days or months, in order to be effective, the focus should not just be on short-term knowledge, but on long-term interventions for change. While most folks find value in treating themselves to short-term relaxing activities*, when that no longer becomes effective or if
Do you like coming-of-age stories [a.k.a. bildungsromans] and dragons, but in contemporary settings? Oh, and bad guys and mob guys and the swamp? Don't mind a little drinking and swearing (well, more than just a little)? Want something that isn't super depressing? Have I got the read for you! This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian. Title: Highfire Author: Eoin Colfer (yes, the Artemis Fowl guy) Genre: contemporary fantasy, dragon and boy stories, swamp