Everything happened kind of quickly in the spring, but we’re back now and ready to take those overdue Durham Tech library books off your hands and return them to the collection.
Remember that while we don’t charge late fees, we do charge replacement fees for damaged books or long-overdue books.
How can you get your books back to us so we can clear your account and make them available to someone else who may need them? You now have two options.
Read more (AND A DOG PICTURE)Title: Dunkirk
Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: Historical Drama; Action; War Movie
Welcome back, Durham Tech!
Are you looking for some new (or old) books to check out and read from the Orange County Campus Library?
[insert record scratch] Wait, wait, wait. What? Are the libraries open? Can I come get my own books? How does this work?
It’s okay. Let me explain how the library is working to transport the books you want into your hands.
Crafternoons are a partnership between the Durham Tech Student Government Association and the Library.
It’s back-to-school time, and usually we’d host a few Crafternoons so you can get organized and decorate your own planner/agenda or notebook. Since we’re 80% online this semester, we won’t be hosting face-to-face events, but we do have some opportunities for you to still get organized for the new semester with a fresh Durham Tech planner, begin your pandemic diary, or take notes for your new classes in a you-decorated Durham Tech notebook.
Able to make a quick trip to campus and pick up a blank agenda or notebook to decorate at home? We have a few to-go packets available for students in the Main Campus Library that include the blank agenda or notebook, a few pieces of scrapbook paper, and some stickers.
First come, first served. Check library hours for availability. Limit one packet per student.
Staying home and have a printer? Keep reading for files and instructions on how to print your own agenda and notebook.
Title: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Author: Safiya Umoja Noble
Genre: nonfiction
Read Great Things Category: a controversial book (maybe), a book suggested by a Durham Tech librarian
Why did you choose to read this book?
Dr. Noble’s book made waves in the library world when it came out in 2018. I was aware of the book’s premise–that Google’s search algorithms result in innocuous keyword searches (e.g., black girls) turning up offensive search results–and wanted to know more about the topic.
![The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games novel, #0 in the series [a prequel]) by Suzanne Collins](https://i0.wp.com/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6138U5s+6yL.jpg?resize=333%2C502&ssl=1)
Title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: prequel; science fiction; dystopia
Read Great Things 2020 Categories: A book that is part of a series; A bildungsroman; A controversial book; and A book suggested by a Durham Tech Librarian
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian.
If you liked the original Hunger Games trilogy, you’ll probably enjoy or appreciate this. If you’re like me, you may need to re-read the other books, but I read this book and then re-read the series afterwards, pausing in the third book because everyone knows if you don’t keep reading, then the bad thing you know is going to happen totally won’t happen, right? (Spoiler: It still happened. Double spoiler: The series is about a society that pits its children against each other TO THE DEATH to control rebellion. Bad things happen in all. three. books.)
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You may have seen the #blackoutbestsellerlist and #blackpublishingpower hashtags on social media. Are you looking for some books to participate or just your next great read?
Let us help with a few contemporary authors and series to add to your reading list.
CLICK THROUGH FOR BOOK SUGGESTIONSJune 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.
EXPLORE MORE2020 is both a US Census and election year.
Many of us are thinking about how we can make a meaningful impact in our community. Participating in both the Census and local and national elections can help us make those impacts.
Click through to learn a little more about the Census, voting (especially in NC), and a few books to check off your civic engagement category on the Read Great Things 2020 Challenge.
At the end of the spring semester, the Library and the Durham Tech Fine Arts classes come together to host a student art display. We look forward to this event each year.
With the physical library closed, the annual art display was [obviously] cancelled, but we still wanted to find a way to highlight some of the wonderful art that Durham Tech students created this year, so we’ve created a virtual art show two ways.
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