Remember that being at home doesn’t mean you have to go it alone!
Read more ABOUT LIBRARY RESOURCES ONLINE & SEE ANOTHER LIBRARY WFH “STAFF” MEMEBERIn 2017, the state of North Carolina proclaimed the second Monday in October as Indigenous People’s Day.
What is Indigenous People’s Day?
An alternative to Columbus Day, Indigenous People’s Day is “a celebration … to bring acknowledgment to the Native population” and remove the focus from Columbus, a man who caused harm to Native populations.
Want to learn more about Indigenous people’s history and culture? Here’s a very small selection of the books available through the Durham Tech library.
Continue Reading →Need a little more football in your life?
This show was watched by Rachel Smith, Northern Durham Center Librarian.
Title: All American (tv series; 2 seasons available streaming on Netflix and the CW)
Genre: Drama
The series opens when a rising high school football player from South Central Los Angeles is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High. The show details the wins, losses, and the struggles of two families. They are in the same city, but they’re from two different worlds— the poverty-stricken Crenshaw and the well-to-do Beverly Hills. Friends, Family, and Football reign supreme in this series.
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It’s National Voter Registration Day! Today we encourage everyone to check their voter registration to make sure it’s up-to-date or, if you haven’t already registered, fill out that voter registration form!
Have you checked your NC voter registration yet? Registered in another state? Each state makes its own rules, so check out the different rules and regulations (including deadlines).
If you’re a registered NC DMV customer, you can even register to vote online (new this year)! You can also print and mail your voter registration form (stop into the Durham Tech Main Campus Library for a form if you need a printed copy).
The deadline to register to vote for North Carolina’s 2020 election is October 9. If you miss the registration deadline, you can still register to vote and cast a ballot using same-day voter registration at any early voting site in your county from October 15-31. (NOTE: Same-day registration is not available on Election Day, Nov. 3).
Do any of the following apply to you:
Each year, an estimated 30+ million Americans move. Whether you have moved across the country or down the street, be sure to update your voter registration today!
If you have recently turned 18 or will turn 18 by election day, register to vote ahead of the November election!
Married? Divorced? Updated any of your names recently? Update your voter registration!
Are you a new or recent American citizen? Don’t forget to confirm your voter registration status so you can celebrate your new citizenship by casting your American election ballot!
Do you have a felony conviction? Check to see if you’re eligible to vote through Restore Your Vote.
Are you an overseas or military voter? Check out the resources available on Overseas Vote.
Be aware of your voting rights before you head to your early voting or voting site– Democracy NC also has a one-page NC Voters’ Bill of Rights.
Since voting-in-person may be impacted this year, you can also vote by mail with an absentee ballot.
Civic engagement with the voting process may also look like working as a poll worker, especially needed since many poll workers are retired individuals who are currently more at-risk for COVID-19. Contact your local county election board for more information.
Need to find journal articles or ebooks in the arts? What about literature or the sciences? Look no further than JSTOR!
JSTOR is a digital library including thousands of academic journals, books, and primary source documents in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and math.
Continue Reading →Curious about previous infectious disease outbreaks as we live through this one? Are these times really unprecedented?
Check out the PBS American Experience documentary The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis in America, available for free for all Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students and streaming through Films on Demand.
This documentary is recommended by Durham Tech biology and microbiology instructor Dorothy Wood.
READ MORE ABOUT WHY DR. WOOD RECOMMENDS THIS DOCUMENTARYAlmost 80% of our classes are online, but the library still has in-person services available when we’re open. Want to know what’s going on with the library this semester? Check out our newsletters.
There’s one for Students and one for Employees. Click on the images below to see the full newsletter.
Looking for info about Spring 2021 Library services? Check out our updated blog post.
Your Durham Tech librarians are here for you, virtually and for limited in-person hours on the Main Campus and Orange County Campus Libraries. If you’re coming anywhere on any of the Durham Tech campuses, you need to wear an effective face covering that covers both your nose and mouth the entire time you’re on campus. Masks are available at the Library desk and other locations on campus for those who need them.
We want to encourage you to stay online if you are able. The Center for Academic Excellence has awesome tutoring available for technology help and you can always chat with or email your librarians. Need a computer, Chromebook, or internet at home? Check out the Computer and Internet Assistance page to get started requesting help.
If you feel sick, have been tested for COVID and are waiting for the results, or have been exposed to COVID, please stay home. Give us a call (919-536-7211, extension 1631) or send us an email (library@durhamtech.edu) to see how we can help you remotely.
If you do need to come to campus when we are open, you will be required to complete the Durham Tech Daily Check-In form to get the daily code word. When you arrive in the library, you will be required to check in at the library desk with a photo ID (student ID preferred) for contact tracing and you will give the daily code word and have your temperature checked. Quick trips are encouraged.
We are currently operating at a 25 person maximum capacity, and our downstairs areas are closed (study areas, downstairs computer lab, and book stacks). If the Library is at maximum capacity, you’ll be asked to wait outside until someone leaves. When health conditions improve, the maximum occupancy will increase.
Well, what can you do and what can we help you with through virtual and in-person library services?
CLICK TO READ MOREThe librarians are still here for you, though we’re working remotely and with our new [unpaid] coworkers. Note: These coworkers are not very good at accurate typing, so will not be manning the chat.
Well, what can we do (and what is a no-go for off-campus work conditions)?
Continue Reading →So far, we’ve watched, listened, and learned more about civic engagement. If you’re looking for reading resources to help you learn about and engage in meaningful positive change related to race in America, the Durham Tech Library has curated a book list containing history, self-assessment, action and engagement advice, art, film, data science, travel, personal stories, and social science, just to name a few.
Check it out!
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR DURHAM TECH BOOK LIST