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.
Continue Reading →Need a little therapeutic crafting pick-me-up?
Consider coming to one of the Durham Tech Crafternoons happening this week on the Main and Orange County Campuses and creating your own felt pennant!
Join us on Wednesday, September 22 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Orange County Campus Lobby or on Thursday, September 23 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM downstairs in the Main Campus Library for some socially distanced fun.
Paint, felt pennant/banner, scissors, rulers, graph paper template (for those who like to do some planning), and some letters to create your own logo stencil will be provided.
Crafternoons are co-sponsored by the Library and Student Engagement and are open to all students, faculty, and staff.
Want some inspiration or your own template to work with? Keep reading!
Continue Reading →The Library, Student Government Association, and Student Activities Office are excited to announce our fall Crafternoon events schedule.
Supplies are provided and all students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Come meet new friends, try new crafts, and relieve some stress!
We already held our first event of the semester– decorating agendas or notebooks–but we’ve got more planned!
| Event | Location | Date | Time |
| Felt Pennants League of Their Own’ Movie | Main Campus, Multipurpose Room | Thurs., Sept. 23 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Felt Pennants | Orange County Campus, Lobby | Wed., Sept. 22 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| Pumpkin decorating | Main Campus, Wynn Cafe outdoor patio | Thurs., Oct. 28 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Pumpkin decorating | Orange County Campus, Lobby | Wed., Oct. 27 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| Design Your Own Wax Candle | Main Campus Library, 105A Downstairs Study Room | Thurs., Nov. 18 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Design Your Own Wax Candle | Orange County Campus, Lobby | Wed., Nov. 17 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
News! For youse! To use!
The Library has two new excellent librarians that have joined our team and lots of exciting things going on this semester.
Click through and then on the images (or the links above the images) to read our Fall 2021 Employee & Student Newsletters.
Continue Reading →In addition to almost being Earth Day, it’s time for April’s Crafternoon!
Current students can pick up a spring flower kit that includes a seed packet of flowers, a small bag of potting soil, a ceramic pot, and a set of paints and brush to decorate your pot in one of two places: 1) in the Main Campus Library or 2) at the Food Pantry’s outdoor pickup location (outside of Phillips). Kits are first come, first served.
Send us pictures of your painted planters to library@durhamtech.edu
Crafternoons are a collaboration between the Student Government Association and the Library.
Check out Durham Library Fest’s Lunch Meetup with Brit Bennett on Tuesday, April 6 from 1:00 to 2:00.
Keep reading for a What We’re Reading review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and check it out from the Durham Tech Library either online as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library or on Main Campus).
This book was read by Julie Humphrey, Durham Tech Library Director.
Title: The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Genre: Literary fiction; historical fiction; generational fiction
Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about family; A book recommended by Durham Tech Library staff (our favorite category)
Twin African American sisters in the 1960’s run away from their small Southern town as teenagers in order to start new lives. A few years later, one returns to their hometown while the other pursues a life passing as a white woman. This character-driven and compelling novel spans generations with the twins and their daughters telling a deeply complex story of identity, race, gender, tragedy, abuse, loneliness, and motherhood.
Enter our National Library Week “Why I Love My Durham Tech Library” Drawing to win some sweet library prizes! Fill out our form by 5:00 on Wednesday, April 7 letting us know why you love your Durham Tech Library (or if you just like us– honestly, we know love is a strong feeling).
Four faculty/staff and four students each will be eligible to be entered in a drawing to win a cork-bottom coffee mug (complete with lid!) and a mask from our previous Read Great Things Challenge prizes.
You’re also welcome to let us know how the library has helped you or why you love your Durham Tech Library without entering in the drawing.
Alumni and community friends are welcome to enter, too, but priority for prizes goes to our current students, faculty, and staff. Winners will be contacted on Monday, April 12. Everyone who fills out the form is eligible to get a bookmark.
In addition to National Library Week, it’s also Durham County Public Library’s Library Fest. Our library podcaster Courtney Bippley has interviews with several of their featured presenters, including one that dropped on Saturday with artist Volkan Alkanoglu.
April 4-10, 2021 is National Library Week– an opportunity to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions and promote library use and support.
National Library Week launches with a special report from the American Library Association (ALA): “The State of America’s Libraries Report: Special Edition”
Continue Reading →Next week (April 4-10) is both Durham County Library’s Library Fest and National Library Week. How exciting!
Keep reading for more info and drawing info!
Continue Reading →It’s time for another make-at-home Crafternoon adventure!
The Student Government Association and the Library are giving out tie dye kits to current students, which include three colors (blues, yellows, and reds), gloves, and some rubber bands. You’ll provide your own shirt, bag, pants, scarf, hat, whatever you want to dye (in cotton, polyester, or blended fabric). If you would like one, email us at library@durhamtech.edu and we’ll schedule a time for you to pick it up. You can also drop by the Food Pantry outdoor pickup while they’re open to pick up a kit as well.
Can’t make it to campus to pick up a kit or want to buy your own? We’re using this kit from Michael’s– you can choose from Rainbow, Shark, Mermaid, and Unicorn if you’re buying your own. Or explore the many other options available on the web.
Keep reading for a few tips, tricks, and design ideas from around the web.
Continue Reading →The Hayti Heritage Film Festival, created in 1994 to create and celebrate a “Black film ecosystem in the South” and normally held in Durham at St. Joseph’s United AME Church, is mostly virtual this year.
Now in its 27th year, the films are centered around the theme of “The Hero’s Journey,” and has a combination of films and panels, running from Monday, March 1 to Saturday, March 6. While most films will be screened online, there will be a few drive-in movies.
Check out the schedule to purchase tickets or passes.
The Hayti Heritage Foundation hosts events throughout the year, including walking tours of both Black Wall Street and the Hayti neighborhood (by appointment). For more information about historic Durham, including the Hayti neighborhood, keep reading.
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