Category Archives: Themed Displays

For Science! Check Out Our Scientific Nonfiction display!

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Lots of students know that we have the big textbooks to help support your classroom learning, but did you know that we have a wide variety of nonfiction selections to supplement your scientific knowledge outside a textbook?

Available at the Main Campus (QL 45.2 .M374 2006)

Click on an image for more details (be sure to scroll down for a description!) and ask a librarian if you’d like to take one of the titles home with you to explore further.

Hispanic Heritage Month: In the Library & around Durham Tech

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National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 and celebrates the contributions and cultural history of Hispanic Americans.  The Library of Congress, National Archives, and Smithsonian Institution (among others) have created digital displays to commemorate the occasion, including art, audio, literature, and video.  To explore these resources, go to http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

Check out our front window display highlighting some of our library’s resources by Hispanic authors and about Hispanic cultures, and be sure to let a librarian know if you want to take any of the display books home to read– anything in the front windows is available to check out.  Just ask!

Around Durham Tech, there are some exciting events planned to celebrate, including several Latino Student Success Discussions, a Bilingual Poetry Hour, and a Latin American Film Festival (and food trucks!).  Click on the flier to see more details.

Screenshot of events noted on Durham Tech's website

Black History Month

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Black and white photographs of famous African Americans. Text says, "Celebrate Black History Month with a biography! African American Biographies."

The library has lots of inspiring biographies of African Americans.  Check out our display on the lower level to learn some of these stories:

African American Entrepreneurs

African American Women Scientists and Inventors

American Tapestry : The story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama

The Autobiography of Medgar Evers

Hand in Hand: Ten Black men who changed America

Ida: A sword among lions,  Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching

The Life of Sojourner Truth: “Ain’t I a woman?” (DVD and book)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

You can also explore the online catalog for additional resources.

Two young African American males and the movie title "American Promise" Subtitle says, "A documentary 13 years in the making, American Promise provides a rare look into the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate the ups and downs of parenting and educating their sons."

The Debate Team and Vive/Viva the Arts are showing six screenings of the documentary film American Promise about America’s struggle with issues of race, class, and opportunity.  If you can’t make it to a screening on campus, the film is for streaming here for free until March 6th.  The library will also have copies available for checkout after the screenings as well.

The library also has resources related to education and the achievement gap on display this month:

The Black-White Achievement Gap : Why closing it is the greatest civil rights issue of our time

Changing School Culture for Black Males

Reducing the Black Male Dropout Rate

Unfinished Business : Closing the racial achievement gap in our schools

Young, Gifted, and Black : Promoting high achievement among African-American students

What have the library staff been reading and watching this year?

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Green stripe on the side of a purple background. Text says, "Looking for a book or movie recommendation? Take a look at what our library staff have read, watched, and enjoyed this year."

Here are some library staff picks from 2013, which are currently on display on the lower level of the library:

Fiction Books

Arcadia by Lauren Groff

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

House of Stone by Anthony Shadid

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe

Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Minaret by Leila Aboulela

Mitford series by Jan Karon

Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaimon

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Truth About Forevers by Sarah Dessen

Nonfiction Books

Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel

Lean In : Women, work, and the will to lead by Sheryl Sandberg

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

A Psychopath Test : A journey through the madness industry by Jon Ronson

Quiet : The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking by Susan Cain

Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman

Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Movies

Argo

Exit Through the Giftshop

The Last Mountain

Moonrise Kingdom

Perks of Being a Wallflower

Project Nim

Temple Grandin

Where the Wild Things Are

Curl up with a good book or movie over winter break!

Celebrate LGBTQ History Month

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October is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning History Month.  Explore the library’s resources featured below!

Stripes in a variety of colors are in the background. Title says, "A Positive View of LGBTQ"
HQ 73 .R54 2012

Title says "A Queer History of the United States." Several historical photographs line the top and bottom.

HQ 76.3 .U5 B696 2011

Title says "Queer (In)Justice" against a gray background.

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 struggle for gay and lesbian equal rights, 1945-1990 : an oral history    HQ76.8 .U5 M36 1993

The Right to Be Out : sexual orientation and gender identity in America’s public schools      LC 212.92 .B52 2010

The Right to Be Parents : LGBT families and the transformation of parenthood      KF 540 .B35 2012

Stonewall Uprising (American Experience) [DVD]       HQ 76.8 .U6 S76 2011

Word is Out [DVD]    HQ 76.3 .U5 W673 2010

Search the online catalog for additional materials.

Get growing with great gardening resources

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Check out the library’s display of gardening resources downstairs on the lower level for ideas and inspiration:

Green text says, "Gardening Resources." Images below of a tomato, peppers, and carrots. Brown text below that says, "Get Growing!" A gardening spade is at the very bottom.

  •  American grown : the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America  
  • The vegetable gardener’s container bible : how to grow a bounty of food in pots, tubs, and other containers
  • The ultimate guide to growing your own food : save money, live better, and enjoy life with food from your own garden
  • From seed to skillet : a guide to growing, tending, harvesting, and cooking up fresh, healthful food to share with people you love
  • Reclaiming our food : how the grassroots food movement is changing the way we eat
  • Grow great grub : organic food from small spaces
  • Basic gardening skills
  • The new American homestead : sustainable, self-sufficient living in the country or in the city
  • Organic manifesto : how organic farming can heal our planet, feed the world, and keep us safe
  • Growing it here, growing it now [videorecording]
  • The garden [videorecording]

Search the online catalog for more titles. Recommended gardening blogs and websites:

National Poetry Month: April 2013

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Collage of letters, envelopes, and pens with the text, "WRITE about your sorrows, your wishes, your passing thoughts, your belief in anything beautiful. Rainer Maria Rilke." Academy of American Poets National Poetry Month April 2013

Check out the library’s downstairs display to find books of poetry, CDs, and DVDs of poets reciting their work.

Here are some new poetry collections available in the library:

The 100 Best African American Poems  PS 591 .N4 A15 2010

Beauty Is a Verb : the new poetry of disability  PS 591 .D57 B43 2011

Head off & Split  by Nikki Finney PS 3556 .I53 H43 2011

Horoscopes for the Dead  by Billy  Collins PS 3553 .O47478 H67 2011

A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World by Adam Clay PS 3603 .L385 H68 2012

Making Poems : forty poems with commentary by the poets PS 617 .M36 2010

This Metal by Joseph Bathanti PS 3602 .A89 T45 2012

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah by Patricia Smith PS 3569 .M537839 S56 2012

Thrall by Natasha Trethewey PS 3570 .R433 T47 2012

Words of Protest, Words of Freedom : poetry of the American civil rights movement and era  PS 595 .R32 W549 2012

Audiovisual Materials:

Poetry on Record [CDs] : 98 poets read their work, 1888-2006 PN 6101 .P64 2006

Poetry Lounge [DVDs] : spoken word and the art of self-expression PS 617 .P64 2004

Search the online catalog for other poets and poetry.

Here are 30 ways to celebrate poetry month with good ideas and things you can do!

Need an escape? Explore other worlds with fun fiction!

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Science fiction collage with the image of a futuristic city and the words, "Explore Other Worlds," "Science Fiction," "Magical Realism," "Horror," "Vampires," "STEAMPUNK," "Fantasy," and "Zombies."

This month the library is featuring a display of genre fiction. The display is downstairs on the lower level.  Enjoy!

Graphic Novels:

Book cover of The Arctic Marauder shows a metal robot in an arctic environmentThe Arctic Marauder

Daytripper

Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe

Graphic Classics: Science Fiction Classics

 Short Stories:

Book cover of At the Mouth of the River of Bees shows a large beeAt the Mouth of the River of Bees

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales

Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

Steampunk! : An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories

About Sci Fi:Book cover of Steampunk Bible is red with various steampunk images

In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

Science Fiction : The Illustrated Encyclopedia

Steampunk Bible


Suggested Authors:      

You can also use the online catalog to search for additional authors.Book cover of Oryx and Crake shows a blueish flower hiding the mouth of a pale woman. Leaves also are around her face.

Margaret Atwood

Julianna Baggott

Ray Bradbury

Orson Scott Card

Justin Cronin

Kij JohnsonBook cover of The Dispossessed shows a landscape of mostly plains and hills to the left. The sky is purple with rose tones towards the horizon.

Robert Jordan

Ursula Le Guin

Anne McCaffrey

Cormac McCarthy

Stephenie Meyer

Salman RushdieBook cover of The Hobbit shows snow-capped mountains, a red sun, and two eagles flying.

J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys

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Photograph of the main campus library display window showing materials from the Muslim Journeys

Library Display Window

The Durham Tech Library was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant called Bridging Cultures Bookshelf:  Muslim Journeys.

The grant provides our library with more than 25 books and videos about Muslim culture, history, literature, and faith.  Visit the  Durham Tech events calendar for details about programs, films, and book discussions related to Muslim culture and faith that will occur throughout the year.

Please see the muslimjourneysposter for more information about campus events.

Use the online catalog to locate these materials in the library.

Three Muslim art medallions. Books

  • Minaret by Leila Aboulela
  • A Quiet Revolution by Leila Ahmed
  • The Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar, translated by Dick Davis and Afkham Darbandi
  • The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance by Jim Al-Khalili
  • Prince Among Slaves by Terry Alford
  • Islamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
  • Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan A. C. Brown
  • The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, edited by Edward E. Curtis IV
  • In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh
  • When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” by Stewart Gordon
  • Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf, translated by Peter Sluglett
  • The Arabian Nights (anonymous), edited by Muhsin Mahdi, translated by Husain Haddawy
  • In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
  • The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson
  • The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal
  • Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
  • Rumi: Poet and Mystic, edited and translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
  • Snow by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely
  • Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel
  • The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam by F. E. Peters
  • The Art of Hajj by Venetia Porter
  • House of Stone by Anthony Shadid
  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
  • Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie
  • The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson

Films

  • Prince Among Slaves
  • Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
  • Koran by Heart

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.