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The Durham Tech Library is a member of the Dogwood Digital Library, a collection of online ebooks and audiobooks through the Overdrive/Libby app. Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students can check out books using their Durham Tech username and password, just like they can access databases off-campus. Ebooks and audiobooks check out for 21 days and can be read on your phone, tablet, or computer.
Check out some of our staff recommendations that celebrate Black authors and experiences for Black History Month.
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Title: The Vanished Birds
Author: Simon Jimenez
Genre: science fiction; fantasy; dystopia; literary fiction
Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about or set in space; A book about family; A book that takes place outside the continental United States; and A book suggested by a Durham Tech Librarian
My own category: A book about travel, longing, and trying to find beauty in something that’s broken
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian.
Earth has been ruined, so space habitation and travel to various colonies is the norm. The only problem is that it takes so long, so those who have to make the journey find themselves literally out-of-time with anyone they leave behind. A genius scientist, a lonely spaceship captain, and a boy who falls from the sky all converge in a story about ethics of technological development, love, and family. I also need to tell you that I found the writing particularly beautiful.
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Explore new frontiers with a book set in or about space
with the Read Great Things 2021 Challenge.
Keep reading for some suggestions, including some double-dippers.
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The library is excited to announce that we now have a total of 254 loaner laptops (Dell and Acer) for students to borrow for the semester.
Continue Reading →Have you taken ACA 122? Have you taught ACA 122? Have you only heard about ACA 122? No matter what, this episode has something new for you to learn!
Listen to rockstar ACA 122 expert Deidre Yancey describe why Durham Tech requires it, what her favorite assignment is, and what she’s been reading!
Do you want to be on the podcast? Email me at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu.
Can you believe that February 14th is right around the corner? It’s like it popped up out of nowhere!
(See what I did there?)
The Student Government Association and the Library are giving out pretty scrapbook paper for you to create your own pop-up cards. If you would like some, email us at library@durhamtech.edu and we’ll schedule a time for you to pick it up.
What kind of pop-up cards, you ask? Well, there are so many choices!
Check out these delightful options below, and keep scrolling to see my own creation!
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It’s new book time at the Orange County Campus Library!
To borrow one or more of these books, either schedule an appointment for a Monday between 12:30 and 5:00 on the Orange County Campus or put a hold on the book to pick up at the Main Campus either through the library catalog or by contacting the library.
Happy reading!
Continue Reading →We are highlighting three important films from our Library’s streaming video collections. Simply log in with your Durham Tech username and password to watch the films or clips from the films. A transcript and closed captioning are provided for each film.
Do you know the history of the Greensboro Four? You can watch the documentary film, February One, to learn about the four NC A&T University students who sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960 as part of the civil rights movement.
John Lewis: Good Trouble is an inspirational new film that shares the life and legacy of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis and his 60 years of activism for civil rights.
Learn more about Mississippi civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer and her work for voting rights and women’s rights in the 1960’s, in the film The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer: Never Turn Back.
To discover additional streaming films, explore Films on Demand and AVON: Academic Video Online.