May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
Click read more to check out some awesome reads by and about Asian and Pacific Islander Americans from our in-person collection and from our Dogwood Digital Collection of ebooks and audiobooks.
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Interested in Durham Tech’s strategic planning process? Strategic Planning Committee member (and fellow librarian) Stephen Books answers all my questions. What is a strategic plan? Where is the data coming from? How will it be implemented? All this and more in our conversation.
Stephen read March, which is available at the Durham Tech Library. He’s counting it on his 2021 Read Great Things Challenge list. Are you participating in the reading challenge yet? Find out more on the library blog!
To ask about the availability of resources or verify current hours, email the Library (library@durhamtech.edu) or call 919-536-7211 x1631.
Students should show a photo ID (preferably your student ID) at the check-in desk to use the Durham Tech Library. Guests must show a photo ID to be signed in at the check-in desk.
Face coverings over the nose and mouth are no longer required while on campus as of May 24, 2021. You may still choose to wear one. We especially encourage those who have not yet been vaccinated to continue wearing a face covering.
Hours may change during the week as required for the College’s COVID response plan. Please check the library homepage or call the library before coming to campus. Updates will be posted and sent out to the college community.
When available, library chat (ChatStaff) is staffed by Durham Tech Librarians Monday through Friday during business hours. Library staff are available through email as well–if the chat is inactive during the day, please email library@durhamtech.edu with questions.
Students, faculty, and staff may request appointments at the Northern Durham Center, Orange County Campus, and Main Campus at alternate times through the library email account (library@durhamtech.edu). We will try our best to work with you.
Durham Tech’s Coronavirus Response page has more information about contact tracing and other resources for faculty, staff, and students. Durham Tech’s 2021 Summer Guidelines page has more information about current College operations and rationale.
Please remember to be considerate of those around you as we transition into this new phase.
Students who need to pick up or drop off loaner Chromebooks should contact library staff either by phone (919-536-7211, extension 1631) or email (library@durhamtech.edu) to schedule an appointment or come by when the Library is open, including discussing options for picking up or dropping off after scheduled hours.
Students who are enrolled in upcoming classes either during the summer or fall at Durham Tech can renew their laptop and should contact the library.
Students who need to return rented textbooks to the bookstore should follow instructions from the Bookstore to get return credit. Questions about rental textbooks should be directed to the Bookstore.
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Continue Reading →Learn all about the new Men of Color Scholars Institute at Durham Tech from Blake Williams and Dr. Keyma Clark.
The transcript will be available on the podcast website soon. I hope you enjoyed the podcast this year. We’ll be back in the fall with new updates and new interviews! Remember to like, subscribe, or follow the podcast wherever you listen. And, reviews make my heart happy.
Have a great summer!
New term, new hours! Spring semester is ending and summer session is coming soon.
Please remember– All Durham Tech students, staff, and visitors must wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth the entire time they are in the Library and should complete the Daily Check-In form to get the daily code word. We will update guidelines as the College does.
Students who need to pick up or drop off loaner Chromebooks should contact library staff either by phone (919-536-7211, extension 1631) or email (library@durhamtech.edu) to schedule an appointment, including discussing options for picking up or dropping off after scheduled hours.
Students who are enrolled in upcoming classes either during the summer or fall at Durham Tech and need to renew should contact the library.
Students who need to return rented textbooks to the bookstore should follow instructions from the Bookstore to get return credit. Questions about rental textbooks should be directed to the Bookstore.
For more information about current Library operations, keep reading!
Continue Reading →The Durham Tech Library staff is heartbroken to announce the death of Rachel Smith, our Northern Durham Center Librarian and off-site library liaison.
We are shocked and devastated, and in addition to feeling Rachel’s loss at our college, we are incredibly sad for her family’s loss.
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“Atlanta is where I learned the rules and learned them quick. No one ever called me stupid. But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.” –Roy Othaniel Hamilton Jr in An American Marriage
Roy and his wife Celestial are a young, attractive, highly-educated African American couple on the way to living their dreams in Atlanta– he as a rising executive and she as a folk artist dollmaker. Then they find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time, and Roy is arrested and convicted of rape, shattering their world. What will their marriage become after Roy’s incarceration, and can it possibly survive?
This book was read by Susan Baker, Main Campus Librarian.
Title: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Genre: Realistic, contemporary fiction
Reading Great Things 2021 Challenge Categories: A book recommended by Durham Tech Library staff, A book About social justice or equity, A book about family
This book was read by Susan Baker, Main Campus Librarian.
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