Out Loud in the Library: Student Life with Gilbert Umberger

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Our latest podcast episode is out! Listen for library updates, a great interview with Gilbert Umberger (AKA G-Krispy), and book talk! 

Out Loud in the Library: Durham Tech Library Podcast

You can listen to the podcast here or on your favorite podcatcher. 

A heartfelt goodbye to Jes Dormady, who is mentioned in this episode, and has left the college since the recording. She’s gone on to new opportunities and we wish her the absolute best!

Gilbert is reading Becoming a Student Ready College (available as a print book and an ebook from the Durham Tech Library. He’s also reading Decision Points by George W. Bush (available through interlibrary loan). 

Don’t miss our next Crafternoon! Check the schedule and put it on your calendar.

Contact Shaneka Grimes with any Covid-19 vaccine or testing questions. Her email is grimess@durhamtech.edu. 

Don’t forget about our Read Great Things Challenge, and the 3 Book Read Great Things Challenge Sprint we’re doing this semester. Learn more on the Library Blog!

Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. 

Go, Team! Decorate your own Felt Pennant at this Week’s Crafternoon!

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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!

felt pennants available for the upcoming crafternoon in various colors with fabric paint

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. 

yellow felt triangle banner/pennant on graph paper with scissors and ruler

Want some inspiration or your own template to work with? Keep reading! 

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On Display: Books for Hispanic Heritage Month at the Main Campus Library

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15 to October 15 and uplifts the contributions of Hispanic Americans and celebrates their heritages. 

Check out the Main Campus Library’s downstairs display featuring some of our awesome books and DVDs. As with all our displays, all items are available for checkout.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Main Campus Display

Keep reading the check out details about the books and DVDs on display and for additional Durham Tech collections celebrating Spanish language and Hispanic heritages. 

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What We’re Watching: Exterminate All the Brutes

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Exterminate All The Brutes (HBO Original)
Available through Durham Tech’s Films on Demand database

Exterminate All the Brutes, Raoul Peck’s four-part documentary series, portrays the historic patterns of colonialist violence and genocide through powerful dramatizations. Peck includes pockets of deadpan comedy through his direct, sneering narration by having white western actors verbally deliver the thin historic justification for conquest directly to indigenous audiences. The result is a unique series of visual essays that trace this historic pattern of violence right up to the political tensions that characterize our present moment.

This documentary was watched by Kyle Minton, Reference Librarian for the Main Campus and Northern Durham Center. 

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Crafternoons are back!: Fall 2021 Schedule

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The Library, Student Government Association, and Student Activities Office are excited to announce our fall Crafternoon events schedule.

fall 2021 crafternoons: pennants, candles, agendas, and pumpkins

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 & ‘A
League of Their Own’ Movie 		Main Campus, Wynn
Multipurpose Room Main Campus Library, 105A Downstairs Study 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
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Taking Home Tech Tools: Chromebooks, Webcams, and Other Tech for Success

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Are you, a friend, or one of your students trying to complete school assignments on a smart phone, tablet, old/slow/wonky computer, or shared computer?

  • kira, a brindle dog with perky ears, rests her paw on a laptop
    Kira needs to complete her assignments, but Courtney needs their shared laptop for work.
  • charlie, a tuxedo cat, rests on a laptop
    Scheduling computer time makes Charlie tired, so he fell asleep on the laptop he shares with Meredith.

Does your computer mostly work, but you need a better webcam or microphone to participate in online class discussions?

Do you need a Chromebook to bring home so you can complete your assignments when it’s convenient? 

Let the Library help!

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Out Loud in the Library: The CAE with Del Williams

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The library podcast is back! 

Our first episode of season 2 is an interview with LaDelta Williams, Director of the Center for Academic Excellence. Listen to learn what the CAE is doing this semester and how they can help you. Also included in this episode are some library updates and, of course, book talk. 

Out Loud in the Library: Durham Tech Library Podcast

This season of Out Loud in the Library will have a couple of small changes. Episodes will drop every three weeks instead of every two weeks. And, Episodes will come out on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays. (This is to keep Tuesdays clear for a special event next semester, so stay tuned!)

Without further ado, listen to season 2, episode 1, here on the blog or wherever you get your podcasts!

Library Announcements and News– Fall 2021 Newsletters

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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. 

  • Durham Tech Library Newsletter- Employee News & Updates, Fall 2021
  • Durham Tech Library Newsletter- Student News & Updates, Fall 2021

Click through and then on the images (or the links above the images) to read our Fall 2021 Employee & Student Newsletters.

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