Did you know that the Durham Tech Library sponsors an annual reading challenge?
Click through to learn more about the Read Great Things 2021 Challenge AND to learn about our 2021 Reading Sprint (and what you can win for both).
Wade Watts won. Game over. Except that it wasn’t….
This time, it’s more than a game to win control over a billionaire’s virtual universe. This time, real lives are at stake.
This book was read by Susan Baker, Main Campus Reference Librarian.
Title: Ready Player Two
Author: Ernest Cline
Genre: Science Fiction, Pop Culture Homage
Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about family; A book recommended by a Durham Tech Library staff member; Choose your own category [A sequel!]
Continue Reading →After a year of working from home, we’re (mostly) back on campus and ready for a great Fall 2021 semester.
We all have goals for the new semester, but our work-from-home coworkers/roommates are excited to be setting new benchmarks for their success.
Click through to read their goals cleverly used to promote some Library services (and see Library staff pet pictures— I’m not trying to bury the lede too much here).
Not all areas of the Main Campus Library are for quiet study (check out our recent blog post for a list of some of the types of study areas available in our campus libraries), but when you need silence and as few distractions as possible, the Quiet Room is the place for you!
Monday, August 16 is the start of the fall semester. Are you ready?
Check the Library and College website for up-to-date hours. The Main Campus and Orange County Campus Libraries will open with our fall hours on August 16. The Northern Durham Center will begin fall hours on Monday, August 23. Hours are subject to change, but changes will be posted online if needed.
What’s new or back for the fall semester?
Well, classes are back in person (still online, too!) and everyone must wear a mask while indoors on any Durham Tech campus location. More information about masking, campus access, food and drink, and other questions about being on-campus during the Fall semester can be found on Durham Tech’s Fall 2021 Guidelines page— check it out!
Students should bring a student ID or photo ID– Main Campus is using a scanning system to check in (which can also be used for contact tracing). All guests MUST show a photo ID to use the Library.
What’s new in the library in the Fall? Keep reading for all the details!
Continue Reading →Fall classes start on Monday, August 16, which means next week is Fall Semester Preparation Week!
The Library (and the College with the exception of the Bookstore) will be closed to students on Monday, August 9 for professional development. The Library will reopen to students on Tuesday, August 10.
Check the Library and College website for up-to-date hours for next week and the fall semester.
What’s new for the fall semester? Well, classes are back in person (still online, too!) and everyone must wear a mask while indoors on any Durham Tech campus location. More information about masking, campus access, food and drink, and other questions about being on-campus during the Fall semester can be found on Durham Tech’s Fall 2021 Guidelines page— check it out!
What’s new in the library in the Fall? Check back next week for more details!
July is Disability Pride Month!
We can celebrate by learning about the Disability Rights Movement, fighting ableism* wherever it is found, and lifting disabled voices.
If you haven’t heard of Disability Pride Month before you can read about the origin and meaning in this article. We can spend the last few days of the month (and beyond, don’t let the calendar determine your intersectional education!) reading and learning about disabled experiences, disability advocacy, as well as enjoying stories that feature disabled characters that aren’t just objectification as inspiration. (To learn why inspirational stories about disabled people are often a form of objectification watch this video of speaker Stella Young.)
Find the books below through the Durham Tech Library.
Continue Reading →Are you curious about what Durham Tech faculty and staff have been reading and loving over the summer?
Click through for some favorites from this summer (and how to get a copy for yourself through the Durham Tech Library).
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A wide-ranging exploration of architecture and innovation, featuring floating foundations, incorporating nature into school design, how temperature can impact our perception of happiness at work, the balance between community and privacy (and choice), and the challenges of living on Mars, among other topics.
Title: The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
Author: Emily Anthes
Genre: Nonfiction; Popular Science; Psychology of Daily Life; Architecture
Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about or set in space [there’s a chapter on architecture on Mars!]; A book recommended by a Durham Tech Librarian; Choose your own category [A book about places and spaces…or something like that]
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the (mostly) Orange County Campus Librarian.
Continue Reading →It’s Shark Week! Did you watch Shark Week on the Discovery Channel with family and friends in years past? I did! Millions of people tuned in every year to learn about these fearsome predators.
