It’s National Library Week and Thursday, April 8 is Take Action for Libraries Day.
How can you support the libraries in your life?
Well, one simple thing is to use our resources!
Continue Reading →Take Action for Libraries Day!
Out Loud in the Library with Tayari Jones
The final Library Fest Podcast is out now!
I was honored to interview three amazing, influential, and accomplished people for Out Loud in the Library and Library Fest– Gordon C. James, Volkan Alkanoglu, and Tayari Jones. You can find the first two interviews at the links below.
However, this blog post is to highlight the interview I did with Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, Silver Sparrow, Leaving Atlanta, and more. I highly recommend reading at least one (or all!) of her books. She’s a great writer who approaches stories with a real grounding in character.
Listen below as we discuss research, typewriters, happy mail, and what it was like to discover her book being read in the wild.
Make sure you sign up for the Morning Call with Tayari Jones at the Library Fest website. And, check what else is going on as well. Chances are you’ll find something interesting!
Happy National Library Workers Day!
It’s still National Library Week!
Today is National Library Workers Day, a day for library staff, users, and administrators to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.
Here’s your current Durham Tech Library team, including Julie, Brian, Tracey, Courtney, Charles, Rachel, Susan, Stephen, Najib, Lorell, and Meredith.
Don’t forget to enter our National Library Week “Why I Love My Durham Tech Library” Drawing to win some sweet library prizes! Fill out our form by 5:00 on Wednesday, April 7 letting us know why you love your Durham Tech Library or Durham Tech Library staff.
What We’re Reading: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
Check out Durham Library Fest’s Lunch Meetup with Brit Bennett on Tuesday, April 6 from 1:00 to 2:00.
Keep reading for a What We’re Reading review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and check it out from the Durham Tech Library either online as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library or on Main Campus).
This book was read by Julie Humphrey, Durham Tech Library Director.
Title: The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Genre: Literary fiction; historical fiction; generational fiction
Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about family; A book recommended by Durham Tech Library staff (our favorite category)
Twin African American sisters in the 1960’s run away from their small Southern town as teenagers in order to start new lives. A few years later, one returns to their hometown while the other pursues a life passing as a white woman. This character-driven and compelling novel spans generations with the twins and their daughters telling a deeply complex story of identity, race, gender, tragedy, abuse, loneliness, and motherhood.
A Drawing! And Happy National Library Week!
Enter our National Library Week “Why I Love My Durham Tech Library” Drawing to win some sweet library prizes! Fill out our form by 5:00 on Wednesday, April 7 letting us know why you love your Durham Tech Library (or if you just like us– honestly, we know love is a strong feeling).
Four faculty/staff and four students each will be eligible to be entered in a drawing to win a cork-bottom coffee mug (complete with lid!) and a mask from our previous Read Great Things Challenge prizes.
You’re also welcome to let us know how the library has helped you or why you love your Durham Tech Library without entering in the drawing.
Alumni and community friends are welcome to enter, too, but priority for prizes goes to our current students, faculty, and staff. Winners will be contacted on Monday, April 12. Everyone who fills out the form is eligible to get a bookmark.
In addition to National Library Week, it’s also Durham County Public Library’s Library Fest. Our library podcaster Courtney Bippley has interviews with several of their featured presenters, including one that dropped on Saturday with artist Volkan Alkanoglu.
April 4-10, 2021 is National Library Week– an opportunity to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions and promote library use and support.
National Library Week launches with a special report from the American Library Association (ALA): “The State of America’s Libraries Report: Special Edition”
Continue Reading →Out Loud in the Library with Gordon C. James
Have you heard about Library Fest yet? It’s next week! And as a partner of Library Fest, the Durham Tech Library was able to talk to three of the special guests that will be at Library Fest.
Today’s interview is with Gordon C. James, artist and illustrator. He’s illustrated multiple award-winning books, including I Am Every Good Thing and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut.
Hit play below to listen to our conversation!
Continue Reading →What We’re Recommending Online for Women’s History Month
Krystal Quiles
Check out some of our staff recommendations that celebrate woman authors and experiences for Women’s History Month that are also available through Dogwood Digital Library– accessible through our database list or through the Libby app.
Continue Reading →Out Loud in the Library: Student Mental Health Support with Dana Cea
This episode was difficult to name since I talked about many different things with Dana Cea, a PhD student at ECU (pronouns she/her or they/them). Listen to learn about how to support LGBTQ+ students, how to find a therapist that fits you, and what we should be doing to help disabled students.
Listen to the podcastWatch This Space: Library Fest AND National Library Week (and a drawing!)
Next week (April 4-10) is both Durham County Library’s Library Fest and National Library Week. How exciting!
Keep reading for more info and drawing info!
Continue Reading →Meet AVON
Can’t get enough streaming video?
You’re in luck–the Durham Tech Library now has more online video content!
AVON (Academic Video Online) is a new library database we’re excited to offer. It features 70,000 searchable, citable, closed captioned titles spanning a wide range of subject areas (allied health, art, automotive technologies, business, counseling, communication studies, criminal justice, engineering, history, psychology, sociology) and even feature films and award winners.
Want to see some of AVON’s options? Keep reading!
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