Recommended Professional Reading for Faculty and Staff

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The Library has added many new materials for faculty and staff on equity, pedagogy, student engagement, online teaching and learning, student services, and more!

New Directions for Community Colleges journal

The Library also subscribes to the journal New Directions for Community Colleges in print and with online access(link is external) (log in using your Durham Tech username and password).

This journals offers practical recommendations on current trends in the field of community college education and includes contributions from leaders and researchers through evidence-based and research-oriented accounts that shape policy and practice.

The current issue is focused on expanding community college opportunities through access, transfer, and completion(link is external). Other issues highlight Latinx students(link is external), work-based learning(link is external), and teaching and learning in the 21st Century Community College(link is external).

Keep reading to check out our professional reading recommendations.


The Dogwood Digital Library collections(link is external) have many ebooks and some audiobooks about online learning, leadership, and equity as well. Click on the any of the blue links on the images below to access them. Log in using your Durham Tech credentials. You can also use these materials on the Libby app on your phone or tablet. You can also read on your computer and no app is needed.

In additional to professional reading materials, we have outstanding fiction and nonfiction collections for your summer reading pleasure. Stay tuned to the blog and visit our front window displays at Main Campus Library for inspiration and ideas.


We hope you'll check out some of these to support and enhance your work. If you have materials to recommend, please use our Purchase Recommendation Form(link is external) to suggest titles for the collection.