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There are worldwide events and webinars this week to increase awareness about textbook costs as barriers to education and the potential for technology to enhance teaching and learning. Durham Tech Library advocates for Open Educational Resources and provides support for faculty and staff interested in exploring OER. Stop by the Main Campus or Orange County Campus libraries to pick up an OER button to show your support. Here are some resources to help you learn more: Open Education North Carolina

This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian, and is available for checkout at the Main Campus Library. Title: The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media Author: Brooke Gladstone and illustrated by Josh Neufeld Genre: Social Science, Graphic Novel, Historical Overview #ReadGreatThings2019 Category: A social science book; A book about technology; A book that will help you with one of your personal goals [if increasing your media literacy is one of

We're calling all makers, artists, crafters, and those looking to try something new or have fun, to join us for Crafternoon! The Library and Student Government Association are looking forward to hosting our craft workshop series again this spring semester for students, faculty, and staff. Workshops are held in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level of Main Campus Library as well as other campus locations noted below. Workshops will also be held at the Orange County Campus

(In which one of your librarians highlights the different categories of the Read Great Things Challenge 2019. Want to know more about the Read Great Things 2019 Challenge? Check out our library blog post about it. All are welcome to participate!) I like memoirs. A lot. I know this isn't everyone's favorite genre, but on the other hand, some people really only like to read memoirs. (You do you, reader.) If you also like memoirs or just need to fill that " book by or about someone that you admire"

For many, January is a time to mindfully start new habits, either just as a new year reset (hello, dry-anuary participants and all of you doing Whole 30 for your very last day today!) or as the start of a new, hopefully enduring habit. The library surveyed Durham Tech faculty and staff and asked them to anonymously share their goals for 2019. Have similar goals? Why not use the Read Great Things Challenge to help you reach those goals by reading a book to expand your knowledge, and also check

Title: The Nix Author: Nathan Hill Genre: literary fiction Read Great Things (2019) categories: A book about or that features college or higher education Why did you choose to read this book? I believe it is important to support independent bookstores. Last summer, when I was traveling to western Kentucky, my family and I stayed in Crossville, Tennessee, and found The Book Cellar. After browsing their shelves for the better part of an hour, I selected The Nix . They had a hardcover edition in

PaperCut has launched at the Main Campus Library this week . PaperCut is a print management system used to seamlessly monitor and control printing and copying. With PaperCut students are able to print and copy documents. PaperCut will be implemented in other computer labs and at other campuses at a later date. How does it work? Each Durham Tech student is issued a PaperCut account which is used to print and copy documents across all campuses. When a user prints or copies anywhere on campus, the

There are a plethora of book adaptations coming out this year. Here are 5 books you can take home today and their upcoming screen counterparts. Be that "the book was better" person! In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to

A new year, a new set of Read Great Things categories. Are you ready to participate? What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a personal reading challenge sponsored by the Durham Tech Library throughout 2019 that encourages folks to diversify and/or increase their reading goals by completing books that fit into at least 10 of the following 12 categories: A book that will help you with one of your personal goals A book by or about someone you admire A social