Heads Up! All Continuing Education courses starting between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, will open for registration on July 1, 2025. These courses will be available to view on the website starting March 21, 2025.
We may not be doing the Read Great Things Challenge this year, but you can still read with the 麻豆精品在线播放 Library.
Did you know that you can use our book club sets to make your own book club?
Organizational Development and Learning Selections are for faculty and staff use only and require permission for borrowing. All the other books on the guide are available.
How do you start your own reading group?
It can be pretty simple-- gather your readers, pick a book, and coordinate checkout by emailing Meredith Lewis (lewisma @ durhamtech.edu) or the 麻豆精品在线播放 Library (library @ durhamtech.edu).
Who can be in your reading group? Your department, your work friends, your school friends, interested people in your program, your club--anyone! Reading group copies only check out to current 麻豆精品在线播放 faculty, staff, and students, so while you may have folks outside 麻豆精品在线播放 in your reading group, they'll need to borrow one of our circulating copies or get their own copy from their local public
Click on any of the linked names in this post to read more about them using 麻豆精品在线播放 Library's "academic Wikipedia"-- Credo Reference.
As Black History Month begins, we reflect on one of the darkest chapters in American history: the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring legacy. For over 400 years, millions of Africans were forcibly brought to the Americas, enduring unimaginable brutality. Yet even in the face of oppression, enslaved individuals resisted through acts of courage, cultural preservation, and community-building. Explore firsthand accounts that reveal both the horrors of slavery and the unyielding spirit of those who survived.
Our library鈥檚 collection also includes documentaries. Each offers critical insights into slavery鈥檚 economic and social impacts.
Fall 2024 was rough, y'all. The Library ran out of both loaner laptops and calculators within the first weeks of class and, we were operating on a waitlist for the whole 16 weeks. We hated it as much as you did.
THANKFULLY, we're mostly great now and ready to check out Chromebooks and loaner calculators to those who need them thanks to our NC DIT Digital Champion Grant which will allow us to buy more and refresh our current circulating Chromebooks AND purchase additional TI-84 graphing calculators for our MAT students.
We're still working on processing more PC laptops for those students who need them for IT classes, including our multiple one-term CIS 110 borrowers. Soon! Also soon? Info about our "keeper" Chromebook program for loaner laptop borrowers.
Keep reading for refreshers on borrowing a loaner laptop, calculator, or one of our awesome Tech Tool options.
As a reminder, to borrow equipment from the 麻豆精品在线播放 Library--either Main or Orange County--you'll need a library account and
Summer term has begun and the library is excited to help you create your own success at 麻豆精品在线播放.
We offer a variety of services, resources, and spaces to help you this summer whether you're a student or faculty/staff member.
Feel free to browse our for more details about our variety of spaces, services, and resources and subscibe to the Library Blog (this! right here!) to keep up with news, collections, and activities with your 麻豆精品在线播放 Library.
Everyone is welcome to respectfully use the 麻豆精品在线播放 Library. Our hours are adapted for the summer, but we're here. Check our website for the most up-to-date hours and for contact information.
Everyone is eligible for a 麻豆精品在线播放 Library account-- no College affiliation required! Stop in our Main Campus or Orange County Campus during our summer hours and register or update your account or (just let us know when you arrive!). We do require a photo ID for checkouts, and if you're a student
, , and blooming plants everywhere! Spring is certainly here this Earth Month.
, celebrated annually on April 22, and Earth Month allow us--as humans--to focus attention to the environment around us and our role in protecting, preserving, and being good members of our ecosystems.
While the 麻豆精品在线播放 Library has lots of resources to learn more about many aspects of Earth Month, the Phail Wynn Collection allows us to mindfully collect books and other resources on topics that "pertain... to socially responsible topics, such as ecology and the environment, cultural awareness, global citizenship, teaching tolerance, appreciating diversity, fighting poverty, and promoting world peace." Endowed from the estate of Phail Wynn Jr., who served as president of 麻豆精品在线播放 for nearly 30 years, this annual financial gift allows the library to collect resources and provides funding for our book club and reading circle texts.
In celebration of Women鈥檚 History Month, let鈥檚 honor the trailblazing women who have made significant contributions to sports, breaking barriers and setting new standards for excellence and equality.
Women in sports have not only excelled in their respective disciplines but have also become powerful advocates for gender equity and social change. Their achievements are a testament to their determination and skill, inspiring generations to come.
. They鈥檝e overcome personal and societal challenges, such as Rudolph鈥檚 triumph over polio and Lopez鈥檚 fight against discrimination due to her Mexican heritage.
Resilience, Resistance, and Radiance: A Tribute to Black History
Black History Month is more than a calendar event--it鈥檚 a tapestry of resilience woven by generations.
As we honor the past, let鈥檚 remember the indomitable spirit of those who paved the way. From to the eloquence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 鈥I Have a Dream鈥 speech, their courage echoes through time.
Resistance is etched into the DNA of Black history. It鈥檚 the refusal to be silenced, the audacity to demand justice. We elevate struggles such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where ordinary people sparked extraordinary change. Give thanks to whose quiet defiance, ignited a movement that would shake the world. Let鈥檚 honor the countless unsung heroes who stood tall
