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Earth Day is April 22nd, but there is no need to wait until Thursday to start joining the action! You can join TODAY. There are 3 events in the run up to Earth Day, and then there will be Earth Day Live on April 22nd. Click the link below to find information about each event and reading recommendations! All events are virtual and free. April 20th, 2:30 PM ET Youth Speaks: Our Message to World Leaders on Earth Day 2021 Organized by Earth Uprising International and Earthday.org, this is a four

Are you planning a trip to see some waterfalls? Want to find some wildflowers nearby those waterfalls? The library can help! We have several guidebooks to waterfall hikes in North Carolina and the surrounding areas. You read that right, these guidebooks are to WATERFALL hikes. Not boring hikes where you just look at trees, or mountains, or gorges. Waterfalls are where it's at.* Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes A great guide of all the waterfall hikes

April is National Poetry Month! Last year, we did a blackout poetry Crafternoon, and this year we'd like to ask you: Who is your favorite poet? What's your favorite poem? Let me (Meredith Lewis) know by 5:00 this Friday, April 16 either via email (lewisma@durhamtech.edu) or Teams chat for a chance to have you favorite poem made into this year's ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library Poetry Month bookmarks. (I'm going to tell you a secret: If you send me a poem or poet that you'd just think would make a good

Thanks to grant funding from the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Foundation, the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library now has a brand-new Spanish Language Collection! Containing nearly 300 titles in print (100 of them brand new!) at the Main Campus Library and over 300 new ebooks/audiobooks available via the Dogwood Digital Library, the Spanish Language Collection is now available to all ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ students, staff, and faculty. This collection is a complement to our Spanish language courses (SPA) at ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ and provides a

Today marks the end of National Library Week at ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ. Thanks for celebrating with us. Thanks to everyone who entered our "Why I Love My Library" drawing. Winners will be contacted early next week to coordinate prize pickup. Responses have been made into a word cloud and, honestly, we're proud that you see us and our part in the campus community. We're more than just books (obviously), but we're honored that you trust us with your research AND reading questions. We love ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ and

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! When you-- use the Library's databases, take advantage of our chat or "contact us" services, schedule library instruction sessions, collaborate with librarians for assignments or programs, use the technology available for checkout (more coming soon!), subscribe to our blog and read our posts (hi!), listen to our podcast

We are highlighting three important films from our Library's streaming video collections. Simply log in with your ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ username and password to watch the films or clips from the films. A transcript and closed captioning are provided for each film. Do you know the history of the Greensboro Four? You can watch the documentary film, February One, to learn about the four NC A&T University students who sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960 as part of the civil rights movement

Need to fill out your 2020 challenge form? Here it is! If you've already filled it out, no need to do it a second time. We'll be in touch shortly about prizes. They arrived while we were away for Winter Break. What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a personal reading challenge sponsored by the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library that encourages folks to diversify and/or increase their reading goals by completing books throughout 2021 that fit into at least 10 of the

Need a little more football in your life? This show was watched by Rachel Smith, Northern ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Center Librarian. Title: All American (tv series; 2 seasons available streaming on Netflix and the CW) Genre: Drama The series opens when a rising high school football player from South Central Los Angeles is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High. The show details the wins, losses, and the struggles of two families. They are in the same city, but they're from two different worlds— the poverty

During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) we recognize Hispanic and Latinx Americans and celebrate their heritage and culture. Use your ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ credentials to view the films below from Films on Demand. Habla y Vota comprises over 200 testimonials from U.S. Latinos—including celebrities, recognized professionals, and everyday Latinos—who’ve shared their funny, poignant, and honest stories about being Latino in the U.S. The Latino Americans is a six episode PBS series