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Check out ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ 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 ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library either online as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital Library or on Main Campus). This book was read by Julie Humphrey, ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library Director. Title: The Vanishing Half Author: Brit Bennett Genre: Literary fiction; historical fiction; generational fiction Read

Enter our National Library Week "Why I Love My ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ 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 ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ 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

Have you heard about Library Fest yet? It's next week! And as a partner of Library Fest, the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ 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! And, don't forget to register for some Library Fest events. There will be

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. Recommended by Courtney Bippley, Main Campus Librarian: "This book has advice, inspiration, hope, and data for anyone and everyone, no matter where you are in your climate change awareness." Check out the rest of her What We're Reading book review! Available as an

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. Join Dana Cea and Spectrum Club for an event on April 6th, at 2 PM. This conversation will highlight disabilities plus supports and mental health awareness in the LGBTQ+ community. Join the event at this

Next week (April 4-10) is both ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ County Library's Library Fest and National Library Week. How exciting! Keep reading for more info and drawing info! ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ is a supporter of ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Public Library's Library Fest, and our librarian podcaster Courtney Bippley has done interviews with THREE (!) of the featured presenters at Library Fest for Out Loud in the Library: author Tayari Jones, artist Volkan Alkanoglu, and illustrator Gordon C. James. Keep your eyes (and ears) open for those

Can’t get enough streaming video? You’re in luck--the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ 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

Title: Bridgerton, Season 1 (available streaming on Netflix) Genre: Period drama; Romance; Regency Romance This series was watched by Rachel Smith, Northern ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Center Librarian. Set in 19th-century London, Bridgerton centers on the aristocratic Bridgerton family. The widow Violet, Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton is mother to eight children. As eldest daughter Daphne Bridgerton enters her first courting season with Queen Charlotte's favor, she meets Simon Bassett, Duke of Hastings and best

It's time for another make-at-home Crafternoon adventure! The Student Government Association and the Library are giving out tie dye kits to current students, which include three colors (blues, yellows, and reds), gloves, and some rubber bands. You'll provide your own shirt, bag, pants, scarf, hat, whatever you want to dye (in cotton, polyester, or blended fabric). If you would like one, email us at library@durhamtech.edu and we'll schedule a time for you to pick it up. You can also drop by the

Reader, I confess: I've never read Jane Eyre. I had a profoundly bad experience with another Brontë sister in high school that has biased me against the other Brontës. Fair? Nope, but sometimes reading isn't fair when there are lots of other choices out there. However, I did recently read Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye about a orphan-turned-governess (with some life experience in between) who keeps coming across the opportunity to murder folks. She picks up a copy of Jane Eyre and is compelled to