Out Loud in the Library

Remember Durham Tech's Equity Action Plan from 2020? We're getting an update on how we are doing from Vice President Dr. Angela Davis. Learn about Durham Tech's community partnerships, equity scorecard, and some challenges we've faced along the way. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns you can contact Dr. Davis at Davisa@durhamtech.edu.  Take a look at Durham Tech's Equity Scorecard.  Find out more about the Durham Living Wage Project.  Dr. Davis read What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith, available at the Durham Tech Main Campus Library. Reading Circle Guides (under construction) can be found on our website.  Find the 2022 Read Great Things Challenge on the Library Blog (and don't forget to subscribe).  Context for the Parks and Recreation quote that was censored can be found here. Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

It's scholarship time! Learn all about the scholarships available to Durham Tech students through the Durham Tech Foundation from Cassandra Rycek, Coordinator of Development Operations. Apply for scholarships on the Durham Tech website! The application window is March 15th through April 15th, 2022.  Need help from a librarian? Use this form to book an appointment with us! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve Our Recording Room' form to reserve the Recording Room up to six weeks in advance.  Cassandra read Your Deepest Fear by David Jackson (available through interlibrary loan). Check out our Women's History Month collection in the Dogwood Digital Library! E-books and Audiobooks for everyone! Find the 2022 Read Great Things Challenge on the Library Blog (and don't forget to subscribe).  Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

There is a new art gallery on campus! Learn all about it from Liz McFarlane, Director of Development for the Durham Tech Foundation. Who is the gallery named for? How was it created? Who gets to decide what art goes into it? Find out all this and more! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve Our Recording Room' form to reserve the Recording Room up to six weeks in advance.  Liz read Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers (available through interlibrary loan), A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (available through interlibrary loan), and My Name is Anton. Check out our Black History Month collection in the Dogwood Digital Library. E-books and Audiobooks for everyone! Find the 2022 Read Great Things Challenge on the Library Blog (and don't forget to subscribe).  Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

We're back! Learn about comics and graphic novels from English instructor Patrick Morris. He joined us to answer explain what the difference between comics and graphic novels is. And, makes recommendations to people who haven't read any before. He has passion and knowledge to share! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve Our Recording Room' form to reserve the Recording Room up to six weeks in advance.  Patrick Morris read Y: The Last Man (available through interlibrary loan) and The Nickel Boys (available at the Main Campus Library and as an audiobook in the Dogwood Digital Library). We also discussed Ms. Marvel and Hyperbole and a Half. Find them through the library! Find the 2022 Read Great Things Challenge on the Library Blog (and don't forget to subscribe).  Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

It's fall break but we still have an episode for you! Meet our two new librarians, Sasha Deyneka and Kyle Minton, and hear about what the library has going on. A special coming soon announcement is in this one for an All We Can Save circle in the spring 2022 semester. Read my review of the book on the library blog! Sasha read Minor Feelins: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong. Find it in print at the library or read the ebook through our Dogwood Digital Library.  Don't miss pumpkin painting at our next Crafternoon! Check the schedule and put it on your calendar. There is still time to complete the Read Great Things Challenge, and the reading sprint we're doing this semester. Learn more on the Library Blog! Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Learn all about student life at Durham Tech with Gilbert Umberger, Student Life Coordinator. Also get some library updates and book talk! Gilbert is reading Becoming a Student Ready College (available as a print book and an ebook from the Durham Tech Library. He's also reading Decision Points by George W. Bush (available through interlibrary loan).  A heartfelt goodbye to Jes Dormady, who is mentioned in this episode, and has left the college since the recording. She's gone on to new opportunities and we wish her the absolute best! Don't miss our next Crafternoon! Check the schedule and put it on your calendar. Contact Shaneka Grimes with any Covid-19 vaccine or testing questions. Her email is grimess@durhamtech.edu.  Don't forget about our Read Great Things Challenge, and the reading sprint we're doing this semester. Learn more on the Library Blog! Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

We're back in the fall 2021 semester with season 2! Listen for library updates, including new hours and tech tools available for check out, and to learn about the Center for Academic Excellence. The guest today is LaDelta Williams (she/her), the Director of the CAE.  Del read the Bridgerton novels by Julia Quinn, available as ebooks through the Dogwood Digital Library. Download them to your device through the Libby app with your Durham Tech username and password. Don't forget about our Read Great Things Challenge, and the reading sprint we're doing this semester. Learn more on the Library Blog! Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Interested in Durham Tech's strategic planning process? Strategic Planning Committee member (and fellow librarian) Stephen Books answers all my questions. What is a strategic plan? Where is the data coming from? How will it be implemented? All this and more in our conversation. Stephen read March, which is available at the Durham Tech Library. He's counting it on his 2021 Read Great Things Challenge list. Are you participating in the reading challenge yet? Find out more on the library blog!   Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Hello, hello, hello! Learn about the Men of Color Scholars Institute at Durham Tech from Blake Williams and Dr. Keyma Clark. They go over why it is being created, how it will work, and who is eligible to join.  Library Hours are updated on our blog. Also, read our In Memoriam for Rachel Smith, Northern Durham Campus Librarian. Lost too soon.  Blake Williams read Supporting Men of Color in the Community College and Teaching Men of Color in the Community College. Both are available at the Main Campus Library.  Dr. Keyma Clark read Stamped from the Beginning and White Fragility. Both are available at the Main Campus Library. Have questions about the Men of Color Scholars Institute? Email MCSI@durhamtech.edu, williamsbe@durhamtech.edu, or clarkk@durhamtech.edu.    Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

In today's episode Courtney (She/her) interviews fellow Durham Tech librarian Tracey Callison (She/her) about our new Spanish Language Collection and what it looks like to put a new library collection together.  Library updates include our new streaming videos in Films on Demand. Tracey is reading the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, available in print at the Durham Tech Library.  Bonus: Becky Chambers first book in the Wayfarer series is available through the Dogwood Digital Collection. Read it on your computer, or use the Libby app to read on your device.  Find the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge categories on the library blog! Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Special Library Fest Episode! Big deal alert! An interview with award-winning author Tayari Jones. Her books include An American Marriage, Silver Sparrow, Leaving Atlanta, and more. We talk about typewriters, libraries, happy mail, and more! She will be appearing at 10:30 AM on April 10th for a Morning Call. Register for the event at the Library Fest website. You won't want to miss it!   Tayari Jones read The Searcher by Tana French and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie. See all Library Fest events at the Library Fest website! Durham County Library, in partnership with Durham Library Foundation, is hosting the inaugural Library Fest Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April 10, 2021. Library Fest is a community celebration during National Library Week that showcases the library system’s exceptional services. With speaker events featuring The Vanishing Half author Brit Bennett, Transcendent Kingdom author Yaa Gyasi, “Purple STEAM” artist Volkan Alkanoglu, and YouTuber Daniel Davis (aka Tinkernut), to name a few, Library Fest will be a diverse representation of the many ways the library can be a part of our lives.   While Library Fest will feature a community reading program with opportunities for readers to engage with authors and illustrators, there’s more to it than just books! Some of the many services we will be highlighting include our new Business Services department, our makerspaces, our support for the arts and humanities, our North Carolina Collection, our new gaming and media center, our outreach to the Hispanic community, and much more. To learn more about the programs offered and registration, visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest.   Follow the Durham Tech Library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Special Library Fest Episode! An interview with artist Volkan Alkanoglu who designed the Purple S.T.E.A.M. sculpture outside the Main Library in Downtown Durham. He is an accomplished artist who put a lot of thought and work into the sculpture for our community. Listen to learn about the process of creation, his history with libraries, and how he thinks about sustainability in design.  Learn more about Volkan Alkanoglu at his website, and register for his Library Fest event! Volkan was reading Grace and Gravity: Architectures of the Figure by Lars Spuybroek. See all Library Fest events at the Library Fest website! Durham County Library, in partnership with Durham Library Foundation, is hosting the inaugural Library Fest Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April 10, 2021. Library Fest is a community celebration during National Library Week that showcases the library system’s exceptional services. With speaker events featuring The Vanishing Half author Brit Bennett, Transcendent Kingdom author Yaa Gyasi, “Purple STEAM” artist Volkan Alkanoglu, and YouTuber Daniel Davis (aka Tinkernut), to name a few, Library Fest will be a diverse representation of the many ways the library can be a part of our lives.   While Library Fest will feature a community reading program with opportunities for readers to engage with authors and illustrators, there’s more to it than just books! Some of the many services we will be highlighting include our new Business Services department, our makerspaces, our support for the arts and humanities, our North Carolina Collection, our new gaming and media center, our outreach to the Hispanic community, and much more. To learn more about the programs offered and registration, visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest.   Follow the Durham Tech Library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Special Library Fest Episode! An interview with artist and illustrator Gordon C. James about how he creates amazing art, how he feels about libraries, and the impact of art in society.    Gordon C. James read It Doesn't Take a Genius by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. And the authors and illustrators of Whose Toes Are Those? and Whose Knees Are These? are Sally Symes and Nick Sharratt, and Jabari Asim and LeUyen Pham.  Register for the Gordon C. James and Derrick Barnes event taking place Monday, April 5th, at 10 AM.  See all Library Fest events at the Library Fest website! Durham County Library, in partnership with Durham Library Foundation, is hosting the inaugural Library Fest Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April 10, 2021. Library Fest is a community celebration during National Library Week that showcases the library system’s exceptional services. With speaker events featuring The Vanishing Half author Brit Bennett, Transcendent Kingdom author Yaa Gyasi, “Purple STEAM” artist Volkan Alkanoglu, and YouTuber Daniel Davis (aka Tinkernut), to name a few, Library Fest will be a diverse representation of the many ways the library can be a part of our lives.   While Library Fest will feature a community reading program with opportunities for readers to engage with authors and illustrators, there’s more to it than just books! Some of the many services we will be highlighting include our new Business Services department, our makerspaces, our support for the arts and humanities, our North Carolina Collection, our new gaming and media center, our outreach to the Hispanic community, and much more. To learn more about the programs offered and registration, visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest.   Follow the Durham Tech Library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

In today's podcast Courtney (she/her) interviews Dana Cea (she/her or they/them) about her PhD research, how to find a therapist that fits you, how to support trans and nonbinary students, how to support students with disabilities, and so much more! Dana Cea will be a guest of SPECTRUM Club on April 6th, 2 PM for a virtual event. Click the link below to join!    SPECTRUM Club Event: April 6th, 2 PM, Dana Cea will speak with Spectrum Club students. This conversation will highlight disabilities plus supports and mental health awareness in the LGBTQ+ community.   Dana read Time Full of Trial: The Roanoke Island Freedman's Colony, 1862-1867 by Patricia C. Click which is available online as an ebook through NC LIVE. Find it in the library databases. Find out more about Spectrum Club at their website.   Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Courtney talks with Larry Chapman about how to get free financial coaching at Durham Tech! The conversation covers who is eligible, what to bring, what you could ask, and favorite financial advice. And, of course, books about money! Visit www.annualcreditreport.com to get your free credit reports every year.  Reach Larry Chapman at Chapmanl@durhamtech.edu, or on the Durham Tech website. Larry recently read The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, and also recommends I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi.  Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Get library updates and learn about the SPECTRUM Club at Durham Tech from Cooper Pollock. What it is, what they do, and why you should consider joining! Check out the SPECTRUM Club website! Download the Libby app to access the Dogwood Digital Library. Find our Black History Month recommendations on our blog.  Cooper read I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir by Chasten Buttigieg. Available through interlibrary loan.  Learn about Discord here. Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu.  Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Do you have questions about ACA 122? Why is it required and what do students get out of it? Listen to our interview with Deidre Yancey to find out the answers! Deidre read Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath. Request it through interlibrary loan. Download the Libby app to access the Dogwood Digital Library.Find out more about the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge on our blog. Watch some great documentaries for Black History Month!Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Want tips on how to make it to graduation from a fellow student? Meet Brian Moody, graduating Spring 2021, and learn his tips for getting to the finish line.  Brian read "Thank you, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. You can find it in our online databases and read it at home. Find Transparent Languages on our databases page. Visit the Center for Academic Excellence page for information on how to get tutoring online. Disability Services is now called Accessibility Services and you can find out more on their page. Don't hesitate to reach out to Counseling Services. They are there for you!Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Happy New Year! Have you met Durham Tech's newest President? JB Buxton took the reins in the summer of 2020, approximately 50 years ago, but because of Covid-19 not many people have been able to meet him in person.  Listen to this episode to get to know him a little better and to learn about Durham Tech's 2021 plans, what it was like to start his new job during a pandemic, and of course books. President Buxton read The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates and  Caste: The Origin of our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonCheck out our new databases on our Library Databases page. And, Download the Libby app to access the Dogwood Digital Library.Read Durham Tech's Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity Action Plan. Find out more about the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge on our blog. Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs.  

Curious about the Durham Tech Library's Read Great Things Challenge? Learn all about it from Meredith Lewis, our Orange County Campus Librarian! She talks about why she started it, what it is, and why community and reading work great together.Meredith is reading Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth. Find out more about the 2020 Read Great Things Challenge and the Above Average Reading Challenge on our blog. Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Have you heard of the Campus Harvest Food Pantry? Let Jessica Dormady tell you all about it on Out Loud in the Library, a Durham Tech Library podcast!Jessica read Thank You For Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America by Erin Geiger Smith. Find out more about the 2020 Read Great Things Challenge and the Above Average Reading Challenge on our blog. Know about a free freezer? Email Jessica Dormady. Interested in donating to support the food pantry? Select Food Pantry from the drop down menu when you donate.Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Interview with Charmaine Grafton, SGA President, about the Student Government Association at Durham Tech. Follow the SGA on Instagram,Twitter, and Facebook.Learn more about the Read Great Things Challenge and fill out your entry form!Join the SGA in their next Let's Talk About it session on November 18th. The topic will be gender as a spectrum. Registration is required to get the link, but the event is free.To request a copy of The Richest Man in Babylon fill out the interlibrary loan form on the Durham Tech Library website.Check out the library blog for Crafternoon updates! Follow us on facebook and instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Courtney talks to Angela Davis from the Office of Institutional Equity and Inclusion about Durham Tech's Action Plan. Find your polling place here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/PPLkup/Angela has been reading Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary Frances Winters. The Durham Tech Library will be purchasing a copy ASAP because it sounds like a fantastic and important book. Follow the library on Facebook and Instagram. Contact me, Courtney Bippley, at bippleyc@durhamtech.edu. Contact the Durham Tech Library at library@durhamtech.edu. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

In our first episode Erin Riney, Director of Student Engagement at Durham Tech, talks to us about early voting on Durham Tech's main campus. To find all early voting sites go here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/ossite/ To check your voter registration status go here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/Find a nonpartisan voter guide here: Vote411.orgFind more information about voting here: https://www.youcanvote.org/  Want to read the book Erin just read? The Durham Tech Library has it available at the Main Campus Library AND the Orange County Campus Library. Music for this podcast was made by Robert Isaacs. 

Welcome to Out Loud in the Library! A Durham Tech Library podcast. This is a brief introduction of what you'll be listening to when you hit that subscribe button.