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Durham Tech Library FAQs

Information concerning Durham Tech Library's procedures and services.

Collections Map for Main Campus

Library Collections Guide

Front Entrance Area
  • Circulation Desk - Library front desk, laptops, calculators, study rooms
  • Reserves - Available at the front desk
  • Tech Tools - Request at front desk with form submission
Computer Lab Area
  • Reference - Next to computer/printing lab
  • Foreign Languages - Spanish collection near computer lab
  • Special Collections - Phail Wynn Collection (social justice topics)
Staircase Area
  • New Books - Both sides of staircase, rotated every 3-4 months
Main Area
  • General Collection - Main borrowable books
  • Young Adult - Within general collection (PZ 8 section)
  • Audiovisuals - DVDs & Blu-rays next to main staircase
Specialty Areas
  • Graphic Novels - Small shelf in front of main staircase
  • Juvenile - Located in glassed-in study room
  • Legal - Near graphic novels
  • Archives - Request at front desk (librarian supervision required)
  • Display - Multiple locations, ask staff for specific items
  • Office Storage - Email library for specific requests
  • Archives - Request at front desk with librarian supervision

Collections, Donations, & Maintenance

Durham Tech Library Donations & Collection Management Guidelines

If you are interested in donating materials to the Durham Tech Library, please reach out to library staff first at library@durhamtech.edu. We will request information about the number of boxes and the content of your donation. You can also donate through the Durham Tech Foundation. (Choose "Other: Library" on the donation form.) We appreciate current fiction and non-fiction books in good condition and current working technology, but do not accept old textbooks or old technology.

Collection Maintenance:

In order to maintain a healthy and functional library collection, the Durham Tech Library regularly goes through a process called "weeding" or "deselection," where materials in the collection are assessed for continued relevance and benefit to the overall collection.

In cases where condition or currency is an issue, some items may be recycled. Other items may be donated to local nonprofits, put in local Little Free Libraries, or offered for free to the campus community (as in accordance with 1H SBCCC 400.2 Surplus and Irreparable Books and Book-Like Media)

Guidelines and Regulations: