The Wynn Collection at the Main Campus Library
The Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. Collection was established in July 2007 with a generous donation from Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. and contains materials that, as per Dr. Wynn's request, "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."
Dr. Wynn served as President of Durham Tech from 1980 to 2007, when he retired and was named President Emeritus. He has the distinction of being the first African American community college president in North Carolina and was, at the time, the youngest community college president ever in North Carolina. Dr. Wynn mentored many other college presidents and is remembered as a leader in state and regional community college and academic associations and a champion in recruiting and growing industry in our state. After his death in 2018, the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation awarded $50,000 to the Durham Technical Community College Foundation to create the Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr. Library Endowment and continue his collection and legacy.
The Wynn Collection resides on the Main Campus Library and is available for browsing in-person and digitally through our catalog.
Potential Reading Group Selections
Help us select upcoming reading group books for the 2025-2026 year.
You will need to log in to your Durham Tech Microsoft account to participate: Durham Tech Faculty/Staff Reading Group Selection Interest Survey
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Call Number: CT 275 .N5225 A3 2022 (Main Campus Library)ISBN: 9780812997927Publication Date: 2022
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Call Number: GN 755 .M295 2019 (Main Campus Library)ISBN: 9780393242140Publication Date: 2019
Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home by Call Number: E 99.C6 L3624 2024 (Main Campus Library)ISBN: 9781571313980Publication Date: 2024
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved by Call Number: RC 280 .C6 B68 2018 (Main and Orange County Campus Libraries)ISBN: 9780399592065Publication Date: 2018
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Call Number: BF 442 .M66 2024 (Orange County Campus Library)ISBN: 9781668007976Publication Date: 2024
Current and Upcoming Faculty and Staff Reading Circle and Book Club Selections
What we're reading for Spring 2025:
Want to join in this Spring?
Spring 2025 announcements (including scheduling meetings) will appear in the Monday Message and on the Library blog
Interested Durham Tech faculty and staff should keep an eye out for a scheduling survey in the Monday Message in early February-- we're going to try to schedule for the whole semester this time!
Meeting invites will be sent after interested faculty and staff who have completed the interest form or who reach out and request to be added.
Want to follow along but can't actively participate in the meeting? Contact librarian Meredith Lewis (lewisma at durham tech dot edu) to be added to the Teams groups.
Learn about this Collaborative Reading Initiative
An overarching goal of this project is to facilitate community-building through conversations, communication, and connection about topics important to our Durham Tech community and ourselves.
- Reading Together for Change: Announcing the Wynn Reading Circles Book Selections for 2022-2023 [Powerpoint]A copy of the Powerpoint presentation from Durham Tech's May 2022 Professional Development Day announcing the project and book titles.
Dogwood Digital Library (Ebooks & Audiobooks)
Read ebooks or audiobooks on your computer, or download the Libby App to read on your mobile device. When using the Libby App select Dogwood Digital Library, then select Durham Tech, and use your Durham Tech username and password as your library card to register.
- Dogwood Digital Library (OverDrive & Libby)
Borrow thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks and eAudiobooks. This is a collection of downloadable titles available through the Libby app. Dogwood Digital Library is a collaboration between many North Carolina community college libraries, including the Durham Tech Library.