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Research and technology help available at the library

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Student gets help at the circulation desk in the library.The Central Piedmont library is here to help with all kinds of support so you can be successful in your classes.

The library can help with research assistance, citations, and digital technology assistance, including Brightspace help. You can also email questions.

Check out the Library’s November newsletter

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What’s in Central Piedmont’s library’s newsletter this month?

  • celebrate National Native American Heritage Month
  • a listing of new books and streaming video that have arrived at the library
  • sign up for a tour of the new library at the Central Campus (Can’t make it in person? Check out our virtual tour online!)

Check out our newsletter and don’t forget to visit us at one of our campus locations (you can even reserve space to meet or study)!

Check out the library’s October newsletter

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What’s in Central Piedmont library’s October newsletter:Library Oct 2022 newsletter with archives as lead article

  • several informative upcoming events sponsored by the library
  • a celebration of National Archives Month with the Central Piedmont Archives
  • a listing of new titles that have arrived at the library
  • informative resources about the Gullah/Geeche people

Read the newsletter and don’t forget you can visit us at any of our campus locations (you can even reserve space to meet or study)!

Check out the Library’s Sept. newsletter

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Screen Capture of Library Sept. newsletter showing two articlesThings you can do with Central Piedmont library’s September newsletter:

  • learn a new language with our database of the month
  • find out how to print something in 3D at the new Makerspace on Central Campus
  • find out what new titles have arrived at the library
  • check out a really nice online exhibit from our college archives

Read the newsletter and don’t forget you can visit us at any of our campus locations (you can even reserve space to meet or study)!

“Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina” Traveling Exhibit Begins February 28

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Join Central Piedmont Libraries for, “Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina” Traveling Exhibit between February 28- May 6, 2022.

Created by the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission (AAHC), a division of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resource, this traveling exhibit features impactful stories from oral histories and showcases sites important to, and personal memories about, American travel during the “Jim Crow” era of legal segregation. “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” published between 1936 and 1966, was both a guide and a tool of resistance designed to confront the realities of racial discrimination in the United States and beyond. The book listed more than 300 North Carolina businesses—from restaurants and hotels, to tourist homes, nightclubs and beauty salons—in the three decades that is was published. The exhibit highlights a complex statewide network of business owners and Green Book sites that allowed African American communities to thrive, and that created “oasis spaces” for a variety of African-American travelers.

Library Host Sites:

  • Central Campus Library:  February 28-May 6, 2022
  • Cato Campus: February 28-March 11, 2022
  • Harper: March 14-March 25, 2022
  • Harris: March 28- April 8, 2022
  • Levine: April 11 -April 22
  • Merancas: April 25- May 6, 2022

Eight vibrant panels form the traveling exhibit, showcasing images of business owners, travelers, and historic and present-day images of North Carolina Green Book sites. The words of African-American travelers and descendants of Green Book site owners are featured prominently in the exhibit.

Central Piedmont Library to Host Variety of Sensoria Events

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Central Piedmont Library is sponsoring several events during this year’s Sensoria festival that we would love to have you attend!

Author’s Showcase – “Wicked Charlotte” featuring Stephanie Burt
Stephanie Burt will read from and discuss her book Wicked Charlotte, which delves into the sordid side of the Queen City’s history.
https://sensoria.cpcc.edu/event/715/

Film Screening – “Night School”
“Night School” is a documentary discussing the daily life and challenges faced by low income Americans in one American city.
https://sensoria.cpcc.edu/event/773/

Film Screening – “Science Fair”
“Science Fair” documents the attempt by nine high school students to come in first at the International Science and Engineering Fair.
https://sensoria.cpcc.edu/event/772/

Film Screening – “We Are Still Rising”
“We Are Still Rising” tells the history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States.
https://sensoria.cpcc.edu/event/698/