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The people of Panama City Beach were requesting their own library. At first, the Northwest Regional Library System sent their bookmobile to the Beach and staffed it with a volunteer. Each day, an employee of the library would meet the staff member to assist in providing library service to the community. The Bookmobile service began in 1981.
Nantahala Regional Library is the oldest regional library in North Carolina and one of the first regional libraries formed in the United States. Its headquarters is in Murphy, North Carolina. The library has branches in Cherokee, Clay, and Graham counties. [1] The board of directors consists of nine members (three from each county) serving six ...
The State Library of North Carolina is an institution which serves North Carolina libraries, state government employees, genealogists, and the citizens of North Carolina. . The library is the main depository for North Carolina state publications [1] and serves the needs of North Carolina government agencies and state government employees by providing access to information resources that are ...
When the system desegregated in 1956, Westbrooks ran the acquisitions at the main branch before being promoted to Supervisor of Branches in 1957. [2] She was the first African American to work in the library system and the first to hold a supervisory position in a library in North Carolina. [2]
It was in 1966, that the library moved to its present location across the street from the Carnegie Library, which still houses the library today. In 1968, Pennington and Red Lake counties banded together to form the Northwest Regional Library system and established the Thief River Falls Public Library as its headquarters library. The regional ...
The library system and the region grew tremendously in this period. The new, architecturally modern Main Library expanded its services to include a Carolina Room for local history and genealogy. In 1956, the library stopped segregating its customers by race and opened its services to all on an equal basis. [5]
It was headquartered in Durham, North Carolina at the North Carolina College for Negroes beginning in 1942. [1]: 28 It was founded on April 20–21, 1934, at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Mollie Huston Lee and A. P. Marshall two of the original founders.
Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] [2] Location Notes 1: Andrews Andrews: Apr 13, 1914: $5,000 Demolished in 1979 to make room for a new library. 2: Charlotte Charlotte: Mar 12, 1901: $40,000 310 N. Tryon St. Demolished in 1954. New library building opened on the same site in 1956 and a third in 1989. 3: Durham Durham ...