The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has produced a series of Podcasts featuring five State Librarians on the subject “Libraries to the Rescue,” describing the roles that libraries are playing in supporting their communities in these tough economic times. North Carolina’s State Librarian Mary Boone was recently featured in the series.
Libraries to the [...]
RALEIGH – Visitors to the Cleveland County Memorial Library in Shelby can see North Carolina as they’ve never seen it before in the “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit. It includes 50 images from the state’s mountains to the coast that show different events and time periods. The Friends of the Library will host [...]
RALEIGH — In this world of information overload, locating information online can be a challenge and may require traveling from one institution to another to gather a complete view of a topic. The State Library of North Carolina’s NC MOSAIC (Managing, Organizing, and Strengthening Access to Institutional Collections) brings together in one online location [...]
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NCLBPH) will kick off a new summer reading program at an event featuring an Instrument Petting Zoo of strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion from the North Carolina Symphony on June 25, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Governor Morehead School for the [...]
RALEIGH — The Personal Economic Aid Resource Links in North Carolina (PEARLNC) Web site was created by the State Library of North Carolina to help residents locate government services related to personal finance, health and medical, nutrition, careers, transportation, and housing assistance.
“As our state struggles with an economic crisis not seen since the Great Depression, [...]
RALEIGH – The word eugenics is from the Greek for “well born” but became synonymous with a dark chapter in North Carolina and American history. From 1933 through 1973, the state of North Carolina mandated sterilizations of more than 7,600 people, by choice or coercion. On Monday, June 22, at 5 p.m., a [...]
RALEIGH – Many vacationers look forward to tossing a couple of books in the beach bag and relaxing with a good read. A sample survey of mostly N.C. Department of Cultural Resources employees yielded a varied reading list. Works of fiction, faith, history, or self-help were enthusiastically recommended. In a department that [...]
RALEIGH – Visitors to the Polk County Public Library in Columbus will get a fresh look at North Carolina through the “Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit” which will be on display June 22 through July 13. The exhibit contains 50 images from the mountains to the coast that show different time periods. Organized by [...]
RALEIGH – Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle announced today that the State Library Division of the Department of Cultural Resources is awarding $4.7 million in federally funded grants for 185 local and statewide library projects for community outreach, library book collections, technology improvements and digitization of materials.
“As North Carolinians turn to their [...]
RALEIGH – Visitors to Shepard Pruden Memorial Library in Edenton can see North Carolina as they’ve never seen it before in the “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit. It includes 50 images from the state’s mountains to the coast that show different events and time periods. The Friends of the Library will host an [...]