NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 26 number 1 - Fall 2005

Friends of the Library--Anne Schnatter Named Interim Director

North Carolina State alumna Anne Achurch Schnatter joined the Friends of the Library (FOL) as its interim director on July 5, 2005. Schnatter directs a growing membership organization of more than 1,200 individuals and serves as executive secretary for the FOL Board of Directors. Schnatter manages and coordinates FOL activities, directs membership drives, participates in fund-raising, and contributes to public relations initiatives. She plans and organizes FOL events, such as the annual Spring Dinner and book sale, as well as a variety of special lectures and programs for FOL members, the university, and the community. She also directs day-to-day operations of the FOL office.

Schnatter is a former employee of the NCSU Libraries who served as administrative assistant in the Office of the Director and as the personnel office manager. She left the Libraries in 1989 to pursue a career in social work and held highly responsible positions in that field in New York and Wake County. In her work at the NCSU Libraries, she supervised office staff, wrote and edited library publications, provided administrative support to the director, and regularly communicated with donors, faculty, staff, and other library visitors. Schnatter earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from NCSU and a master’s in social work from UNC-Chapel Hill.