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The Susan Nutter Papers (1966-2019) contain correspondence, awards and certificates, meeting minutes, personal files, and photos. The majority of the collection contains files from Nutter’s career at MIT. Susan Nutter (1944-2019) was the former Vice Provost and Director of the NC State University Libraries. She served as director at NC State from 1987-2017.
Susan Nutter (1944-2019) was the former Vice Provost and Director of the NC State University Libraries. She worked at NC State for 30 years and retired in 2017. Nutter was from Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Colby College in 1966 with a B.A. in American Literature and a MSLS from Simmons College in 1968. She began her professional career at MIT where she served as an Associate Director of Barker Engineering Library and was a Council on Library Resources Academic Library Management Intern at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her husband, Joe Anderson Hewitt, was the former Vice Provost and University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her early work on the pioneering Project Intrex at MIT inspired her vision for libraries and scholarships in the digital age.
Nutter came to NC State with fresh and innovative ideas to bring NC State Libraries into the digital age. She set out to build an online public access catalog and it was established in 1990. She was also known for her leadership and passion and for leading the development of the award winning James B. Hunt Jr. Library which opened in 2013. The Hunt Library has been recognized nationally with some of the most prestigious awards for libraries and architecture including the 2014 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Educational Facility Design award, the 2013 AIA/ALA Library Buildings Award, and the 2014 Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries.
She received numerous accolades during her career including the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (1999), the 2005 Library Journal “Librarian of the Year”, and the 2016 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. She was known as an influential leader in the library field. Under her leadership, NC State libraries became the first university library to win the ACRL "Excellence in Academic Libraries Award” in 2000. In 2016, Nutter accepted the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service on the Libraries’ behalf from First Lady Michelle Obama in a White House ceremony.
The Susan Nutter Papers (1966-2019) contain correspondence, awards and certificates, meeting minutes, personal files, and photos. The majority of the collection contains files from Nutter’s career at MIT.
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The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.
[Identification of item], Susan Nutter Papers, MC 00644, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Related Materials
Transferred from Deborah Petermann, 2018 September (Accession 2018.0279); Gift of Debbie Nutter, 2019 April (Accession 2019.0129).
Processed by: Katelyn Cuomo, 2024 May; Finding aid written by: Katelyn Cuomo, 2024 May
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Susan Nutter Papers, MC 00644, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.