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The North Carolina State University Libraries Annual Reports contain annual reports from the main library, its departments, and the university's branch libraries. There are some gaps in the files, and these records are unprocessed. The first library at North Carolina State University was established in 1889 in a room in Holladay Hall. In 1925 a new purpose-built library building was constructed (now Brooks Hall). In 1954 the current D.H. Hill Library building was opened (originally just the east wing of the current structure). The library space was expanded in 1971 by building an 11-story book tower and connecting the original space with the former student union (now the Erdahl-Cloyd or west wing). Further expansion and renovation occurred in the 1980s, culminating in 1990 with the opening of the second (or "south") bookstack tower. In 2013 the award-winning James B. Hunt Library opened on the university’s Centennial Campus. In 2016, NC State University Libraries won the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, bestowed by the Institute for Museum and Library Service. The medal was presented by First Lady Michelle Obama to Director Susan Nutter during a ceremony. Susan Nutter retired from the Libraries in 2017, after an esteemed 30 year tenure. Less

The records of the Assistant Director for Capital Management and External Relations contain floor plans of the DH Hill Library from the early 1990s, as well approximately 5900 electronic files dated 2004-2007. These include as-built plans of the DH Hill Library (East Wing Renovation, LRCDA, north stair and elevator, and air handler. These are also digital photographs of library renovations (LRDCA and East Wing) and library events (such as reopening of East Wing in 2007, Carousel of Knowledge in 2005). These records also contain the photographic files used in conjunction with library publications. The position of assistant director for capital management and external relations was formerly titled assistant director for finance and administration. Library publications, exhibits, and renovations fell under its purview. Less

This collection contains records relating to the activities of the North Carolina State University Libraries Development Office. Inclulded in the collection are Century II and other campaigns materials, development staff meetings and memos, and materials related to the Nathaniel Browder and George Matsumato Papers collections. As part of a public institution, the North Carolina State University Libraries must rely on private funding to ensure continuing enhancement of its collections, services, and facilities beyond the minimal level provided for by the state. The Development Office manages the NC State University Libraries' donor relations program and works to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors in support of identified needs of the Libraries. Less

The North Carolina State University, Libraries, External Relations Records contain video files of a Lewis Clarke Collection promotional video and guest books from various exhibits held at the Libraries. External Relations is the communications, promotions, media relations, exhibits, and publications unit of the Libraries. This unit is responsible for the writing, design, style and branding, social media, photography, and videography associated with Libraries' initiatives. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Libraries' involvement in the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) include committee/subcommittee information and meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, manuals and information on training procedures, newsletters, and other general information about the committees, subcommittees, activities, and services of TRLN. Materials range in date from 1974 to 1997. The consortium known today as the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) started with a collaboration betwen Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1930s to share the development of their respective collections. North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) began participating in these cooperative collection development programs in the 1950s. In 1977, this group became known as the Triangle University Library Cooperative Committee (TULCC), and adopted the curent name of TRLN in the fall of 1980. North Carolina Central University joined the consortia in 1995, with the current mission of the TRLN continuing to be the joint development of collections and resources as shared between the four member libraries. Representatives from the North Carolina State University libraries (as well as from the three other member libraries) participate in various committees, subcommittees, task forces, and project groups for the joint TRLN efforts. The stated mission of the consortium is to marshal the financial, human, and information resources of their research libraries through cooperative efforts in order to create a rich and unparalleled knowledge environment that furthers the universities’ teaching, research, learning, and service missions (https://trln.org/, accessed 08/14/2020). Less

Contained in this collection are digital files (audio) for sixteen interviews conducted by StoryCorps and about the NC State University Libraries. In January 2017, StoryCorps, a national oral history program, visited the NC State University Libraries to record stories from students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and collaborators from the NC State campus and across the country. The honor came as part of the Libraries winning the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). In the interviews, people discussed the roles that libraries, and the NC State University Libraries in particular, have played in their lives. Gautam Srikishan and Mia Warren of StoryCorps facilitated the interviews. Less