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After four months of construction, the renovation of Hunter Library’s Special Collections reading room has been completed. In addition to new carpet, a new ceiling, and new windows, the reading room now features an expanded atrium for exhibits. An open house and Friends of the Library program are being planned… Read more »
The newest digital collection focuses on World War II materials from Hunter Library’s Special Collections department. Current highlights of the collection come from the Carr and Ruth Hooper collection and the Venoy and Elizabeth Reed collection. Carr Hooper was born in the Cowarts community of Jackson County, North Carolina and… Read more »
Hunter Library recently acquired Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software that can assist users with tasks such as email, web searching, editing documents, and much more. Since Dragon NaturallySpeaking is hands free and works with the user’s voice and a microphone, it can improve productivity or provide accessibility for users… Read more »
Hunter Library’s 3rd Long Night Against Procrastination (LNAP) event took place Tuesday, March 28, from 8pm to 1am, an hour later than the library’s usual closing time. Reference librarians and writing tutors were available during the event for drop-in student assistance. Participants enjoyed a variety of activities, including a therapy… Read more »
Emily Gray of Newport, N.C., and Whitney Holloway of McFarlan, N.C., were named Hunter Library’s outstanding student workers for the 2016-17 academic year and honored with commemorative posters displayed on the library’s first floor. Kristy Gaskell of Lenoir, N.C., was nominated by her supervisors for WCU’s 2016 Student Worker of the Year… Read more »
Scottie Kapel is Hunter Library’s new Electronic Resources Coordinator. She comes to WCU from Episcopal School of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, where she was a school librarian. She received her bachelor’s degree in English at the University of North Florida and her master’s degree in library and information science at… Read more »
Hunter Library would like to thank the following individuals for your support: Kay Wheeler Harry Alter Diane Candel Joye McGinnis Diana Kennedy Jeanne Chambers Tara Johnson Rebecca Manring Mark Stoffan Find out how you can become a Friend of Hunter Library at givelibrary.wcu.edu.
Each semester, Hunter Library honors its graduating student workers by adding a book of their choosing to the collection. Six student workers are graduating in May and at the end of summer session. Their selections are displayed on the library’s main floor in the leisure reading collection. Congratulations and thank you for your great… Read more »