WEBSITE SERVICES:
Nantahala
Regional Library System
Graham County Public Library is part of the Nantahala Regional
Library System which includes four county libraries. On the website
you are able to search for books, CDs, videos and DVDs from all
branches. With your library card you can put a hold on an item,
request an item from another library, or renew a checked-out item.
On the “My Account” link, just use the eight digit number under the
bar code on your library card as your Patron/ID number and the last
four digits of your phone number as your PIN. You may change your
PIN later. A new feature is the ability to download audio books to
either an iPod or a MP3 player. Check out the site.
Thank you for becoming a patron of your local
library.
LIBRARIAN:
Gary Pressley
gpressley.gcpl@gmail.com
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The Graham
County Public Library is supported by the county
and the state and is one of four libraries in the
Nantahala
Regional Library system. A library card enables
the patron to use any of the Nantahala Regional
Library system branches. Additionally, books from
other libraries across the state and nation can be
requested and loaned out from the Graham County
library. Applications for a library card is all that
is required to obtain borrowing privileges. (Please
bring some form of picture identification when
applying for your card.)
The library's
collection has a large number of children's books for
all ages, adult and young adult fiction of all types,
large print books, biographies, and a substantial
reference section. Current bestsellers are kept on
display. The library collection has more than 14,000
hardback books, 2,000 paperback books, 500 audio
cassettes, and 600 videos lining its shelves. It
subscribes to 40 magazines and receives daily copies
of USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the Asheville
Citizen-Times and The Graham Star and The Graham
Sentinel.
Friends
of the Library is a group of residents who support
the library by raising money and sponsoring special
events. The library has a large conference room which
is available to the public for community meetings.
Reference service is available at all times and
non-fiction books which are not available in the
Nantahala Regional Library may be borrowed through a
region-wide inter-library lending system. Four
display cases in the main entry to the library
showcase the crafts and collections of residents and
nearby artists.
For
those who find it difficult to get to the library
building, the Nantahala Regional Library has a
Bookmobile which stops at schools, nursing homes and
other convenient locations throughout the county. It
serves Graham County one week out of each month.
Requests for this service or other information may be
had be phoning the library at 828-479-8796.
