Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College - Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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The Library In 1961 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute’s first library went into operation. It contained only 300 volumes and a few periodicals which had been adopted from the Asheville City Building and moved into a little room in A-Building. Lacking a full-time librarian, the staff developed their own cataloging system, shelved these treasured volumes, and made them available to the student body. The A-B Tech students and the high school students who attended the institute for trade credits utilized the library and in 1962 it expanded across the hall into A-l . It wasn’t until 1963 that the library received its first state support. With a hearty welcome, a representative from Raleigh came to the Institute and set up the Dewey Decimal cataloging system. The Institute received its first books for professional use both in technical and trade curriculums. For the first time, we were recognized and appreciation flowed freely. Books began coming out of a central processing system in Raleigh where they were already catalogued and ready to receive the school seal and be shelved. 12

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Administrative Secretaries JANE SMITH Administrative Assistant JANICE AWALD Switchboard Operato- HELEN BOWERS Bookstore Manager ROSANITA DAWKINS Secretary PIPPA DOLEN Secretary to Area Consultants PATRICIA FARR Bookkeeper JESSIE GOFORTH Bookkeeper BARBARA KITCHENS Secretary MOZELLE MOORE Secretary CHARLENE NOBLETT Secretary Switchboard Operator EMMA PATE JO ANN RAY CAROLYN SHOTWELL Secretary Receptionist Secretary Evening Secretary

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The library was prosperous and grew steadily, and when the plans for D-Building were drawn up, there was a home for this library. A wealth of six thousand volumes now occupies the library shelves and are utilized by the student body for study, research, and reading. The library at Asheville -Buncombe Tech does have a history! But it also has a future, for someday it will be a learning lab, a resource center, an audio visual room, and a study area. The past nine years are just a fragment of the strength and wealth that our library holds for those who choose to search into its rewarding depths. 13