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LIBRARIES

The southeast region is fortunate to have three public university libraries—Fayetteville State University, The University of North Carolina Pembroke, and The University of North Carolina Wilmington. Together these entities make up the UNC Coastal Consortium that allow for cooperative sharing of resources and makes approximately 1,647,275 volumes available for use. The purpose of the Coastal Consortium is to establish and maintain an efficient online, integrated library system for all members and to pursue other avenues of cooperation among the members for the purpose of enhancing library services provided for their users. In addition there are two private university libraries—Methodist University and St. Andrews Presbyterian College.

A computer link provides rapid access to a joint on-line catalog of the consortium’s resources. Other services include:

Inter-library Loans
Photocopying
Online Databases and Research Files
Microfilm/microfiche catalogs

In addition to the UNC Coastal Consortium, several southeastern counties have public library networks, multiple facilities, and a variety of services, bringing total number of volumes in the region to approximately 4,102,108.

Libraries/Volumes in the Southeastern Region

County	Library	Website	Number of Volumes
Bladen	Bladen County Library System	www.youseemore.com/bladen/default.asp	66,910
	Bladen Community College	www.bladen.cc.nc.us/lrc/librarypage.htm	20,000+
Brunswick	Brunswick County Library System	www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-displaylibrary.pl?RC=11075	100,000
	Brunswick Community College	www.brunswick.cc.nc.us/STUDENTSERVICES/Stud ent%20Services_Learning%20Resource%20Center.htm	20,000
Columbus	Columbus County Library System	www.columbusco.org/dotnetnuke_2/library/LibraryH ome/tabid/404/default/aspx	115,000
	Southeastern Community College	www.sccnc.edu/library.htm	65,000+
Cumberland	Fayetteville State University, Chestnutt Library	www.library.uncfsu.edu	303,934
	Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center	www.cumberland.lib.nc.us	514,573
	Fayetteville Technical Community College, Paul H. Thompson Library	www.faytechcc.edu/library	67,827
	Methodist University, Davis Memorial Library	www.methodist.edu/library	98,000
	Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base and Womack Army Medical Center Libraries, John L. Throckmorton Library	www.fortbraggmwr.com/education/library/library.htm	110,000
Hoke	Hoke County Public Library	www.hokecounty.org/library	46,214
New Hanover	New Hanover County Public Library System	www.co.new-hanover.nc.us/lib	417,457
	Cape Fear Community College	www.cfcc.edu/lrc	50,150
	UNC Wilmington, Randall Library	http://library.uncw.edu	1,008,165
Pender	Pender County Libraries	http://tlc.library.net/pender	190,000
Richmond	Sandhills Regional Libraries (including Thomas Leath Memorial Library, Hamlet Public Library and Kemp Memorial Library	www.srls.libraries.com	77,514
	Richmond Community College	www.richmondcc.edu/paghtm/rc_library-index.htm	27,000+
Robeson	Robeson County Public Libraries	www.robesoncountylibrary.com	133,811
	Robeson Community College	www.robeson.cc.nc.us/student%20resources/library.htm	42,000
	UNC Pembroke, Mary Livermore Library	www.uncp.edu/library	335,176
Sampson	Sampson County Libraries	www.sampsonnc.com/publibsystem.asp	89,427
	Sampson Community College	www.sampson.cc.nc.us/libraryhome.asp	29,650
Scotland	Scotland County Memorial Libraries	www.scotlandcolibrary.com	63,000
	St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College, DeTamble Library	www.sapc.edu/detamble	111,300

Source: Unesco Libraries Portal (www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/libraries), (http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us) ALA Directory, and telephone survey of individual libraries, Regional Center for Economic, Community and Professional Development at UNC-Pembroke, February 2008.