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History

On July 1, 1959, the Northwestern Regional Library was officially organized with three charter members: Alleghany County Library in Sparta, Stokes County Library in Danbury, and Surry County Library in Dobson (which also served as Regional Headquarters). Miss Kathleen Gilleland served as the first Regional Director.

Over the next several years other libraries in the four county area joined the regional system. In 1962, Yadkin County, with libraries in Yadkinville and Jonesville, became members. The Mount Airy Library joined in 1962 with the Elkin Library following two years later. In 1967, the King Library opened, followed by the Walnut Cove Library in 1970. Also in 1970, the Charles H. Stone Library in Pilot Mountain became a member. In 1986, the East Bend Library came on board followed by the Lowgap Library in 1990 and most recently, the Boonville Library in January, 1999.

In 1966 the Northwestern Regional Library contracted to move its headquarters to Elkin where it would share space in a proposed new facility. Construction was completed in 1969, with the formal dedication held on
April 20th, 1969.

In 1976, Miss Gilleland retired after serving as Regional Director for seventeen years. She was succeeded by Charles Pipes who headed the system until 1981. Edward Sheary was Regional Director from 1981 until July 1983, and Ms. Linda Wright held the position from 1983 through October 1986. Ms. Jessica Macphail joined the system from June 1987 through October 1992. Ms. Nora Warren became Director from 1993 through July 1997, and Michael Sawyer served as Director from 1998 until 2003. John Hedrick was named Director in February, 2004.

Name	County/City Represented	Name	County/City Represented
Steven Scott, Chairman	Surry (Mt. Airy)	Robert (Bob) Adams	Yadkin
Sandy Carter-Herndon, Vice-Chairman	Alleghany	Virginia Arrington Southern	Stokes (King)
Lisa Darisse Secretary	Surry (Pilot Mtn.)	Robert Allen	Stokes (Walnut Cove)
David Moxley	Yadkin	Jack Loudermilk	Yadkin
Jonathan Bledsoe	Surry (Dobson)	Kay Richey	Stokes (Danbury)
Pat Polley	Alleghany	Joan Sanders	Surry (Elkin)
Tom Smith	Alleghany

Northwestern Regional Library

111 N Front Street

Elkin, NC 28621

January 30, 2012
POSITION AVAILABLE

POSITION: Interlibrary Loan/Cataloger

PLACE: Northwestern Regional Library

HOURS: 40 hours per week

SALARY: $24,122, increased to $24,724 after completion of successful orientation

period. Full health insurance benefits are provided.

NATURE OF JOB: Performs specialized technical and/or clerical work under the

direction of the Branch Supervisor. Employee will perform interlibrary loan, and cataloging duties plus other assigned tasks as necessary. Excellent computer skills required. Must be a team player

with the ability to multi-task and accept various additional assignments.

WHEN OPEN: IMMEDIATELY

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: Associates Degree is the minimum education requirement; Bachelor’s
Degree highly desirable. Excellent knowledge of computer

fundamentals is required. 1 to 2 years of experience in technical

library work, or any equivalent combination of training and experience

which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities to do the

job is necessary.

CONTACT: For further information, please contact John Hedrick, Director, North-
western Regional Library, 835-4894; by e-mail at jhedrick@nwrl.org.
or Joan Sherif, Area Supervisor, jsherif@nwrl.org

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING

APPLICATIONS: February 10, 2012

APPLICATION FORMS

AVAILABLE: All libraries in the Northwestern Regional Library System, or online at

nwrl.org

Click Here For Application

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