Focus Magazine
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Issues older than 2000 are part of the Libraries Publications held by the University Archives. They can be accessed in the Special Collections Research Center.
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Esports Comes to NC State
Animal Rights Collections | Donors Support Student Scholarships | Dare and Do!
Vol. 35, No. 2, Spring 2024
View digital versionThe Libraries, now playing on ESPN
Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2023
The vMLK Project
The Libraries helps digital scholars expand Dr. King’s legacy and message
Vol. 34, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2021-22
View digital versionThe New Hill Library
Pentair Fellows 2 | Libraries coronavirus response | Personal Librarian Program
Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2021
View digital versionMargaret Atwood visits NC State
Pentair Fellows | The Animal Rights Archive | Open Educational Resources
Vol. 33, No. 3, Winter 2019–2020
View digital versionVisualization with a Conscience
The Immersive Scholar program’s first resident artists visualize data through activist lenses
Vol. 33, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2018
View digital versionCelebrating Susan
Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Retires after 30 years
Vol. 32, No. 4, Summer/Fall 2017
View digital versionAlexander Isley
Renowned Designer Gives His Archive to the Libraries
Vol. 32, No. 3, Spring 2017
View digital versionPhil Freelon
Famed Architect's Archives Come to the Libraries
Vol. 32, No. 2, Winter 2016-17
View digital versionThink & Do the Extraordinary
NC State’s Capital Campaign and the NCSU Libraries
Vol. 32, No. 1, Fall 2016
View digital versionA visit to the White House
The NCSU Libraries wins an IMLS National Medal
Vol. 31, No. 4, Summer 2016
View digital versionThink. Do. Make.
New Makerspace Opens at The D. H. Hill Library
Vol. 31, No. 3, Fall/Winter 2015-2016
View digital versionThe Next Step for Us...
Donors fulfill a lifelong love of Libraries.
Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2015
View digital versionMeet Will Quick
New faces, new technologies, and new hands-on opportunities provide the driving force for turning thought into action at the NCSU Libraries.
Vol. 31, No. 1, Winter 2014-15
View digital versionAward Winning Libraries
The NCSU Libraries continues to set an award-winning pace of innovation and transformation that has become a model for other research libraries around the world.
Vol. 30, No. 4, Summer 2014
View digital versionThe Spirit of Collaboration
The James B. Hunt Jr. Library has become a source of inspiration toward cross-disciplinary collaboration for researchers, students, and faculty. And the results have been nothing short of awesome.
Vol. 30, No. 3, Winter 2013-2014
View digital versionThe Hunt Library Opens
The James B. Hunt Jr. Library opened its doors to acclaim ranging from "the academic library with the widest array of technologies in the country" to "the most awesome library in the world."
Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 2013
View digital versionEverything You Can Imagine - The Hunt Library Takes Shape
The Hunt Library has been conceived as nothing less than the best learning and collaborative space in the country. As construction nears completion, the space and technology in this signature building begin to take shape...
Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2012
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New Library Personnel
Vol. 22, No. 3.2, Spring 2002 Part II, October-November 2001
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New Library Personnel
Vol. 22, No. 3.2, Spring 2002 Part II, January-February 2002
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