Introducing Carla McMahan
Posted by The Skyliner on February 10th, 2010Rachel Rountree
Staff Writer
(Photo by Gabe Franco)
The Hester Memorial Library would like to welcome a new edition to its shelves. We are not referring to another encyclopedia or classic novel. Carla McMahan has taken the position of Library Director at North Greenville University. Before taking this position, McMahan was director of an Oconee library branch for three years, but has been a part of the NGU family since 1998.
Now that she is director of the Hester Memorial Library, she is in charge of overseeing the library and all the aspects of what it does for students at NGU. McMahan even enabled NGU to create a better library for its students. She helped save and collect valuable information and archives by preserving photographs from the 1940s, letters from the Civil War era, recordings and much more.
She started this project by training the staff in conservation. They purchased the proper tools and supplies for operations and created a new part-time position, Archives Manager. These efforts earned the staff and the school the Archives Award of Merit in 2003, back when North Greenville was not yet a university.
When McMahan is not managing and preserving the library, she likes to spend time with her family, especially her two children, ages 4 and 7.
When asked about her spare time, Mcmahan said, “I have two young children; I do not have spare time.” McMahan, however, still enjoys reading, especially mystery novels, and is currently working on reading the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
“Come in and enjoy the library,” McMahan encouraged students. “Take a survey and help us know what the students need. Opinions are very much wanted.”
Tags: Spring 2010, Vol. 110 - Issue 3