The Graham County
Public Library
Post Office Box 517
80 Knight Street
Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771
Voice (828) 479-8796 - Fax (828) 479-3156

Gary Pressley, Branch Librarian

The Graham County Public Library is supported by the county and the state and is one of four libraries in the Nantahala Regional Library system. A library card enables the patron to use any of the Nantahala Regional Library system branches. Additionally, books from other libraries across the state and nation can be requested and loaned out from the Graham County library. Applications for a library card is all that is required to obtain borrowing privileges. (Please bring some form of picture identification when applying for your card.)

Graham county's library is a modern, up-to-date building located on Knight Street next to the Community Services Building. It also serves as a student library for the Graham Center of the Tri-County Community College. Generally the hours of operation are as follows:

Library Hours:
Mon - Thurs		9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday		Closed*
Saturday		Closed*
Sunday		Closed

* Due to State of North Carolina budget cuts.

A children's story hour is held in the Meeting Room from 10:30-11:00 on Thursdays. The Library is closed on Sundays.

The library's collection has a large number of children's books for all ages, adult and young adult fiction of all types, large print books, biographies, and a substantial reference section. Current bestsellers are kept on display. The library collection has more than 14,000 hardback books, 2,000 paperback books, 500 audio cassettes, and 600 videos lining its shelves. It subscribes to 40 magazines and receives daily copies of USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the Asheville Citizen-Times and The Graham Star and The Graham Sentinel.

Friends of the Library is a group of residents who support the library by raising money and sponsoring special events. The library has a large conference room which is available to the public for community meetings. Also for public use are the photocopier and fax machine (fax number 828-479-3156). Fees for the fax are $1 per page for reception or for transmission. Reference service is available at all times and non-fiction books which are not available in the Nantahala Regional Library may be borrowed through a region-wide inter-library lending system. Four display cases in the main entry to the library showcase the crafts and collections of residents and nearby artists.

For those who find it difficult to get to the library building, the Nantahala Regional Library has a Bookmobile which stops at schools, nursing homes and other convenient locations throughout the county. It serves Graham County one week out of each month. Requests for this service or other information may be had be phoning the library at 828-479-8796.

Revised: August 28, 2009.