North Carolina Libraries

North Carolina Libraries is the official publication of the North Carolina Library Association

Information For Authors

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Past Editors of North Carolina Libraries

• Feb. 1942: John J. Lund, Sidney Holmes
• Apr. – Sept. 1942: Sarah Bowling, Mary D. Grant, Sidney Homes
• Nov. 1942 – Jan. 1943: Hallie Sykes Bacelli, Pattie Bartee, Louise Justice Sink
• Mar. – Sept. 1943: Hallie Sykes Bacelli, Louella S. Posey, Louise Justice Sink
• Dec. 1943 – Dec. 1944:
  • Ernestine Grafton, Editor-of-Chief
  • Mary Lindsay Thorton, College Library Editor
  • Sidney Holmes, School of Editor
• Feb. 1945 – May 1946:
  • Mary Lindsay Thornton, College Library Editor
  • Sidney Holmes, School Library Editor
  • Margaret Allman, Public Library Editor
• Sept. 1946 – Mar. 1947: Harlan C. Brown, Nancy Burge
• June/Sept. 1947 – Mar. 1949: Wendell W. Smiley
• June 1949 – May 1951: Charles R. Brockmann
• Oct. 1951 – May 1953: Hallie Sykes Bacelli
• Oct. 1953 – Oct. 1957: Elaine von Oesen
• Feb. 1958 – Fall 1959: William S. Powell
• Winter 1960- Fall 1963: Charles M. Adams
• Winter 1964 – Fall 1965: Adriana P. Orr
• Winter 1966 – Fall 1968: Alva W. Stewart
• Winter 1969 – Fall 1971: Mel Busbin
• Winter 1972 – Winter 1979:
  • Herbert Poole
  • David Jensen, Acting Director (Winter 1973 – Spring 1974)
  • Jonathan A. Lindsey
• Fall 1983 – Summer 1985: Robert Burgin
• Fall 1985: Patsy J. Hansel
• Winter 1985 – 2001: Frances Bryant Bradburn
• 2001 – 2005: Plummer Alston “Al” Jones, Jr.
• 2005 - 2022: Ralph Scott
• Current: Joseph Thomas