COLUMBUS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Services

The Columbus County Library System serves the citizens of Columbus County, North Carolina with six locations, a bookmobile and outreach programs. The Main Library is located in Whiteville and contains the most comprehensive collections and services. It serves as a resource center for the bookmobile and all the branches. The five branches are located in Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Tabor City, and Riegelwood. The bookmobile serves as a mobile branch delivering library services to rural areas of the county. Circulation materials can be sent from one library to another using our courier service.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Columbus County Public Library System is to provide access to informational, educational, cultural, and recreational library materials and services in a variety of formats and technologies.

It is our goal to be responsive to the public library needs of the community, and uphold the public's freedom of access to information.

Morris Pridgen, Director

About the Library System

Columbus County Public Library
Carolyn T. High Memorial Library
407 North Powell Blvd
Whiteville, NC 28472
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(910) 642 3116 voice
(910) 642 3839 fax

Office Hours:
Mon - Thu 9:00 - 8:00
Fri             9:00 - 5:00
Sat          10:30 - 5:00
Sunday       Closed

Morris Pridgen
Director
mpridgen@columbusco.org
(910) 642 3116 voice
(910) 642 7271 fax

Library Links

State Library

NC LIVE

History

Public Library service began in Columbus County in 1921 when the city of Whiteville formed the Whiteville Library Association. Columbus County Library developed from bookmobile service which began in 1946. Whiteville City Library and Columbus County Library shared quarters until 1958 when the county built what is now the Senior Center. In 1966 Whiteville built what is now the Police Department, for their library. The two libraries merged in 1978 to become Columbus County Library System combining their operations in the Whiteville City building. In 1986, the County traded buildings with Production Credit Association/Federal Land Bank. This building was dedicated as a library in January 1987. A federal Library Services and Construction Act Grant paid for fifty percent of the building costs.