All of the librarians and staff here at the college’s Corriher-Linn-Black library have a single goal. We are here to equip you with the necessary intellectual tools to do your work and research. Should you need assistance, look us up. Send us an email or give us a call. We are here to lend a hand – to help you meet, as best as we can, your information needs.
The Corriher-Linn-Black Library serves as an active agent to enable its users to become self-directed, lifelong learners. The Library, as the information hub for the College, provides a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff on-site and electronic access to information resources in a variety of formats on campus and throughout the nation and the world. Library services support and enrich academic curricular programs and activities, while providing Catawba students with opportunities for individual growth and development within the context of a liberal education.
To acquire, organize, and maintain a collection in a variety of formats sufficient to support present and developing curricular programs and to reflect the educational mission of the college.
To provide effective on-site and electronic access information resources on campus and electronic access to external information resources in the Salisbury/Rowan Community.
To provide a qualified, services-oriented staff.
To provide instruction to empower the college community to use the campus, community, and external information resources to best advantage and to integrate emerging technologies into instruction.
To provide adequate facilities and equipment to maximize effective use of the library.
To provide library users with the opportunity to explore emerging information technologies.
The Corriher-Linn-Black Library first opened for use in November 1953 and is named in memory of Lotan Corriher, Joseph Linn, and Dr. Oscar Black. The library underwent renovations in 2007 and reopened in January 2008. It has been a selective depository for U.S. Government documents since 1925. In Spring 2013, the library began using OCLC's Worldshare Management system as its integrated library management system and OCLC's Worldcat Local as its catalog.
