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Division of Academic and Student Affairs
African American Cultural Center

Library

“It is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot”
– Sankofa

The AACC Library will be closed until July 7, 2025 due to construction

Please return books to any other NC State Library. Books requested during the closure will be processed when the library reopens.

The African American Cultural Center Library houses a collection of educational and leisure reading about Africans, African Americans and other members of the African Diaspora. The collection supports all students at NC State University with special emphasis on students, faculty, and staff researching and/or connected to Africana Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies and the Interdisciplinary Studies Course (IDS). The African American Cultural Center Library is an affiliate of the NC State University Libraries.

All items are available for pick-up at the main library by request, with an expected delivery time of 4 to 7 business days. Thank you for your patience and we hope to see you soon!

Hours of Operation: Summer Sessions

Monday – Thursday:

8am – 12pm, 1pm – 5pm

Closed on Fridays

Services

The Library has wireless access, offering an NC State University network for faculty, staff, and students, as well as a guest network for visitors.

Using your personal computer, you can access library services offered through the NC State University Libraries:

  • Access to the collections through the library’s search interface
  • Combined access to the library catalogs of NC State, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University through the Library Catalog (choose Triangle research libraries)
  • AskUs service, with staff available 24 hours to provide help IM, text message, email, or phone
  • Access to digitized images and texts from the Special Collections Research Center with historical information about NC State
  • Course-related services, including Course Tools and Course Reserves
  • Interlibrary Services, for requesting books or articles not available at NC State

Borrowing

All library materials may be checked out of the AACC Library by NC State students, faculty, and staff only.  Books can be checked out for 30 days.

Location

Witherspoon Student Center, 2nd Floor, through the AACC Art Gallery Room 218

If you would like to hold an event in the African American Cultural Center Library, Please email the librarian and library coordinator, Wynter Douglas, at: wldoulga@ncsu.edu

Library Acquisitions

Do you have an item you would like to suggest for the library? Please use the submission form below.

Suggest an item

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