North Buncombe High

Achieving Excellence

Katie Darty
Library Media Coordinator


Contact Info: anna.darty@bcsemail.org

 Education:

• Bachelors in Literature from University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2008

• Masters in Library Science from East Carolina University, 2010

Clubs and Committees:

• Library Advisory Council

• Media and Technology Advisory Committee

• Safe Schools Committee 

About Mrs. Darty:

Katie Darty has been at North Buncombe High School since 2012 and is one of
two Library Media Coordinators. She is a self-proclaimed "Macgyver Librarian"
and  guest columnist for The School Library Journal with her bi-monthly feature 
titled "Library Hacks." 

Her previous articles, "Sprucing Up my School Library for Less than $600" and 
"More Thrifty Library Design Tips" were in the top ten articles for the
School Library Journal for 2016.

She lives in Asheville with her husband Joshua Darty (author of the book
 Asheville's Riverside Cemetery) and their daughter Charlie.