Hunter Library is the university library at Western Carolina University and is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The library, which is a medium-sized facility, was built in 1953 on the former football field and was enlarged in 1967 and again in 1983. The building is named after Hiram Tyram Hunter who was President of the University from 1923 to 1947. Hunter Library contains about 700,000 volumes in print, 14,000 media items, and over 1 million items on microform. The library also provides access to tens of thousands of journals via electronic access. While Hunter Library offers a wide variety of resources, the persistent rumor that Hunter Library is the largest library in North Carolina west of Charlotte is patently untrue.