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Written by Elaine Sandberg, Information Services
New documents crossing my way today were many routine items:  newsletters, annual handbooks, the December issue of The State Register.  All valuable items to a permanent record of our state’s history.  However, none out of the ordinary.  Until I noticed “Afghanistan” in an article on the back of the South Carolina Market Bulletin for January 5, 2012.  That country name—so far away from our South Carolina farms—didn’t seem to fit with a weekly newspaper that regularly offers tractors for sale!  The article turned out to be one from Commissioner Hugh E. Weathers and reports on a project to send a team of soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard to Afghanistan for a full year to promote sustainable farming practices there.

The State Library is pleased to announce free classes that are open to state employees, library staff, and to the public. 

Finding a Funder for Your Nonprofit Organization (October 18) will help individuals locate information on grants available from private foundations and corporations using the State Library’s electronic and print resources. 

Getting Connected with Government Information (November 1) is designed to help citizens take advantage of state and federal legislative websites to keep up with the current sessions.  It will also include a review of websites and print resources for tracking bills and regulations, contacting legislators, and searching databases of legislative materials. County and city administrative websites will also be reviewed.

Do you work with Census data? Do your job skills include locating accurate demographic data online or working with population facts and figures?  If so, the South Carolina State Library is pleased to invite you to attend Census 2010 and American Factfinder Workshop for Information Seekers.

This free workshop, which is open to the public, will include demonstrations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s websites for Census 2010 and the new American FactFinder.  The workshop presenter, Kelly Karres, is a representative from the Charlotte office of the U.S. Census Bureau and will demonstrate how to locate new and important census information.