StoryfestSC 2013 is June 1st

The Letters About Literature program, sponsored by the South Carolina Center for the Book and the Library of Congress is a national reading and writing promotion contest.  To enter, readers write personal letters to an author, living or dead, from any genre, explaining how that author's work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.  Nine winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book in Columbia. The ceremony will be held on May 3 from 11:00 a.m. to noon in the Piedmont Room at 1500 Senate Street, Columbia.  Contest judges and South Carolina State Library staff members will be on hand to present awards.  Winners will read their letters and each will receive a monetary award from the South Carolina State Library Foundation ($100 for first place, $50 for second, and $25 for third). 

From shelving books to teaching computer classes, Richland Library relies on volunteers to maximize resources and better serve customers. On Wednesday, April 17, the library recognized the efforts of more than 100 volunteers at a special event at the Main Library, located at 1431 Assembly St.

Presentations included Adult, Teen and Junior Volunteer of the Year awards, inductions into the Richland Library Volunteer Hall of Fame and recognition of The President’s Volunteer Service Award recipients. 

R. Todd Stephens, director of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries, recently received the University of South Carolina’s F. William Summers Outstanding Alumni Award.  This recognition of merit is awarded by the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science. 

Stephens serves as a member of the School’s National Advisory Council and assisted in securing $1.5 million to endow the August Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy, the first academic chair at the University of South Carolina named for an African-American female.