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• Caroliniana Announcements
  Description: Caroliniana Announcement mailing list is an announcement only list which announces the addition of recent materials about South Carolina to the South Carolina State Library's collection. State Library cardholders may borrow these materials directly from the Library. Other interested readers should request them on Interlibrary Loan through your local library.
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• CHILDLIB-L
  Description: CHILDLIB-L mailing list is an open, unmoderated forum where South Carolina public library staff working in children's services may ask questions and exchange ideas related to providing services to children, ages 0-12 and their parents and other caregivers. These topics may include, but are not limited to: services to various age groups, types of programming, suggestions for performers, outreach services, collection development, training, policies, staffing, and technology issues particular to children's services.
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• DISCUS-L
  Description: DISCUS-L is an open, unmoderated forum for communication among library and technology staff at SC schools, colleges and public libraries about DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. Appropriate topics for discussion include: database content, training strategies, curricular uses of databases, promotion and publicity ideas, etc. The DISCUS Office staff also posts announcements to the list on such topics as: new databases, content changes, training opportunities, major technical issues, and database usage tips.
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• Ecollect
  Description: Sponsored by the College of Charleston, this electronic discussion group is used as a way of sharing information regarding electronic product purchases throughout the state.
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• SCASL-LS
  Description: The South Carolina Association of School Librarians has a listserv to discuss school library trends and issues, share information about programs, ask questions and get answers, and point to state and national resources.
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• SCBKMOBILE
  Description: SCBKMOBILE is an open, unmoderated mailing list where the Bookmobile staff of South Carolina's public libraries may exchange ideas about issues and concerns related to public library bookmobiles in South Carolina.
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• SCGATES-L
  Description: SCGATES-L mailing list is an open, unmoderated forum where SC Public Library Gates Learning Foundation grant recipients may ask questions and exchange ideas related to the Gates initiative in South Carolina. These topics may include, but are not limited to: inquiring about a specific software application on the Gates model, testing out a new idea related to training with the Gates model, setting up public access screens, or a discussion of problems affecting Gates grant recipients in South Carolina.
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• SCGODORT
  Description: SCGODORT listserv is dedicated to promoting greater awareness of and enhanced access for South Carolinians to federal, state, and local government information in all formats. Subscription is open to all.
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• SCIWAY
  Description: SCIWAY listserv is an open, unmoderated forum where information users/customers can ask questions and tell information providers what they want--and where information providers ( such as government agencies, schools and colleges, and libraries and archives) can publicize new services and get quick feedback on the usefulness and usability of these services. It's also the quickest and easiest way for state citizens to give state government planners direct input on how South Carolina's Information Highway should be constructed--and on the state's recently funded NTIA Planning Grant.
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• SCLA-list
  Description: SCLA-list is the mailing list for members and friends of the South Carolina Library Association.
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• SCLIBN-L
  Description: SCLIBN-L is an unmoderated forum for the discussion of topics of interest to South Carolina library personnel. These topics might range from inquiring about a research source, to testing out a new idea, to a philosophical discussion of problems affecting the librarians in South Carolina.
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• SCPLIBPR
  Description: SCPLIBPR is an open, unmoderated mailing list where the Public Relations staff of South Carolina's public libraries may exchange ideas about issues and concerns related to public library PR in South Carolina.
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• SCPLSAT
  Description: SCPLSAT is an open, unmoderated mailing list where interested staff of South Carolina's public libraries with satellite downlinks may exchange ideas, staff development offerings, and voice issues and concerns related to satellite downlinks in SC public libraries.
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• SCTSERV-L
  Description: SCTSERV-L, an open, unmoderated electronic discussion list where South Carolina public library technical services staff members may ask questions and exchange ideas about issues related to public library technical services issues and concerns in South Carolina.
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• SMARTS-L
  Description: SMARTS-L supports the members of the System Managers Round Table of SCLA or others interested in library systems management.
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