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The South Carolina State Library, Talking Book Services, invites you to participate in an online book discussion Tuesday November 27th, 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. We will be discussing "Three weeks with my brother" by Nicholas Sparks, available on cassette RC 58824.
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Reference librarians at the South Carolina State Library can now answer questions using live chat software. Try it out! Just click on the Ask a Librarian link wherever you see it on our web site to connect to a librarian.
Free Knowledge for Free Minds - Jimmy Wales will be appearing at the Twichell Auditorium at Converse College, Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 7:00 p.m. Join Jimmy Wales as he discusses the world of peer-reviewed, open content internet media and the founding of Wikipedia. Admission is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Friends of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries and Converse College. More Information
Here’s a reminder that the Libri Foundation donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries through a recurring grant process. Several libraries in South Carolina have won these grants.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, produced its last analog cassette book machine on February 17, 2007, signaling the advent of Digital Talking Books.
During a ceremony held on March 1 in Blue Earth, Minnesota, Telex Communications, Inc. presented NLS with the milestone player -- the 1,248,113th manufactured by the company since 1983.
The Internal Revenue Service Alternative Media Center has prepared hundreds of its most popular tax forms and publications using full text descriptions where needed and is making these files available for download through www.IRS.gov .
After an extensive executive search, the South Carolina State Library Board of Directors had only to look slightly north for its top candidate. David S. Goble, currently of Charlotte but with Palmetto State ties, has been named South Carolina State Librarian. He will begin his tenure with the SCSL on March 19, 2007.
Governor Mark Sanford has announced the appointment of Camden native Dan B. Mackey to the Board of Directors of the South Carolina State Library. He replaces Margaret Bundy of Lancaster, whose term expired June 30, 2006.
Sunday, February 25th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sponsored by the South Carolina Center for the Book, the SC Book Festival, and Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd. South Carolina State Museum, lower atrium, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
Eat a delicious brunch with a famous author! Author guests include Jack Bass, James O. Born, Sonny Brewer, C. Michael Curtis, Elizabeth Cox, Nathalie Dupree, Karin Gillespie, Michele Martinez, Clarence Nero, Margot Theis Raven, George Singleton, Mark Turcotte, and Marjory Wentworth. Tickets are $25.
The York County Library Board of Trustees has announced that Colleen Carney has been hired as the new Director for the York County Library system to replace David Lyon, who is retiring. She begins her new position on March 5.
Director of the Berkeley County Library in Moncks Corner, SC since 1996, Ms. Carney also serves as president of the Association of Public Library Administrators in South Carolina (APLA) and has 32 years of experience in the library field.
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