The South Carolina Center for the Book is proud to announce that Jordan Slisher of Westminster, SC has been named a national winner in Letters About Literature.

Letters About Literature is a national competition of the Library of Congress in partnership with Target Stores and the state affiliate Centers for the Book. Students in grades 4 through 12 write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how that author’s work changed the students’ way of thinking about the world or about themselves.

Librarians from South Carolina urged Capitol Hill legislators to support libraries as part of National Library Legislative Day held May 2 and 3 in Washington, D.C.

State librarians from twelve southeastern states have formed the Southern Council of State Library Agencies, Inc.

The purposes of the Southern Council are:

Mark your Calendars! Talking book, large print, and Braille readers, ages pre-school through teen are invited to register for the Talking Book Services' Summer Reading Program. 

The theme for children ages pre-school through 12 is “Get a Clue @ Your Library.” Pre-schoolers may use “Read-to-Me-Buddies” such as Moms, Dads, siblings, or friends.  

Produced "live on tape" and exclusively on-location throughout the world, Visions is an extraordinary peek at our planet as seen through the eyes of its world class guides and biographers. Visions host and fellow traveler is series producer/creator, Herb Malsman.

The South Carolina State Library is happy to announce the winners of the 1st Annual National Library Week Day in the Life of South Carolina Libraries photo contest.  During the days of April 16-18, South Carolina Library Staff members submitted a wide range of photographs of librarians working, meeting, teaching, and doing all that librarians do in a given day.

Are you lost in the labyrinth of government and legal websites? Frustrated by long, fruitless searches for legal forms and government documents? Join the Public Library Section for a workshop that will teach you how to find the information that you and your patrons are looking for.

South Carolina State Library will be closed from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 27 for staff development and training.

The goal of LIBRIS in conducting this conference is to provide an affordable one-day forum for library personnel.  This forum will allow attendees to share ideas that will better enable them to carry out the vision and mission of their libraries throughout South Carolina.

Founded seven years ago as a staff development day, the conference has since grown into a one-day conference with participation from the sixteen technical colleges, four year colleges, the State library, several private colleges, public libraries and PASCAL.