SC Libraries

The South Carolina State Library recently participated in EdVenture's 2012 Countdown to Kindergarten Celebration. It is estimated that 2,600 people attend this year's event!

The State Library is pleased to announce that Denise Lyons, Director of Library Development, has been selected to attend the 2012 Leadership Columbia Class.

Services to children and teens are at the core of today's public libraries.  Youth services librarians and staff have an opportunity to share stories of success and challenge on this website in the Youth Services Discussion Forum, available now in SC Library Community section of this site. 

The SC Library Community Center has three new interest groups.

Grant Opportunity for Rural Libraries from the Libri Foundation.

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States.  Application deadlines for 2007 are:  (postmarked by) January 15th, April 15th, and August 15th.    

The South Carolina State Library will kick off a series of hands-on technology workshops for public library employees in November with sessions on blogging.

We’ll share great library programs, highlight what we learn from leaders in the field, and hopef

Tech Express, South Carolina’s public library Technology Institute arrives September 13, 2006 at the Columbia Conference Center.   We encourage you to begin thinking about emerging technologies and the issues before the event, by reading the web logs (blogs) of our three dynamite speakers:

The South Carolina State Library's OPAL training sessions can now be heard on the library’s Web site.

Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) And All Library Users is an international collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide Web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members.

Researchers at the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently made a presentation to the Congressional House Telecommunications Committee about teens and the internet.