SC Public Library News

The Anderson County Library System hosted its 2nd Annual Electric City ComiCon on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Main Library in downtown Anderson.

Nicolle Davies, a nationally recognized library leader who was named Library Journal magazine’s 2016 Librarian of the Year, will be Charleston County Public Library’s new executive director, the library’s Board of Trustees announced today.

New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novels, A Land More Kind Than Home and This Dark Road to Mercy at the Lexington Main Library on June 9, 2016, at 6:30.  For more information please contact Matt Steinmetz at 803.785.2637 or MSteinmetz@lex.lib.sc.us.

Mark your calendars! Friday, June 3, 2016 SC Scout will visit two Beaufort County Libraries to talk with children about being storm ready. SC Scout, the South Carolina Department of Insurance weather sentry, will offer a Storytime Blitz for children at the Beaufort County Downtown Library located at 311 Scott Street, Beaufort SC 29902 and also at the St.

An iconic visual document of a pivotal moment in American history has a new home in downtown Spartanburg.

Meet this year’s celebrated authors at this daylong event at the Greenville County Public Library on Saturday, May 14, celebrating Southern fiction. Authors’ books will be available for purchase. This program is generously underwritten by the Friends of the Greenville County Library System.

Join the Richland Library for an evening with bestselling and award-winning playwright, poet, and novelist Pearl Cleage as she discusses her newest book, Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs. When: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 12, 2016. Where: SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street.

The Calhoun County Library will be hosting a special “Hive Warming Party” in celebration of housing the 189th installed bee hive given by The Bee Cause Project.

As part of National Library Week the Laurens County Public Library System will celebrate 75 years of Bookmobile/Outreach services on Friday, April 15, 2016, from 3-5 PM at the Laurens County library.  The public is invited to attend.

Last October our state experienced record amounts of rainfall and widespread flooding. While our local rivers provide us with vast recreational and economic opportunities, it is important to understand their natural history.