Deep Roots: Generational Connections to the Past
Join North Carolina Humanities and South Carolina Center for the Book on June 24, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., for Deep Roots: Generational Connections to the Past featuring authors Derek Berry, Len Lawson, Ayla Samli, Jaki Shelton Green, and Hannah VanderHart in conversation about how their roots as Carolinians have shaped their writing
May 2021 New State Documents
This month we feature the state government document, Loggerheadlines 2020, published by the SCDNR South Carolina Marine Turtle Conservation Program. In the introduction to this publication, Jeff Schwenter, Wildlife Biologist for the Program writes, "Humans, like sea turtles, are resilient creatures, and one year is but a blip in the sum of our existence.
New EDI Artwork
Original artwork from muralist Kanae Goji brings fresh energy to our Inclusive Services Center. We also add new books to our EDI collection each month. Learn ways to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion at your library. Please contact Caroline Smith, our Inclusive Services Consultant at jcsmith@statelibrary.sc.gov for more information.
Interlibrary Loan Services
If we don’t have it, let us get it for you. Did you know the SC State Library provides ILL (Interlibrary Loan) services to cardholders? If you are unable to locate the item you wish to borrow in the SCLENDS catalog, please complete the below form, and we will try to obtain it for you from another library.
Database Access for SCSL Cardholders
Did you know the South Carolina State Library provides cardholders access to over 100 research and reference databases? If you don't already have a library card with us, get one online at our website. Also visit our A-Z Databases online to see all of the amazing and free resources that we work hard to make available to cardholders and through Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library.
Kershaw County Library Uses LSTA Grant to Take Programming on the Road
An LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services helped us get programming rolling at the Kershaw County Library. Library staff desired a way to continue services even though the pandemic put in-person activities on hold. Grant money enabled them to equip a Dodge Caravan with a ramp and supplies for pop-up programming, providing more than 175 outreach events.
April 2021 New State Documents
This month we feature the state government document, Roadway design manual: connecting people and places, by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. This 798 page manual has been developed to provide uniform design practices for Department and consultant personnel preparing plans for projects on the state-owned system. A SCDOT task force under the direction of the Preconstruction Support Section developed the
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