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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The South Carolina State Library added a self-paced course for library staff on Niche Academy called,

The Young Minds Dreaming poetry contest debuted in 2017 as a companion celebration of poetry to the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture sponsored by the Association for Library Services to Children and awarded to the South Carolina State Library.