Just like the State Library, your local public library is virtually anywhere. Visit your local public library's website for a list of programs, resources, and services that you can access from home. From reference help to eBooks and online bookclubs, you will be amazed by the creative ways that library staff connects with patrons. Also, visit our Coronavirus and Public Libraries resource page.

South Carolina State Library cardholders now have access to Charleston Post and Courier Historical Newspapers. Users can access these historical collections through NewsBank, which is a news database resource that provides archives of media publications as reference materials to libraries. The collection runs from the earliest issues in the early 1800’s through 1995. Newspapers that make up the collection are the Carolina Gazette, Charleston Courier, Charleston News and Courier, Evening Post, and the Post and Courier.

As we anxiously await the re-opening of the State Library in Columbia, we want to make you aware of the multitude of remote resources that are available to all South Carolinians.

The State Library FY2019 Annual Report is available for review. The report highlights the our efforts to create programs and expand collections to serve South Carolina residents and support the development of local libraries.

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The South Carolina State Library has developed an online guide to the US Census. The guide contains information on the history and purpose of the US Census as well as the importance of completing the Census and how to avoid Census fraud. Learn more at http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/2020Census. 

A South Carolina State Library eCard is available to South Carolina residents age 18 and over who do not currently have a library card. eCards are valid through the novel coronavirus COVID-19 shutdown and provide access to online resources such as Safari Books, and NewsBank: America’s Newspapers. Qualified applicants will be emailed an eCard number and temporary PIN after the application is processed. eCard requests will be processed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Most requests will be filled in about 24 hours. Those requests received during weekends may take longer.

As Federal depository library and the official state depository for all state publications , our library is your source for government documents. We stay in touch with the latest news and collect print and digital publications from South Carolina state agencies and the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). GPO distributes Federal publications through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), and makes that information available to you.

Thank you for all of your poetry submissions this year! The contest has not been canceled; however, there are two major schedule changes:

• Winners will be announced on Friday April 17 rather than March 31.
• The April 18th ceremony with Pat Mora is postponed until further notice.

Thank you for participating in our poetry contest this year!

Please contact Denise Lyons (dlyons@statelibrary.sc.gov) if you have questions.