November New Acquisitions Booklist

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Looking for your next read?

We are excited to present the following selection of books added to our collection this month.

To check out the books, you will need a library card. These books are available through SCLENDS, a consortium of libraries throughout the state that share a single catalog allowing patrons to search for items in all of the libraries as easily as you search for items in your home library. Requesting items is as simple as clicking a button. Within a few days, any available circulating item can be delivered from any SCLENDS library across the state.

Check out the booklist below featuring new titles to the South Carolina State Library.

New Acquisitions - November 2024

Title URL: The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning that Wasn't and How We All can Move …Author Name: Sellers, BakariPublication Year: 2024Call Number: S.C. 305.89 SELL
Title URL: Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirr…Author Name: Leckie, RobertPublication Year: 2010Call Number: B L461L
Title URL: Total Commitment: A memoir of God and Politics when South Carolina Elected a Re…Author Name: Poe, Harry LeePublication Year: 2016Call Number: B P7434P
Title URL: Undertones: Gifts of a Southern TideAuthor Name: Carey, Nan YoungPublication Year: 2021Call Number: S.C. 778.93 CARE
Title URL: More than a Likeness: The Enduring Art of Mary WhyteAuthor Name: Severens, Martha R. Publication Year: 2013Call Number: S.C. 759.13 SEVE
Title URL: Rodney McMillian: Landscape PaintingsAuthor Name: McMillian, RodneyPublication Year: 2015Call Number: S.C. 700.411 MCMI
Title URL: Mormon Missionaries Among the Catawba Indians, 1881 to 1938Author Name: Martin, Judy CantyPublication Year: 2019Call Number: S.C. 975.743 MART
Title URL: Grounded in FlightAuthor Name: Rivers, CackyPublication Year: 2022Call Number: S.C. 598.09757 RIVE
Title URL: American Surrealist: the art of Richard HagertyAuthor Name: Hagerty, RichardPublication Year: 2015Call Number: S.C. 759.15 HAGE
Title URL: Why Indigenous Literatures MatterAuthor Name: Justice, Daniel HeathPublication Year: 2018Call Number: 810.9 JUST
Title URL: Native American Women and the Burdens of Southern HistoryAuthor Name: Usner, Daniel H.Publication Year: 2023Call Number: 975.004 USNE
Title URL: The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native American Boarding …Author Name: Vaughn, BillPublication Year: 2024Call Number: 973.0497 VAUG
Title URL: Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Se…Author Name: Swift, EarlPublication Year: 2024Call Number: 364.15 SWIF
Title URL: Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable TimesAuthor Name: May, ToddPublication Year: 2024Call Number: 128 TODD
Title URL: Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to life, P…Author Name: Reeve, EllePublication Year: 2024Call Number: 302.23 REEV

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Building Statewide Access: Lessons from Tennessee’s Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

November 17, 2025, 3:00 PM

 In this session, Beth Williamson and Cynthia Moynihan will share how the program—through collaboration between Tennessee State Library and Archives and Nashville Public Library—has built and sustained a statewide model for accessibility, outreach, and partnership.