SC public library staff are invited to join in a fun-filled day learning about the SC Read Eat Grow program. On February 1, attendees will take part in a three-part demonstration to show how to use a commerical-grade kitchen, Charlie Cart and kitchen-in-a-box, all in your library.
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Protestors crowded downtown Columbia streets at the height of the civil rights movement. Several places along Main Street played a pivotal role in the fight for equal rights.
Are you interested in rare books and how they are constructed? Drop by the South Carolina State Library to see our current display titled, “Anatomy of the Book”. This exhibit includes slipcases, gilt, leather bindings, and even a deerskin binding. The rare books on display range from 1707 to 1932.
The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions.
This newly available online collection features photos from the 1940s-1970s from the archives of the South Carolina State Library. Many of the images were taken by State Library field agents and include photos of public library staff and patrons, exhibits and displays, library programs, and State Library Board staff and programs.
SC Humanities is pleased to announce a special South Carolina tour of Water/Ways, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that dives into water-an essential component of life on our planet, environmentally, culturally, and historically.
Your input is wanted on these five agencies: Aeronautics Commission; Department of Corrections; Department of Mental Health; Department of Motor Vehicles; and Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School |
Join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, for a free author talk and book signing: Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home by Sheila Morris. These collected essays by South Carolinians explore their gay identities and activism from the emergence of the HIV-AIDS pandemic to the realization of marriage equality in the state thirty years later.
Many South Carolina State Library programs, resources, and services are supported in whole or in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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