We celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2021 by offering you tips for reading aloud at home. From reading to your favorite people and pets to reading in a different language, watch the video here (or below) and see how these suggestions can help you encourage the young people in your life to make their voices heard.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to find great online training! In this video you can learn how to discover African heritage, culture, and places using resources accessed through Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library. Tour features in CultureGrams and search Gale in Context: Biography to locate information.

Did you know the South Carolina State Library has a great YouTube channel with tons of recorded webinars and instructional videos? We've got everything from Discus database training on how to use Tutor.com to Networking Skills for Library Staff. Check it out and SUBSCRIBE today!

Join us Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7pm for an author talk featuring Dr. Walter Curry. Dr. Curry's book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories of the Past (1830-1960) is the first volume chronicling the family history of an African American family from Salley, South Carolina.

As we begin Black History Month, we invite you to know our Black History Resources subject guide. It is home to a variety of information about African American history in South Carolina. 

If you're looking for primary resources for Black History Month, look no further! The South Carolina State Library's LibraryVoicesSC podcast has a curated list of podcast episodes just for you. Listen to authors, community members, researchers, and more discuss important topics related to African American history and culture and discover more today. 

The South Carolina State Library will offer website accessibility assessments through the Able Access Project to four public libraries in South Carolina. These assessments will help ensure that library websites meet legal standards for website accessibility and that they are accessible to all members of the public, including those with disabilities.

Did you know your South Carolina State Library card gives you access to O'Reilly Online Learning? You can access a wealth of information right from your computer or mobile device! Use O'Reilly Online Learning to find ebooks, videos, learning paths, and case studies on web development, system administration, applications, management, human resources, marketing, training, and much more!

Need more one-on-one research time with a librarian? Schedule an online appointment and we will be happy to meet with you virtually for all your reference needs. It's simple! Just visit the appointment page and select your day and time and a librarian will meet you online. Available hours are Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Charleston County Public Library has partnered with Spoleto Festival USA for three book discussions, reflecting themes found in Spoleto’s opera Omar. The second talk on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 6:30 p.m., will examine Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name. In this fiction work, Hill, an award winning author, tells the story of the injustices of slavery and its toll on people.