Information Opens Doors

Come celebrate Boiled Peanut Day at the State Farmers Market in West Columbia on August 25! The SC Dept of Agriculture announces an event in the August Market Bulletin as part of a month-long celebration of farmers and the 5th anniversary of the Certified South Carolina Grown Summer Celebration.  The give-away will take place between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm or while supplies last.  SC is now 5th in the nation for peanut production.  In 2002 the state had 9,000 acres of peanuts.  This year we planted 95,000 acres!  The South Carolina Market Bulletin is a publication of the SC Department of Agriculture (http://agriculture.sc.gov/) and won a SC State Library Notable State Document Award for 2011.  The current issue is available online with registration.  Print copies are available in the State Library.

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Do you work in the health and medical industry or for a local or state government health related agency or organization?  Join us for an in-depth overview of DISCUS – South Carolina’s Virtual Library’s new health and medical online resources.

A Guided Tour of Health and Medical Information Resources
When: September 5, 2012, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Where: South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street – Computer Training Room, Columbia
Cost: FREE

Topics covered: locating accurate local, state, and national health statistics, researching drug information, finding up to date and reliable health & medical news.

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For more information about this session, contact Elaine Sandberg at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 803-734-8625.

Final projects for the 2012 Certified Public Manager program graduates have been received in the State Library and are available to view in the library.  These projects are the culmination of the program administered by the Office of Human Resources of the Budget and Control Board.  The projects will be added to the Digital Collections of the State Library and available soon.

The Library has print copies of the CPM projects and makes them available to view in the Library.  All past projects have been scanned and are available electronically.