All SC Residents

Join us for our next author talk and book signing: View from the Middle of the Road by Lucinda Clark at noon on April 26, 2018. View from the Middle of the Road deals with the many aspects we encounter on this journey called life.

The SC State Library is pleased to announce the new and improved 

The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions.

Bestselling author and American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland will lend her support to advocate for our nation’s libraries as honorary chair of National Library Week, April 8 – 14, 2018.

National Library Week (April 8- 14, 2018) is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support.

Join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, for this month's author talk and book signing: Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill by Kimberly J. Simms. In her debut book of poems, Southern story-teller, Kimberly J. Simms, chronicles the lives of textile workers in the Carolinas with historical accuracy and imaginative insight.

SC Cyber has partnered with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX) to provide FREE online cybersecurity courses. These courses are certified by the American Council on Education (ACE), are offered at no cost and students earn a TEEX certification of completion and Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the completion of each course.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has chosen 20 libraries to receive its 2018 Summer Learning Resources Grant.

Charleston, SC’s first Poet Laureate, Marcus Amaker, will visit the Irmo Branch Library on May 11, 2018 and will read selections from his latest project, empath, starting at 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m. along with music by a jazz vibraphone musician in our café style setting. empath is much more than a boo.