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The Big Read is accepting applications from non-profit organizations to develop community-wide reading programs between September 2015 and June 2016.  The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage reading for pleasure and enrichment.

Download this month's More - the Newsletter for South Carolina Libraries.

Download this month's More - the newsletter for South Carolina Libraries.

Today, the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) launches the 2015 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library's summer reading program. CSLP is a consortium consisting of public libraries and state library agencies throughout the United States, its territories, and the Cayman Islands.

Catch up on what's going on at the South Carolina State Library and in libraries across the state.  Feel free to print out this month's issue and place in your library staff lounge and forward to a friend or colleague.

The South Carolina State Library is proud to announce award winning authors Peter Brown and Will Hillenbrand will be featured at StoryfestSC 2013--the state's summer reading program kick-off event.

Fifteen applicants from across the country have been selected to attend the Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) Teens & Libraries Summit, Jan. 23-24, 2013, in Seattle.

The South Carolina State Library recently participated in EdVenture's 2012 Countdown to Kindergarten Celebration. It is estimated that 2,600 people attend this year's event!

The State Library is pleased to announce that Denise Lyons, Director of Library Development, has been selected to attend the 2012 Leadership Columbia Class.