Library Development News

The South Carolina State Library will kick off a series of hands-on technology workshops for public library employees in November with sessions on blogging.

The TechTracks workshops are designed to provide a basic understanding of the technology and offer hands-on instruction. The two-hour workshops on blogging will be held at the State Library in Columbia and at county libraries in Greenville, Florence and Charleston. Participants will read and subscribe to blogs using RSS feeds and create a personal blog.

We’ll share great library programs, highlight what we learn from leaders in the field, and hopefully inspire conversations about the future of libraries.

We’ll also be sharing resources, like workshop handouts, presentation slides, etc.

Tech Express, South Carolina’s public library Technology Institute arrives September 13, 2006 at the Columbia Conference Center.   We encourage you to begin thinking about emerging technologies and the issues before the event, by reading the web logs (blogs) of our three dynamite speakers:

The South Carolina State Library's OPAL training sessions can now be heard on the library’s Web site.

Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) And All Library Users is an international collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide Web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members.

These live events are held in online rooms where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting and synchronized browsing.

The four sessions now available on the library Web site were held this year. Topics were:

Researchers at the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently made a presentation to the Congressional House Telecommunications Committee about teens and the internet.

Charleston and Georgetown libraries received more notice recently.  Their joint program - South Carolina's REACH 2010 was recognized in the July/August 06 issue of "Computers in Libraries". 

SC Libraries are invited to participate in a special September 11 observance sponsored by the Bensenville Community Public Library District (IL) and OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries).

This program is totally FREE to anyone with an internet connection. Teachers of all disciplines are invited to participate in a special September 11 observance sponsored by the Bensenville Community Public Library District (IL) and OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries). This program is totally FREE to anyone with an internet connection.

The South Carolina State Library presented a $450,000 check to Williamsburg County Library to build library additions in Kingstree and Hemingway.

For Immediate Release
January 17, 2006

The South Carolina State Library presented a $450,000 check to Williamsburg County Library to build library additions in Kingstree and Hemingway.