Press Releases

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.

National Library Week is coming up on April 8-14, 2018! The Library History Round Table (of the American Library Association) News and Notes is celebrating this special time for libraries by publishing informal essays (even just a few hundred words) about histories of specific libraries.

Congratulations to Calhoun County Library director Kristen Simensen on being named one of Library Journal's 2018 Movers and Shakers.  You can read about why Kristen was named a “Change Agent” among Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers at the

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.

Congratulations to all of the South Carolina State Government Agencies and state employees who were awarded a 2017 Notable State Documents Award. The awards ceremony took place on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at the Library in Columbia.

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.