The South Carolina Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, will officially open Friday, February 24 from 3-4:30 at 1430 Senate Street, Columbia.
For Immediate Release
February 7, 2006
The South Carolina Center for the Book will officially open Friday, February 24 from 3-4:30 at 1430 Senate Street, Columbia. The South Carolina Center for the Book is an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and will be located at the South Carolina State Library.
Participating in the program will be John Cole, director of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, Joyce Hansen, South Carolina author and Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina Poet Laureate. Following the program and reception, the C-Span Book TV bus will be available to tour. The bus will be on hand for the opening and throughout the weekend at the SC Book Festival.
Previously the Palmetto Book Alliance was the affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book in South Carolina. "We have secured the South Carolina Center for the Book name and look forward to new ideas and programs ," said Patti Butcher, director, South Carolina State Library. "We will have an advisory board for the Center who will help us develop program ideas," she added. For now, the Center will have non-circulating copies of books about South Carolina that are currently in the South Carolina State Library collection.
The South Carolina Center for the Book is open and available to the public during normal State Library business hours. For more information contact the SC State Library at 803-734-8666 or check the Web site for updates (statelibrary.sc.gov).
Contact:
Ann Addy
Public Relations Coordinator
South Carolina State Library
Phone: 803-734-4385
Email: addy@leo.scsl.state.sc.us
Website: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov
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