The Julie Klauber Award Committee, Keystone Systems, and the South Carolina State Library are pleased to announce Brenda Boyd, Reader Advisor, South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services, is the recipient of the 2019 Julie Klauber Award.

The South Carolina State Library will host a daylong workshop on June 10 at the South Carolina State Museum with augmented, virtual and mixed reality specialist, Jaime Donally.

Public library staff, school librarians, and teachers are invited to register for this eye-opening workshop that will cover:

The South Carolina Center for the Book is pleased to announce the nine winners in this year’s Letters About Literature contest.  These outstanding students will be honored at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia at an award ceremony on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.  Contest judges and South Carolina State Library Foundation members will be on hand to welcome attendees and present awards.

BibliObservatory is a podcast series that is part of the South Carolina State Library's LibraryVoicesSC podcast. In this episode, Caroline and Ivette talk with Beckee Garris, a citizen of Catawba Nation, South Carolina. 

The South Carolina State Library’s (SCSL) Talking Book Service (TBS) has been recognized for its Assistive Technology Petting Zoo by ASGCLA - the Association of Specialized Government and Cooperative Library Agencies. The Zoo was developed as a new outreach initiative in 2015 to raise awareness for Assistive Technology and its ability to make public libraries more accessible and inclusive.

The South Carolina State Library is hosting a Summer Leadership Webinar Series featuring library trainer and consultant Pat Wagner. All webinars are Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. Register for one or for all webinars and you'll get a reminder email with login information. Archives will be available after the session—but join live online to ask questions of the presenter! These webinars are for library staff members in South Carolina who are managers and those who are interested in learning more about library leadership. 

The South Carolina State Library has purchased access for South Carolina library staff members to the upcoming Uncovering Privilege and Addressing Microaggressions webinar offered by the American Library Association Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services. South Carolina library staff members may register online to attend this webinar at the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach Services registration page.

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Join us on Thursday, May 2, from noon to 1:00 p.m., for an author talk featuring Tom Poland and his most recent book, South Carolina Country Roads: Of Train Depots, Filling Stations and Other Vanishing Charms.