The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the addition of Images to its digital collections. Images is the quarterly newsletter published by the South Carolina Museum Foundation, with articles on museum and foundation news, programs and events, and new exhibitions.

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 Berta Berriz. Berriz’s story is a journey that takes us to a time when she was a little girl in La Habana, Cuba, listening to her grandmother's stories, and how those stories helped her overcome later on the challenges she faced as an immigrant child in the USA.

The South Carolina State Library will host a reception and awards ceremony for students, their teachers, and family members for the 2019 Talking Book Services student art exhibit on April 23, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The Library’s Talking Book Services student art exhibit features artwork created by blind or visually impaired South Carolina students. The exhibit highlights the artistic abilities of elementary, middle, high, and homeschooled students from across the state.

Celebrate National Preservation Week, April 21-27, 2019. In 2005 the first comprehensive national survey of the condition and preservation needs of the nation’s collections reported that U.S. institutions hold more than 4.8 billion items. Libraries alone hold 3 billion items (63 percent of the whole). A treasure trove of uncounted additional items is held by individuals, families, and communities.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the nine winners in this year’s Young Minds Dreaming poetry contest. These outstanding students will be honored at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia at an award ceremony and poetry celebration on Saturday, April 27 at 1:00 p.m.

April is National Poetry Month, and we have the perfect resource for you from Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library. Check out Bloom's Literature to discover different types of poems!

Drop by the South Carolina State Library to see our latest display highlighting winners of the 2018 Notable State Documents awards program. For more information, please visit our Notable State Documents awards page where you will find a list of this year's winners. 

National Library Week (April 7- 13, 2019) is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support.

The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions. These publications provide citizens with crucial information about state government, including statistics, annual accountability reports, and data on a wide variety of topics related to the state.