Join us for our next author talk and book signing: View from the Middle of the Road by Lucinda Clark at noon on April 26, 2018. View from the Middle of the Road deals with the many aspects we encounter on this journey called life. The author takes on issues of gender, race, adolescence, and maturity, showing that no matter where you start in life you can and will find peace. Speaker @ the Center is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

The SC State Library is pleased to announce the new and improved StudySC website! StudySC is loaded with South Carolina-specific web resources for K-12 homework help, projects, and more.

Public libraries may apply for grants to host public programs around the PBS series “The Great American Read,” an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us, the ALA Public Programs Office announced. 

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.

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. Like librarians and library workers, Copeland’s efforts to lead social change through her writing and teaching fuel the transformation of lives through cultural understanding, education and lifelong learning.

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. LHRT News and Notes is the official blog of the ALA Library History Round Table: https://lh

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 Library Journal website.

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. Part history, part poetry, this collection also includes rarely seen photography of Lewis Hine.