Join us on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for this month's author talk and book signing: What Missing Means, by Bonnie Stanard. Letters keep the Reinhart family connected to their son, a soldier in Germany in 1945.

HOW STATE AGENCIES FUNCTION AND INFORMATION THEY MAKE AVAILABLE: Your input is wanted on the six agencies recently announced for study by the SC House Legislative Oversight Committee:

SCETV Commission; Commission on Indigent Defense; Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism; Commission on Prosecution Coordination;
and Department of Revenue

Join us for our quarterly exchange of ideas on Friday March 30 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the State Library! We'll hear from Katie McElveen, Associate Director of Clemson's Social Media Listening Center. Click here to register online.

Join your colleagues from across the country as an advocate for libraries as part of the South Carolina Library Association’s National Library Legislative Day delegation.  Be part of the SCLA team that will make a difference for libraries by visiting our legislators in our nation’s capital. National Library Legislative Day is a two-day advocacy event held in Washington, D.C. every year.

February is Black History Month, and we have an entire subject guide on that theme. From notable Black South Carolinians to genealogy research, to children's books and teacher's resources--there is something for everyone. Click here to view the subject guide.

Shadows of the Gullah Geechee by Pete Marovich is curated by American Reportage.

The South Carolina State Library will host documentary photographer Pete Marovich's "Shadows of the Gullah Geechee" photo exhibit from February 2 to March 30. The exhibit may be viewed during the Library's hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with two staff members, Sylvie Golod, Career Services Specialist and Diane Luccy, Business and Careers Manager from the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina about the library's Business, Careers and Research Center.

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, Governor Henry McMaster delivered the 2018 State of the State Address before a joint session of the General Assembly. The South Carolina State Library has digitized and made available online a collection of State of the State Addresses, starting from 1853.

The Palmetto Archives, Libraries & Museums Council on Preservation (PALMCOP) is pleased to announce that registration is open for its annual conference, scheduled in Columbia, SC on February 16, 2018. The conference will focus on the role of cultural resources professionals in documenting and preserving temporary memorial sites as well as historic monuments while navigating complex and often controversial situations.