The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2018 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award to the South Carolina State Library, Columbia, South Carolina.

The award, sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, is designed to provide up to $4,000 to an ALSC member’s library to fund a visit from an author/illustrator who will speak to children who might otherwise not have had the opportunity to hear from a nationally known author/illustrator.

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) launches the 2018 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library's summer reading program. CSLP is a consortium consisting of public libraries and state library agencies throughout the United States, several islands and territories. The members of this consortium work together to provide high quality summer reading materials for public libraries to use in their summer programs birth through senior citizens.

South Carolina students: do you believe that poetry can change the world?

Tell us how by participating in this year's Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest! The Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest encourages young writers to capture the power of their words and experience the freedom of original literary expressions.

"A frosted landscape,

quiet and awaiting spring,

but plants are still there."

-John Nelson

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.

The Fairfield County Library is proud to announce the unveiling of a new website, logo, and staff email addresses. The website can be found at www.fairfieldcountylibrary.com. For more information, please contact Eric Robinson – Director – eric.robinson@fairfieldcountylibrary.com.

It Begins With You: The Importance of Serving Ages 0-18

Join us for a fun, informative day specially catered to Youth Services Library Staff! Enjoy a variety of sessions designed to help you gain new insights, ideas, and tools to bring back to your locations. More details on the flyer!

Friday, February 23, 2018
Richland Library – Main Branch
1431 Assembly Street ~ Columbia, SC 29201

The State Library will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of a state holiday. For more information on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, visit Discus — South Carolina’s Virtual Library at scdiscus.org to search one of our several databases.

The South Carolina State Library is pleased to offer two popular grants research and proposal writing classes:

Grants Research: Finding a Funder for Your Nonprofit Organization

This class helps individuals working with nonprofit organizations locate information on grants available from private foundations and corporations using the South Carolina State Library’s electronic and print resources. Sessions run from 10:00 a.m. to noon and are offered on two different dates: