It's always interesting to look back into the history of library development in South Carolina. This brief bulletin titled, The school library, from 1915, available from the SC State Library's digital collection, counsels South Carolina schools to create school libraries.

Listen to the latest episode of our LibraryVoicesSC podcast as we sit down with the SC Discus staff, Patricia Sinclair, Jessica Ogburn, and Linda Heimburger.  In this episode, we explore a few of the many wonderful resources available in the South Carolina Virtual Library and learn a few tricks and tips for using some of the tools. Some of the tools highlighted include: BrainPopjr, Opposing Viewpoints, Science Reference Center, Credo, Nursing Resource Center, Consumer Health Complete and more.

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.

Greenville County Library System has joined forces with the South Carolina Department of Commerce and other area partners to tackle a critical employment gap in the state technology job market – the availability of skilled computer programmers.

The innovative approach of this new initiative, SC Codes Greenville (SC Codes), combines online learning, weekly in-person meetings and mentorship support to provide free, basic computer programming training to adults.    

The 10^th Annual Literacy Leaders Awards will be presented by the USC School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at 5:00 p.m. on September 8, 2016 at the South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia.  The awards go to individuals and/or groups that have had a statewide impact on literacy in South Carolina. Their contributions include:

The Anderson County Library System hosted its 2^nd Annual Electric City ComiCon on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Main Library in downtown Anderson.

The SC State Library is pleased to offer two great design training sessions for SC public library staff. We'll spend the day discussing the basic principles of design, covering print materials in the morning and web in the afternoon. Sessions are free and lunch will be on your own; however, you must register online at the SC State Library’s events calendar for each session separately. You may register for one or both sessions depending on your interests.

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library is proud to host a nationally traveling exhibit entitled "And There's the Humor of It: Shakespeare and the Four Humors." The six banner exhibit is on loan to the library from the National Library of Medicine from July 25 through September 3, 2016, and is currently on display in the library near the circulation desk.

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 South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families has launched a new website, http://scvisitation.com/, which offers free online forms and instructions with video introductions to assist non-custodial parents to request visitation rights through the South Carolina courts even when they cannot afford an attorney.