Did you know the SC State Library has a great new podcast called LibraryVoicesSC? Check out this latest episode featuring SC author, C. Hope Clark, who discussed her Edisto Mystery series. 

Check out one of our newest resources - Fundamentals of government Information, mining, finding, evaluating, and using government resources, 2^nd edition, by Hartnett, Sevetson, and Forte, published by Neal Schuman, 2016. This is a newly revised, peer-reviewed update of a resource that established itself as an essential navigational tool for librarians and other users.  It is attuned to new sources and types of government info

Are you interested in learning more about South Carolina's Royal History? Check out this state document, The royal Great Seals Deputed of South Carolina by Peter Walne, available from our online collections at http://bit.ly/29PVLky. You can find more online documents at our SCSL Digital Collections at http://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov.

Nicolle Davies, a nationally recognized library leader who was named Library Journal magazine’s 2016 Librarian of the Year, will be Charleston County Public Library’s new executive director, the library’s Board of Trustees announced today.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced that the 2017 May Hill Arbuthnot Committee has selected the South Carolina State Library and the city of Columbia, South Carolina to serve as the host site for the 2017 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring Jacqueline Woodson (pictured). The lecture will be held in the spring of 2017.

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.

From Abbeville to York, you can find specialized digital collections all over South Carolina. Visit our online guide to these collections and start exploring South Carolina's history in images and documents today! 

The South Carolina Arts Commission and Hub City Press announce the five books named finalists in the 2016 South Carolina First Novel Competition. The finalists are Ember by Brock Adams of Spartanburg, Falling from High Places by Michael Bruton of Charleston, Don't Go Ramayana by Rush Leaming of Columbia, The Protectorate of Bohemia by Thomas McConnell of Spartanburg, and Bait by Erika Pertell of Spartanburg.

Forty-four unpublished manuscripts were submitted for the prize.

Trying to keep up on the details of ‪#‎Brexit‬? With your SC State Library card, you have access to full-text articles from reliable sources such as Newsweek, New Yorker, Christian Science Monitor, and many more in the Academic Search Premier database by Ebsco.

Infographics have been around for a long time! Check out this one from the 1960 SC Tobacco Report. You can see the full text report online at the SC State Library's State Documents Depository at http://1.usa.gov/28ZyiyT and find more SC government documents online at http://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/1.