Check out the December 2014 issue of More - the Newsletter for South Carolina Libraries.  You can also find back issues of More in our digital collections catalog.

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The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website ReadSC.org. The new site has an easy-to-navigate menu bar and provides keyword searching of its website pages.

Poets and writers are invited to submit previously unpublished poetry, essays, short fiction and flash fiction to volume two of Fall Lines — a literary convergence. While the editors hope to attract the work of poets and writers from the Carolinas and the Southeastern U.S., acceptance of work is not dependent upon residence. Submissions will be accepted through March 1, 2015.

January 10, 2015 at Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, SC.

9th Annual Wild Dunes Club Author’s Event: Featuring Pat Conroy and Cassandra King! 
Saturday, January 10, 2015 Sweetgrass Pavilion
4-5 p.m. Cocktail hour, silent auction and book signing
5-6 p.m. Panel discussion
6 p.m. Book signing

Tickets are on sale to the public beginning Tuesday, November 25th!

The renovation, restoration, and completion of the Union County Carnegie Library is $5,000 closer to reality thanks to the efforts of the Friends of the Library.

In a statement released Monday, Library Director Ben Loftis announced that the FOL had donated $5,000 to the Library Renovation Project which will “Renovate, Restore, and Complete” the library.

The U.S. Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys) has achieved the milestone of one billion document retrievals. FDsys is a one-stop site for authentic, published information on the three branches of the Federal Government. FDsys offers free public access to nearly one million searchable titles, and that number continues to grow every day.

The Laurens County Library will host a reception on Sunday, December 7, from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. to introduce an exciting new book, Discovering Laurens County, SC. Volume One: From Pre-history through the Colonial Period.

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.