Did you know  EBSCO's Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis? From Discus, South Carolina’s Virtual Library, you can read the latest updates on all the teams and matches from news sources worldwide with Newswires.

1962 book club at the Aiken County Public Library from the South Carolina Digital Library Collection. See more at http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/search/collection/scslchldrn.

The June 2014 issue of More - the newsletter for South Carolina Libraries is now available online.

Due to water main problems, the South Carolina State Library will be closed at 1:00 p.m.  We anticipate to reopen tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

The South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book will host a book talk and signing on Thursday, June 19, from noon-1:00 p.m.  Join us to hear Robert C. Clark and Tom Poland discuss their book, Reflections of South Carolina, Volume 2, a pictorial essay that showcases the natural beauty of the Palmetto State and its inhabitants.

A new website by the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), offers users a resource for information on hospitals and other health provider charges and activities.  South Carolina Health Data (schealthdata.org) was launched in January 2014 with information on profitability, expenses, and pay for top staff.

Did you know you can have a geography lesson sitting in the library?  Pick up The World Factbook 2013-2014 51st Edition and you can be enthralled learning about countries around the world.  This reference book is compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency for its officials.

The South Carolina State Library’s Board of Trustees has unanimously appointed Leesa Benggio as Acting Director of the South Carolina State Library.

“All Around Town: All Around the State” returns for the third year

Through a grant from the South Carolina State Library using funds from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Kershaw County Library will be encouraging reading and discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.