We Need You! LIBRIS is looking for interesting and exciting sessions for the 2014 LIBRIS Conference and we cannot do it without you. If you have an interesting idea, learned something new you would like to share, presented at a regional or national conference, and would like to present your topic again, dust it off, and submit it.

Did you know that Learning Express Library has changed? Learning Express Library 3.0 is a premier database offered to South Carolina residents through Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library.

The February issue of More - the Newsletter for South Carolina Libraries, is now available online. Check it out today!

Several groups volunteer to help elderly and low income individuals with tax preparation. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) was established for families earning less than $52,000 a year and is helped in part by the United Way of the Midlands. United Way has a list of locations on their website. There is also a phone number for more information.

April is Financial Literacy Month and April 5-12 is Money Smart Week. A free webinar is being offered for library staff statewide to discuss the online resources of SC Economics (http://www.sceconomics.org/) and its vast resources that may assist library staff members create workshops and programming for children, teens and adults. Mr.

The South Carolina State Library is proud to announce award-winning authors Nina Crews and Brian Lies will be featured at StoryfestSC 2014--the state's summer reading kick-off event. This year's Collaborative Summer Library slogan is Fizz Boom Read!

The South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book will host a book talk and signing on Thursday, February 20, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at 1500 Senate St., Columbia.

The South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book is pleased to announce its spring/summer author line up.

Did you know the South Carolina State Library has South Carolina cookbooks in downloadable ebook formats available from Overdrive?

Here are some examples:

The South Carolina Academy of Authors is pleased to announce Nancy Brock of Columbia, SC, as the 2014 Fiction Fellowship winner. Brock's short story, "Davy Crockett's Last Stand," was chosen by this year's judge, professor and author Randall Kenan of the University of North Carolina.