Twenty small and rural public libraries in fifteen states have been selected as pilot sites to host "Pushing the Limits: Making Sense of Science," a four-part reading, viewing and discussion series for adults. Each library will receive a $2,500 grant from the National Science Foundation, and building on the experience of the pilot sites, the program will be expanded to 100 additional rural libraries throughout the nation.

The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the recent graduation of two of its staff members from the Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. Leesa Benggio (Deputy Director pictured top) and Paula James (Finance Director) recently completed the 18 month program.

South Carolina's State Library director, a distinguished alumnus and member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed director of library services at The Citadel.

Contract issues have delayed the publication of the May--June large-print issues of Talking Book Topics and Braille Book Review and the April--June large-print issue of Musical Mainstream. Delivery of these magazines should be complete by the week of July 6, 2012.

A separate contracting issue has delayed the May--June braille issue of Braille Book Review. NLS will notify network libraries when a delivery date for this magazine is available.

These delays do not affect the audio or online editions of these magazines.

2011 notable documents of South Carolina and of Federal Government agencies are featured in a new display at the State Library. The Library recognized the 10 documents and websites of South Carolina in a ceremony on May 7 and the American Library Association and Library Journal announced the Notable Federal and State Documents of 2011 on May 16, 2012.

National Hurricane Preparedness Week 2012 runs from May 27th through June 2nd. Be prepared with these important resources!

A group of students from Rock Hill's Richmond Drive Elementary School got a very special surprise on Wednesday, May 23, as part of their visit to the York County Library. They met Cocky, the University of South Carolina's mascot, who brought his Reading Express to Rock Hill to emphasize the importance of reading.

The Census Bureau has released an estimate of the undercount and overcount in the 2010 Census, providing a measure of the accuracy of it. The results found that the 2010 Census had a net overcount of 0.01 percent, meaning about 36,000 people were overcounted. This compares with a net overcount of 0.49 for the 2000 Census and a net undercount of 1.61 for the 1990 Census.

The Richland County Public Library (RCPL) Foundation has received a $2,500 gift from the First Citizens Foundation to support the library's outreach efforts aimed at increasing early childhood literacy.