The State Library will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. To learn more about Labor Day, visit the US Department of Labor web site. Also watch a piece of history with this video from the Library of Congress collection. It was created by Thomas Edison in 1904.

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Watch Helen Fellers, the Reading Rooster, read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. A great story-time book! Check out other Reading Rooster Recommends and Reads on the SC State Library's YouTube channel.

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Watch the latest news story about one South Carolina library offering Kindles to patrons.

The Lion's Roar is now a video podcast! If you have a YouTube account, you can subscribe to the State Library's YouTube channel and get regular updates of information.

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The South Carolina State Library welcomed Public Library Association certified trainer and Early Literacy specialist Susan Bard to conduct a series of workshops for South Carolina's children's librarians, preschool teachers, childcare providers and those who work with young children.

Most of the time, Rooster (aka Helen Fellers, Coordinator of the USC School of Library & Information Science's SC Center for Children's Books & Literacy) records Reading Rooster Recommends in one take. Watch this episode till the very end.

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From the National Federation for the Blind website--

"To assist protection and advocacy systems personnel, state election boards, and consumer organizations in encouraging the active participation of the blind and visually impaired in voting activities, the NFB has prepared The Blind and Visually Impaired Voter's Guide to Voting. The guide is available in Microsoft Word, formatted Braille (BRF), and audio format."

For more information, click the link below:

http://www.nfb.org/nfb/HAVA_legislation.asp

On August 20, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) brings the Making the Learning Connection campaign to Columbia, South Carolina. The half-day workshop will spotlight successful community programs as well as opportunities and challenges that local museums, libraries, and community groups encounter while meeting the community's high priority information needs.

The SC Center for Children's Books and Literacy, in partnership with the State Library, present Reading Rooster READS. This video series is a companion to the Reading Rooster Recommends series on the State Library's YouTube channel. Watch Helen Fellers, the Reading Rooster, give story time tips and enjoy this first in a new series.

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The South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book and the State Library proudly announce the recipients of the 2010 South Carolina Center for the Book Awards for Writing, Teaching and Literary Arts Advocacy as well as the first annual State Library Partnership & Collaboration Award. This year's Center for the Book award winners are noted South Carolina author Batt Humphreys, for Writing (Dead Weight); Dr. Tom Mack of Aiken, for Teaching; and the Irvin Department of Rare Book and Special Collections at USC, for Literary Arts Advocacy.