State Library Closed February 15
The South Carolina State Library will be closed on Monday February the 15th for Washington's Birthday/Presidents Day. More information about this holiday.
Carl Naylor - Free Author Talk and Book Signing
Come to the State Library Center for the Book's Speaker @ the Center program and hear Carl Naylor, author of The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology.
Reading Rooster Recommends Books
The Reading Rooster, aka Helen Fellers, coordinator of the USC/SLIS South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy, recommends children's and YA books in her series, Reading Rooster RecommendsTM.
If you have a YouTube user ID, you can subscribe to the SC State Library's channel and get a notification when the next episode is posted. Check it out!
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Braille Challenge Promotional Video
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SC Assistive Technology Expo Announced
South Carolina Assistive Technology Expo 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
9 am - 4 pm
Marriott Spartanburg at Renaissance Park
299 North Church Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
State Library Publishes Report on Social Media
The South Carolina State Library has recently published a report titled, Social Media, Libraries, and Web 2.0: How American Libraries are Using New Tools for Public Relations and to Attract New Users. The report provides quantitative and qualitative data gathered from library staff members in the U.S. to determine how libraries are employing a variety of Web 2.0 and social networking tools to promote library programs and services.
South Carolina Assistive Technology Expo 2010
The South Carolina Assistive Technology Expo 2010 will be held Thursday, March 18, 2010. For more information, visit their website:
http://www.sc.edu/scatp/expo/expo10.html
Tax Forms Now Available
Are you looking for printed State and Federal tax forms? The South Carolina State Library has them available for pick up at 1500 Senate Street. We are open from 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
Are you looking for a form online? The SC Department of Revenue and the IRS has everything you need.
Top Blind Students Test Skills at Unique Competition
On Thursday, February 4th, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 30 blind and visually impaired students from across the state will meet in Columbia to test their Braille skills in an academic competition unlike any other. The students will take part in The South Carolina Regional Braille Challenge, which will be held at the South Carolina State Library Talking Books Services, located at 1430 Senate Street, in Columbia.
