Some things you just have to learn on your own.  Self-paced training materials are sometimes difficult to find and can also be very costly.  Why not use the South Carolina State Library’s resources to learn more about what you need to know to be a productive state employee?

 

Key services related to training include:

CHICAGO – Forty-one percent of states report declining state funding for U.S. public libraries in fiscal year 2009, according to a survey of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) conducted by the American Library Association (ALA).

The Lion's Roar podcast for the week of January 16th, is now available online and on iTunes.

 

This edition's podcast includes: January 4, 2009, marked the bicentennial of the birth of Louis Braille; South Carolina State Library has recently launched a new campaign to let state agencies and their employees know more about the host of free services it offers; American Printing Hous

The State Library will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2009. For more information about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, visit http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html.

Every year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, an international poetry and art contest is conducted for children in grades K-12.

 

River of Words (ROW), a non-profit organization, was founded in 1995 by then-US Poet Laureate Robert Hass and writer Pamela Michael.

A new web-based resource has just been released that will help library advocates make the case for libraries during times of economic downturn.

The “Advocating in a Tough Economy” toolkit is available at www.ala.org/tougheconomytoolkit.

The first Reading Rooster Recommends of 2009 is now available on YouTube and TeacherTube!

According to several recent news articles, libraries across the country are reporting significant increases in circulation and usage – primarily attributed to the country's current economic woes.

 

Outpacing the increase in book and music checkouts is the use of library computers. Being used by everyone from college students who've canceled their Internet subscriptions to older individuals re-entering the workforce, these machines are getting a more strenuous workout than ever.

News Posted, January 7, 2009 - As of January 1, PASCAL no longer provides statewide access to Nature, Science Online, ProQuest Nursing, or Ovid Lippincott titles.

 

New online materials and products are available to help libraries reach out to their communities during National Library Week (April 12-18, 2009) from the ALA Public Information Office and the Campaign for America’s Libraries.