State Library Deals with Budget Cuts
The South Carolina State Library is putting many cost savings measures into action to deal with recent budget cuts.
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina State Library is putting many cost savings measures into action to deal with recent budget cuts. The agency has removed printers from staff desks, saving approximately $6,000 on ink, toner, and paper; issued a mandatory 10-day furlough for all staff (equaling $105,004 in state funds saving approximately $178,000 in total funds); placed a hiring freeze on all vacant positions (saving appro
South Carolina's Virtual Library Offers New Training Video on E-Books
Are you interested in learning more about the e-books that are offered through Discus in the Gale Virtual Reference Library?
If so, watch the latest training video.
The Lion's Roar Podcast for Week of December 19th Now Available
The Lion’s Roar podcast for the week of December 19th, is now available online and in iTunes. To find the podcast on iTunes, simply search for South Carolina State Library. Users can easily subscribe and get automatic updates when the podcast is made available.
Two New Books Added to SC Collection
Talking Book Services selects books of South Carolina interest or by South Carolina authors and then they are recorded by volunteer teams. These books have recently been added to our South Carolina collection. If you're a registered patron and would like to borrow one of these recorded books, please call the library at 1-800-922-7818 or email us at tbsbooks@statelibrary.sc.gov
CBC 485 Freedom's Child: The Life of a Confederate General's Black Daughter by Carrie Allen McCray
State Library Launches the South Carolina Library Network (SCLN) Wiki
Reading Rooster Recommends Books
Be sure to check out the Reading Rooster Recommends series on the State Library's YouTube and TeacherTube Channels!
The Lion's Roar Podcast for Week of December 5, 2009, Now Available
The Lion’s Roar podcast for the week of December 5th, is now available here and in iTunes.
To find the podcast on iTunes, simply search for South Carolina State Library. iTunes users can easily subscribe and get automatic updates when the podcast is made available.
This week’s podcast includes:
Coming Up Taller Awards Program Seeks Nominations. Deadline: January 30 2009
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for the 2009 Coming Up Taller Awards.
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for the 2009 Coming Up Taller Awards. In partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts
South Carolina Virtual Library Announces a new Partnership with Britannica
South Carolina institutions and agencies are experiencing budget reductions in these tough economic times and Discus, SC's Virtual Library, is no exception.
South Carolina institutions and agencies are experiencing budget reductions in these tough economic times and Discus, SC's Virtual Library, is no exception. In light of a $346,000 reduction in funding, the Discus Database Assessment Committee and Discus staff met in late October to review license renewal options.
Keep on Top of Library News and Updates with Twitter
The South Carolina State Library has recently begun “Twittering”.
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina State Library has recently begun “Twittering”. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
