STATE LIBRARY NOW OFFERING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS AND INFORMATION VIA TEACHERTUBE
TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007 with the goal to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. TeacherTube seeks to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.
With TeacherTube, community members can:
WINNERS OF THE 2ND ANNUAL NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK PHOTO CONTEST
DAY IN THE LIFE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARIES
The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual National Library Week Day in the Life of South Carolina Libraries photo contest. During the days of April 14-16, South Carolina library staff members submitted a wide range of photographs of librarians working, teaching patrons, library events, and in some cases, just having fun doing what they love.
LIBRARIES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Public libraries are engines of economic growth, studies show.
Libraries of all kinds continue to be engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide. Americans are acting on their conviction that school library media centers are a key element in delivering the kind of education the next generation needs in order to succeed in a global society, and public libraries are redoubling their efforts to serve linguistically isolated communities.
Libraries of all kinds continue to be engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide. Americans are acting on their conviction that school library media centers are a key element in delivering the kind of education the next generation needs in order to succeed in a global society, and public libraries are redoubling their efforts to serve linguistically isolated communities.
Why I Love my Library Campaign
Do you love your library?
NEH, ALA announce We the People Bookshelf awards for 3,000 libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have selected 3,000 school and public libraries throughout the country to receive a collection of 17 classic books from the We the People Bookshelf project. The theme of this year’s Bookshelf is “Created Equal.”
Talking Books Services Summer Reading Program
“Catch the Reading Bug”
May 5- July 11, 2008
Summer Reading End of the Year Program July 25, 2008
NINE STUDENTS WIN STATE WRITING AWARDS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR THE BOOK
The South Carolina Center for the Book is pleased to recognize nine students from across the state as winners of the 2008 South Carolina Letters About Literature writing contest. Judges selected Lindsay Pollard, a fifth grade student at Clemson Elementary School, as first place in
More Nursing and Health Resources for State Employees
More bibliographic resources in nursing, medicine and health have been added to the online databases for state employees. Using your card number you can access these databases from work or home. The databases increase the quality and quantity of fulltext information for employees who need medical and health information beyond the consumer level.
New databases are:
· CINAHL Plus with Full Text
· CINAHL Plus with Full Text
FEDERAL DOCUMENTS APRIL 2008
Federal documents received this month include some detailed statistical sources and a long-awaited atlas.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 C3.134:2008
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 C3.134:2008
STATE DOCUMENTS APRIL 2008
Highlights of the many print documents received in the State Library this month include:
South Carolina Business Opportunities
South Carolina Business Opportunities
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