Jennifer Jackson, Adult Programming Coordinator at the Greenville County Library, is one of 20 Fellows selected to participate in the second annual Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute. 

Listen to Tom Gilson’s (May 22, 2007) interview at radio station Fox102.3, Columbia, SC about the 2007 National Library Legislative Day.

South Carolina Literary Map: Women of Carolina is a Let’s Talk About It: Reading and Discussion series available to statewide public libraries. Let’s Talk About It, a joint program of The Humanities Council SC and the South Carolina State Library, gives funding to public libraries to host scholar-led book discussion groups.

The South Carolina State Library, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and The Humanities Council SC announced today that Susanna Brailsford has been named Literary Arts Partnership Coordinator. Brailsford will work on literary programs for all three statewide organizations through this unique full-time position that is sponsored by a partnership of the three agencies.

The South Carolina Center for the Book is proud to announce that Jordan Slisher of Westminster, SC has been named a national winner in Letters About Literature.

Letters About Literature is a national competition of the Library of Congress in partnership with Target Stores and the state affiliate Centers for the Book. Students in grades 4 through 12 write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how that author’s work changed the students’ way of thinking about the world or about themselves.

Librarians from South Carolina urged Capitol Hill legislators to support libraries as part of National Library Legislative Day held May 2 and 3 in Washington, D.C.

State librarians from twelve southeastern states have formed the Southern Council of State Library Agencies, Inc.

The purposes of the Southern Council are:

Mark your Calendars! Talking book, large print, and Braille readers, ages pre-school through teen are invited to register for the Talking Book Services' Summer Reading Program. 

The theme for children ages pre-school through 12 is “Get a Clue @ Your Library.” Pre-schoolers may use “Read-to-Me-Buddies” such as Moms, Dads, siblings, or friends.  

Produced "live on tape" and exclusively on-location throughout the world, Visions is an extraordinary peek at our planet as seen through the eyes of its world class guides and biographers. Visions host and fellow traveler is series producer/creator, Herb Malsman.