Libraries across the country are celebrating an all-American summer pastime and the role libraries play in building literacy skills by participating in the Step Up to the Plate @ your library® program, developed by American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Greenville County Library System is among the programs involved.

EBSCO Publishing is now providing the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. The company also offers a free database for teachers, the Teacher Reference Center.

Libraries across the United States have until Oct. 16 to apply for the $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to the library with the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2007 National Library Week theme, "Come together @ your library®."

Researchers at the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently made a presentation to the Congressional House Telecommunications Committee about teens and the internet.

CHICAGO - The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association, has introduced a new Online Awards Application for its seven service awards.  

The PLA awards are designed to highlight the best in public library service and to honor those providing public library service whose vision and accomplishments are extraordinary and deserve recognition by their peers. The awards include:

The South Carolina State Library will launch its new web site on Monday, July 3, 2006. “Our new web site will be much more interactive – we hope it will become a virtual ‘meeting place’ for the libraries of South Carolina,” said Patti J. Butcher, Director of the SC State Library.

What are the best library programs in the country addressing health and wellness issues? From 50 state winners, a grand prize winner has been chosen by a Federal panel, receiving $20,000 for its innovative work to reduce the risk of diabetes.

An all-day forum featuring the ten finalist libraries took place at the National Library of Medicine on May 3rd. The grand prize winner was announced at a reception that evening. NLM is pleased to have provided some support to six of the finalist winners through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.