Read-In is back in 2022!
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The wait is over! Read-In 2022 is back on April 7 with options for everyone to participate in celebrating reading.
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2021 Notable State Documents Award Winners
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The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the selection of the most notable South Carolina State Documents of 2021. Government documents come in a variety of formats and winning categories include state agency monographs, serials, and websites or apps.
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StudySC, an Easy Way to Discover the Palmetto State
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It’s here! The new image-rich StudySC website gives K-12 students and teachers a place to find curated materials on famous South Carolina people, geography, history, facts, glossary terms, and SC book awards.
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Congratulations to York County Library
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York County is taking literacy on the road with its new outreach van. On February 24, Director of Finance and Grants Wendy Coplen joined YCL Director Jason Hyatt and his team to celebrate the Sprinter van and cut the ribbon, signifying its launch into the community. The van contains a wheelchair lift and roll-on book carts for serving senior patrons.
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South Carolina Library Systems at a Glance
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Public libraries are gathering places, information spaces, entertainment hubs, and centers for lifelong learning. South Carolinians depend on their public library for access to technology and educational resources. Libraries provide equal access to information, which creates opportunity.
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New January 2022 State Documents
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We're a little partial to lions given that two regal lion statues, named Sol and Edgar for former South Carolina politicians Solomon Blatt and Edgar Brown, frame our building. However, more than the cover of the Midlands Technical College Training Guide intrigues us.
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A Wild Milestone
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Our digital collection now houses 100 editions of the South Carolina Wildlife Magazine. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources publishes the magazine to educate the public about ways to conserve, protect, and preserve our state’s natural resources.
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Helping Families, Supporting Children
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Director Leesa Aiken joined Governor Henry McMaster and other leaders from the Early Childhood Advisory Council to unveil South Carolina’s Birth through Five Plan and celebrate the launch of First Five SC.
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Color Our Collections
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We are honored to participate in the New York Academy of Medicine’s “Color Our Collections” campaign allowing libraries, museums, and archives to feature special collections and rare books as coloring books. To showcase the historical component of our collection, we selected fairytales, storybooks, and illustrated magazines dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Help Us, Help You
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Every five years, we must provide an independent evaluation of how our agency implements Library Services and Technology grants in South Carolina. Quality Metrics gathers information from various sources for 2018 to 2022, including the State Program Report, personal interviews, and survey data.
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