The State Library is excited to bring you a virtual demonstration program of Cooks + Books from Sticky Fingers Cooking on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. This train-the-trainer model will show attendees how to hold a virtual program involving a chapter book and recipe preparation. Let your favorite books come to life in the kitchen! In our Cooks + Books series, we’ll read our favorite books and cook up recipes inspired by the story within.

Spring will soon be arriving so this month we are featuring the Clemson Extension Agribusiness publication, Starting an Agricultural Business in South Carolina?: 7 Steps to Getting Started.

A Subject Guide useful to librarians this month and throughout the year is Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. This guide contains information for library staff serving diverse populations including:

The South Carolina State Library’s digital collections contain rare primary research materials such as Our Heroes: Patriotic Poems on Men, Women and Sayings of the Negro Race. This book of poetry focuses on influential African American men and women in the late 1800s written by George C. Rowe, an African American minister, newspaper publisher, and poet in Charleston, South Carolina.

Please join us for a special two-part PCI webinar on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 & Tuesday, March 16, 2021, with expert presenter, coach, and consultant for libraries, Andrew Sanderbeck. Visit our online calendar of events for registration and details.

The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides access to state agencies' publications. These publications provide citizens with crucial information about state government, including statistics, annual accountability reports, and data on a wide variety of topics related to the state. The January 2021 list of new South Carolina State Documents is now available.

When our state was forced into a shutdown because of the COVID pandemic, South Carolina's public libraries' work did not stop. Libraries quickly transitioned to meet the immediate and emerging needs of their communities. I am dedicating this space to their creative, thoughtful work.

Libraries are part of the vital social infrastructure of a community. They are the place where people in crisis go to get support. Libraries provide access to information and resources from the mundane to life or death.

We celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2021 by offering you tips for reading aloud at home. From reading to your favorite people and pets to reading in a different language, watch the video here (or below) and see how these suggestions can help you encourage the young people in your life to make their voices heard.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to find great online training! In this video you can learn how to discover African heritage, culture, and places using resources accessed through Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library. Tour features in CultureGrams and search Gale in Context: Biography to locate information.