This month Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill making the South Carolina Governor’s School for Agriculture at John de la Howe the first of its kind in the United States. The school, which sits on 1,310 acres of farmland in McCormick County, is a public residential high school for students in grades 10 through 12.

The South Carolina State Library has long supported summer reading programs as a way to promote the joy of reading for fun, connect communities, and to encourage lifelong library users. The SC State Library is also proud to support the Winter Reading Program to encourage patrons of all ages to be library users and avid readers. 

SC Humanities is pleased to announce a special South Carolina tour of Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that explores the democratic process: its freedoms, responsibilities, complexities, and successes. Developed as part of the Museum on Main Street (MOMS) program, this exhibit is designed especially for small cultural organizations and rural audiences that lack regular access to traveling exhibitions due to space and cost limitations.

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 November 2020 list of new South Carolina State Documents is now available.

The Poetry Society of South Carolina will celebrate it's 100th anniversary in January, 2021. The Society hosts free events (downloadable PDF of January - March 2021 events), and fosters the craft of poetry by offering seminars, workshops, writers’ groups, and prizes that include cash awards and publication. Among the major American poets that have been featured through the years are Edna St.

Did you know the South Carolina State Library's collection has a great selection of cookbooks?

The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce that the United for Libraries statewide subscription is now active and available to all South Carolina library trustees, friends groups, staff members, and library-related foundations. To access these great learning resources, you will need to create an individual account which only takes a few minutes.

Did you know the South Carolina State Library maintains a detailed collection of materials from the Chicora Foundation? The online collection consists of curricula materials, reports, research contributions, and newsletters. Chicora is a Columbia, South Carolina public, non-profit heritage preservation organization founded in 1983.

From March 2021-June 2021, The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is providing free emergency preparedness training for South Carolina cultural heritage organizations sponsored by the South Carolina State Library and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This course is open to individuals associated with South Carolina cultural heritage organizations, county government departments, and offices involved with emergency management and public safety. There is no cost to attend, but you must register to reserve a seat.