National Library Week is coming up on April 8-14, 2018! The Library History Round Table (of the American Library Association) News and Notes is celebrating this special time for libraries by publishing informal essays (even just a few hundred words) about histories of specific libraries. LHRT News and Notes is the official blog of the ALA Library History Round Table: https://lh

Congratulations to Calhoun County Library director Kristen Simensen on being named one of Library Journal's 2018 Movers and Shakers.  You can read about why Kristen was named a “Change Agent” among Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers at the Library Journal website.

Join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, for this month's author talk and book signing: Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill by Kimberly J. Simms. In her debut book of poems, Southern story-teller, Kimberly J. Simms, chronicles the lives of textile workers in the Carolinas with historical accuracy and imaginative insight. Part history, part poetry, this collection also includes rarely seen photography of Lewis Hine.

Congratulations to all of the South Carolina State Government Agencies and state employees who were awarded a 2017 Notable State Documents Award. The awards ceremony took place on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at the Library in Columbia. Photos of the winners are available at the Library's Flickr website.

SC Cyber has partnered with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension (TEEX) to provide FREE online cybersecurity courses. These courses are certified by the American Council on Education (ACE), are offered at no cost and students earn a TEEX certification of completion and Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the completion of each course.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has chosen 20 libraries to receive its 2018 Summer Learning Resources Grant.

Charleston, SC’s first Poet Laureate, Marcus Amaker, will visit the Irmo Branch Library on May 11, 2018 and will read selections from his latest project, empath, starting at 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m. along with music by a jazz vibraphone musician in our café style setting. empath is much more than a boo. It is also a custom journal and a poetry & jazz album. Vinyl, CDs, the journal and book will be available for purchase.

March is Women's History Month and the South Carolina State Library has created this webpage of useful online resources for anyone interested in learning more. 

Documents detailing the 2017 historic solar eclipse, a booklet discussing statewide forest recovery, and a guide providing information on holiday shopping scams were among the 10 publications that made the cut for the latest South Carolina State Library's Notable State Documents list.

This annual award is meant to call attention to the most informative documents released by state agencies in 2017. Awards will be presented to the winning agencies and authors on March 14 at 10:00 a.m. at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia.