The South Carolina State Library is pleased to offer mobilize online discussion groups. Mobilize is an online community social space, member directory, and an outreach center - all in one place. Please visit our online discussion groups webpage and sign up today. For more information about mobilize, please visit their website.

The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides access to publications produced by state agencies and state-supported academic institutions. 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.

In 2017, the South Carolina State Library hosted the first Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest, with more than 600 students participating from across the state.

Join us on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for this month's author talk and book signing: What Missing Means, by Bonnie Stanard. Letters keep the Reinhart family connected to their son, a soldier in Germany in 1945.

HOW STATE AGENCIES FUNCTION AND INFORMATION THEY MAKE AVAILABLE: Your input is wanted on the six agencies recently announced for study by the SC House Legislative Oversight Committee:

SCETV Commission; Commission on Indigent Defense; Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism; Commission on Prosecution Coordination;
and Department of Revenue

Join us for our quarterly exchange of ideas on Friday March 30 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the State Library! We'll hear from Katie McElveen, Associate Director of Clemson's Social Media Listening Center. Click here to register online.

Join your colleagues from across the country as an advocate for libraries as part of the South Carolina Library Association’s National Library Legislative Day delegation.  Be part of the SCLA team that will make a difference for libraries by visiting our legislators in our nation’s capital. National Library Legislative Day is a two-day advocacy event held in Washington, D.C. every year.

February is Black History Month, and we have an entire subject guide on that theme. From notable Black South Carolinians to genealogy research, to children's books and teacher's resources--there is something for everyone. Click here to view the subject guide.

Shadows of the Gullah Geechee by Pete Marovich is curated by American Reportage.

The South Carolina State Library will host documentary photographer Pete Marovich's "Shadows of the Gullah Geechee" photo exhibit from February 2 to March 30. The exhibit may be viewed during the Library's hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.