Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with two staff members, Sylvie Golod, Career Services Specialist and Diane Luccy, Business and Careers Manager from the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina about the library's Business, Careers and Research Center.

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, Governor Henry McMaster delivered the 2018 State of the State Address before a joint session of the General Assembly. The South Carolina State Library has digitized and made available online a collection of State of the State Addresses, starting from 1853.

The Palmetto Archives, Libraries & Museums Council on Preservation (PALMCOP) is pleased to announce that registration is open for its annual conference, scheduled in Columbia, SC on February 16, 2018. The conference will focus on the role of cultural resources professionals in documenting and preserving temporary memorial sites as well as historic monuments while navigating complex and often controversial situations.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2018 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award to the South Carolina State Library, Columbia, South Carolina.

The award, sponsored by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, is designed to provide up to $4,000 to an ALSC member’s library to fund a visit from an author/illustrator who will speak to children who might otherwise not have had the opportunity to hear from a nationally known author/illustrator.

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) launches the 2018 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library's summer reading program. CSLP is a consortium consisting of public libraries and state library agencies throughout the United States, several islands and territories. The members of this consortium work together to provide high quality summer reading materials for public libraries to use in their summer programs birth through senior citizens.

South Carolina students: do you believe that poetry can change the world?

Tell us how by participating in this year's Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest! The Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest encourages young writers to capture the power of their words and experience the freedom of original literary expressions.

"A frosted landscape,

quiet and awaiting spring,

but plants are still there."

-John Nelson

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.

The Fairfield County Library is proud to announce the unveiling of a new website, logo, and staff email addresses. The website can be found at www.fairfieldcountylibrary.com. For more information, please contact Eric Robinson – Director – eric.robinson@fairfieldcountylibrary.com.