It Begins With You: The Importance of Serving Ages 0-18

Join us for a fun, informative day specially catered to Youth Services Library Staff! Enjoy a variety of sessions designed to help you gain new insights, ideas, and tools to bring back to your locations. More details on the flyer!

Friday, February 23, 2018
Richland Library – Main Branch
1431 Assembly Street ~ Columbia, SC 29201

The State Library will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of a state holiday. For more information on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, visit Discus — South Carolina’s Virtual Library at scdiscus.org to search one of our several databases.

The South Carolina State Library is pleased to offer two popular grants research and proposal writing classes:

Grants Research: Finding a Funder for Your Nonprofit Organization

This class helps individuals working with nonprofit organizations locate information on grants available from private foundations and corporations using the South Carolina State Library’s electronic and print resources. Sessions run from 10:00 a.m. to noon and are offered on two different dates:

Agencies seek to increase knowledge and confidence among school and library applicants participating in the E-Rate program.

Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina State Library and the South Carolina Department of Administration’s Division of Technology Operations will partner together to host a quarterly virtual meeting for schools and libraries who seek to participate in the federal E-Rate program. The first quarterly E-Rate virtual meeting will take place Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 11 a.m.

The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the new and improved Discus website! Discus – South Carolina’s Virtual Library is the “information place” for all South Carolinians. Discus, which stands for Digital Information for South Carolina Users, provides free access to an electronic library that’s available 24/7. Discus is a collection of subscription databases with an array of resources ranging from books and magazines to maps and videos.

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.

St. George, South Carolina - The Cecil Williams exhibit, "Unforgettable: Celebrating a Time of Life, Hope and Bravery," will be on display at the St. George library from Monday, December 4 through Thursday, January 25.

Join us Jan. 18 at noon for our next author talk and book signing: Family of Warriors by Ed DeVos. Family of Warriors follows five brothers who served during WWII.