The South Carolina State Library has partnered with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control's Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) System to educate library staff statewide about the system.

Come celebrate Boiled Peanut Day at the State Farmers Market in West Columbia on August 25! The SC Dept of Agriculture announces an event in the August Market Bulletin as part of a month-long celebration of farmers and the 5th anniversary of the Certified South Carolina Grown Summer Celebration. The give-away will take place between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm or while supplies last.

The Old Town Association, Bonnie Wallsh Associates LLC, Brown & Brown Marketing and Dyer Hart Productions are pleased to announce a brand new and exciting festival to be held in Old Town, Rock Hill. Experience South Carolina Fest will take place on Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 4:00pm-9:30pm along Main Street in Rock Hill.

Do you work in the health and medical industry or for a local or state government health related agency or organization? Join us for an in-depth overview of Discus -- South Carolina's Virtual Library's new health and medical online resources.

A Guided Tour of Health and Medical Information Resources
When: September 5, 2012, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Final projects for the 2012 Certified Public Manager program graduates have been received in the State Library and are available to view in the library. These projects are the culmination of the program administered by the Office of Human Resources of the Budget and Control Board. The projects will be added to the Digital Collections of the State Library and available soon.

The Talking Book Services Readers Advisors have moved into 1500 Senate Street, however the collection is still at 1430 Senate Street.

For now, we ask anyone who would like in-person service to wait.

Please continue to call, email or fax us with your orders and they can go out by mail as usual.

With the collection in one building and the staff in another, it would be quite difficult to retrieve books while you wait.

Thank you for your patience!

The South Carolina Attorney General's Office and the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs have partnered with the South Carolina State Library to provide an investor education and protection seminar on investment fraud.

The Oconee County Public Library has recently made available a downloadable e-book collection of historic documents owned by the library.

Hunger is a problem affecting the elderly and the young, the healthy and the sick. Harvest Hope and its member agencies work with people in need from all walks of life. From parents working minimum wage jobs struggling to put food on the table, to retired couples who have trouble paying for expensive medications, hunger is a reality for a growing number of South Carolinians.

Patrons of the Talking Books Services are eligible to download Reader's Digest and Newsweek in Digital Talking Book (DTB) format.

The American Printing House for the Blind is proud to offer free downloadable editions of Reader's Digest® and Newsweek® to eligible readers who are blind and visually impaired and who are registered members of the Talking Books program.