New ReadSC Website Launched
December 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina State Library announced the launch of its newly redesigned website ReadSC.org. The new site has an easy-to-navigate menu bar and provides keyword searching of its website pages.
The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and the Humanities CouncilSC. The Center is located at 1500 Senate, Columbia, SC, in the State Library. The Center officially began in 1996.
ReadSC.org celebrates South Carolina’s rich literary heritage and brings public attention to the importance of books, writers and reading. The website provides information about literary events and projects such as Letters About Literature, an annual student writing contest sponsored by the State Library, Center for the Book, and State Library Foundation.
For more information about ReadSC.org, please contact Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Coordinator of the South Carolina Center for the Book at[email protected] or 803-734-8928.
About the S.C. State Library
The South Carolina State Library is the primary administrator of federal and state support for the state’s libraries. The Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. The Library’s mission is to optimize South Carolina’s investment in library and information services. In 1969, as the result of action by the General Assembly, the State Library Board was redesignated as the South Carolina State Library and assumed responsibility for public library development, library service for state institutions, service for the blind and physically handicapped, and library service to state government agencies. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the Library is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other sources. For more information, please visit www.statelibrary.sc.gov or call 803-734-8666.
