The Lion's Roar: South Carolina State Library Podcast South Carolina State Library

In this episode: LYRASIS 2010 NextGen Librarian Award; Gov. Mark Sanford's vetoes 31 and 92; Richland County is raising taxes to cover state library cuts.

In this episode: South Carolina Center for the Book Awards Program; South Carolina State Library has recently awarded sixteen mini-grants for public library to promote reading and serve South Carolina families; Doug Henderson newly announced director of Charleston County Public Library; South Carolina Public Library History, 1940-1945 collection.

In this episode: The South Carolina State Library has launched a new web site, WorkSC.org, to assist libraries, state government agencies and employees, and citizens locate useful resources on the many facets of workforce development; More than 69,000 young readers from across the country participated in this year's Letters About Literature writing contest, a reading promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, presented in partnership with Target and sponsored in South Carolina by the State Library?s Center for the Book; winners of the Third Annual National Library Week ?Day in the Life of South Carolina Libraries? photo contest; Board of Directors for the Chester County Library has selected a Library Director. Steve Farlow comes to Chester County from Rocky Mount, NC where he is currently the regional director for the Braswell County Public Library system.

South Carolina Common Cause day in the life of SC libraries releases report; York County Library staff members Abbie Townson and Karen Van Vierssen were honored recently by the Friends of South Carolina Libraries; Four South Carolina public libraries have been selected by the American Library Association (ALA) to receive $5,000 grants as part of "The American Dream Starts @ your library" literacy initiative; South Carolina State Library recently added a new, more streamlined search feature to its DISCUS page.

In this episode: Letters About Literature winners announced; DISCUS, South Carolina?s Virtual Library, takes another great stride forward with SmartSearch; Richland County Public Library recognized the efforts of its many volunteers at a special event at the Main Library last month; Dorchester County Library is currently hosting "Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery"; State Library is taking an active role in helping the students of South Carolina through a new web site, StudySC.org.

This episode of the Lion's Roar is a recording of a book talk given by Dr. Robert Kapsch about his book, Historic Canals and Waterways of South Carolina. This is the first history of the canal boom that revolutionized transportation in the Palmetto State. The talk took place at the SC State Library's Center for the Book in partnership with the USC Press on March 25, 2010. For more information about the SC Center for the Book, visit www.sccenterforthebook.org.