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Challenges And Innovations: Collections, Access, And The South Caroliniana Library Renovation, Edward Blessing, Graham Duncan May 2020

Challenges And Innovations: Collections, Access, And The South Caroliniana Library Renovation, Edward Blessing, Graham Duncan

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Major library renovations, here defined as those requiring the removal of all staff and collections to one or more alternate locations, are especially challenging for both staff and patrons. This poster highlights how a major renovation has become – and continues to be – an opportunity for innovation and productive change at the South Caroliniana Library.


The Good, The Badge, And The Ugly: Takeaways From Creating An Information Literacy Badge, Jesika Brooks, Brittany Hickey, Joshua Brunck May 2020

The Good, The Badge, And The Ugly: Takeaways From Creating An Information Literacy Badge, Jesika Brooks, Brittany Hickey, Joshua Brunck

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Digital badges are micro-certifications that indicate competence in particular skills. At Columbia College, we combined coursework on information literacy skills with a Wikipedia editing project to create a digital “Research Badge” administered through the campus learning management system. Our poster at SCLA 2019 shared project successes and areas for improvement.


Extinguished: Exploring Librarian Burnout, Brittany Hickey, Jade Geary May 2020

Extinguished: Exploring Librarian Burnout, Brittany Hickey, Jade Geary

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In “Extinguished: Exploring Librarian Burnout”, we shared results from our study on librarian burnout. The study surveyed current and former librarians, as well as library school students. The focus of the study was to determine if there is a link between working while in library school and later experiencing burnout as a librarian. We hoped to discover the prevalence of librarian burnout, determine if burnout is more common in LIS professionals who worked while enrolled in graduate classes, and begin a conversation about the realities of our profession.


Learning How To Digitize Community Histories In Horry County, Sara Keever May 2020

Learning How To Digitize Community Histories In Horry County, Sara Keever

South Carolina Libraries

To learn more about creating a Digital Studio, we digitized the history of our library system and produced a short documentary in celebration of our 70th anniversary. The production offers an example of the services we will be able to offer families and communities interested in preserving local histories.


Big Changes With Little ¢Hange: How To Renovate On A Tight Budget, Georgia Coleman, Heather Mitchell, Karen Quinn May 2020

Big Changes With Little ¢Hange: How To Renovate On A Tight Budget, Georgia Coleman, Heather Mitchell, Karen Quinn

South Carolina Libraries

Public Libraries are often faced with the challenge of updating facilities to keep pace with customer preferences with limited funding. Based upon experience with bond funded renovations to multiple Richland Library locations from 2014-2020, this article shares strategies and case studies on how to make high impact changes while being sensitive to minimizing construction. Strategies include a customer experience design focus, reallocation of staff office space, use of color, selection of flexible furnishings, and integration of public art.


Accessibility: Just Do It!, Savannah Gignac, Caroline Smith May 2020

Accessibility: Just Do It!, Savannah Gignac, Caroline Smith

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In the spring of 2019, The South Carolina State Library and Charleston County Public Library each formed an Accessibility Team to identify and begin addressing accessibility issues in their libraries. Volunteers from diverse roles and departments participate in the teams so that together they can have a deeper impact. The teams have started making improvements and have established a process to bring positive change to their organizations.


2019 American Library Association Emerging Leader, Jade Geary May 2020

2019 American Library Association Emerging Leader, Jade Geary

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Jade Geary is the 2019 American Library Association Emerging Leader sponsored by the South Carolina Library Association.


2019 Award Winners Presented At The Scla 2019 Conference May 2020

2019 Award Winners Presented At The Scla 2019 Conference

South Carolina Libraries

Six awards and three scholarships were presented at the 2019 South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference.


Letter From The Peer Review Editor, Edward Blessing May 2020

Letter From The Peer Review Editor, Edward Blessing

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Letter From The Book Review Editor, Stacy L. Winchester May 2020

Letter From The Book Review Editor, Stacy L. Winchester

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No abstract provided.


Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer May 2020

Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer

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No abstract provided.


Wild South Carolina: A Field Guide To Parks, Preserves And Special Places, Stacy L. Winchester May 2018

Wild South Carolina: A Field Guide To Parks, Preserves And Special Places, Stacy L. Winchester

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Stacy Winchester reviews Wild South Carolina: A Field Guide to Parks, Preserves and Special Places by Liesel & Susan Hamilton with Photographs by Tori Steyne.


Southern Perspectives On The Queer Movement: Committed To Home, Nancy Shore May 2018

Southern Perspectives On The Queer Movement: Committed To Home, Nancy Shore

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Nancy Shore reviews Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home by Harlan Greene and Shelia R. Morris.


A Piece Of The World, Jan Comfort May 2018

A Piece Of The World, Jan Comfort

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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline tells the fictionalized story of Christina Olson, model for the Andrew Wyeth painting Christina's World.


Newspapers Wars: Civil Rights And White Resistance In South Carolina, 1935-1965 By Sid Bedington, Marianne Cawley May 2018

Newspapers Wars: Civil Rights And White Resistance In South Carolina, 1935-1965 By Sid Bedington, Marianne Cawley

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No abstract provided.


Exploring The Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds: A Hiking Guide, Jeffery P. Barbour May 2018

Exploring The Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds: A Hiking Guide, Jeffery P. Barbour

South Carolina Libraries

Jeffery P. Barbour, MLIS student at University of South Carolina, reviews Exploring the Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds: A Hiking Guide by Amy Duernberger.


In Memoriam: David C. Mcquillan, Brent Appling May 2018

In Memoriam: David C. Mcquillan, Brent Appling

South Carolina Libraries

We share the sad news of the passing of long-time South Carolina librarian, David C. McQuillan.


Quincy Pugh Retiring After 42 Years Working In Public Libraries, Lisa Gieskes May 2018

Quincy Pugh Retiring After 42 Years Working In Public Libraries, Lisa Gieskes

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Quincy Pugh, Film & Sound Manager of Richland Library, has announced that he is stepping down this summer. Pugh is Richland Library’s first film and sound librarian and he shares his vision for libraries.


The Modern Academic Library: Space To Learn, Cindy Price, Virginia Pierce May 2018

The Modern Academic Library: Space To Learn, Cindy Price, Virginia Pierce

South Carolina Libraries

Over the last two decades academic libraries in the United States have experienced a paradigm shift from book-centered spaces to learning-centered spaces as they work to provide services and resources in the new ways that users consume information. This article discusses the results of a survey conducted in early 2017 of South Carolina academic libraries to study this larger trend moving to learning-centered spaces. Forty two academic library administrators responded and shared how they are re-purposing their library spaces as they work to improve student and faculty user experiences.


Sc Library Spotlight - University Of South Carolina Law Library, Aaron Glenn May 2018

Sc Library Spotlight - University Of South Carolina Law Library, Aaron Glenn

South Carolina Libraries

A reference librarian describes the move of the Coleman Karesh Law Library, now known as the University of South Carolina Law Library, including historical perspective, notes on the moving process, and a floor-by-floor account of the new Library.


Greeting From The President Of Scla, Jimmie Epling May 2018

Greeting From The President Of Scla, Jimmie Epling

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SCLA's 2018 president, Jimmie Epling, provides a greeting to SCLA members.


Growing Old In New Town: What Marked Me, What Marred Me, What Made Me, Wendy Moore Sep 2017

Growing Old In New Town: What Marked Me, What Marred Me, What Made Me, Wendy Moore

South Carolina Libraries

Wendy Moore, Doctoral student at the University of South Carolina's SLIS program, and a cataloger at Francis Marion's James A. Rogers Library, reviews Growing Old in New Town: What Marked Me, What Marred Me, What Made Me by Michael E. Goings.


Leon's Lines, Shelia Martina Keaise Sep 2017

Leon's Lines, Shelia Martina Keaise

South Carolina Libraries

Shelia Martina Keaise, Children's Librarian at Colleton County Memorial Library, reviews Leon's Lines by Ember Estridge.


News From Around Scla Sep 2017

News From Around Scla

South Carolina Libraries

No abstract provided.


Baby Steps To Big Impacts: The Evolution Of Library Involvement In The Textbook System, Amie D. Freeman, Tucker Taylor Sep 2017

Baby Steps To Big Impacts: The Evolution Of Library Involvement In The Textbook System, Amie D. Freeman, Tucker Taylor

South Carolina Libraries

This article will discuss how textbook support and open educational resources (OER) have become critical considerations in the evolving library landscape. For years, textbooks have been the purview of the teaching staff at our colleges and universities, but libraries can no longer ignore the high costs, both societal and financial, of the current textbook environment. Library involvement in the textbook dilemma has come in three phases: chosen ignorance, meeting the immediate need, and striving for sustainable solutions. We will discuss each of these phases and will detail the University of South Carolina Libraries’ involvement in the textbook system. We will …


When Archives And Libraries Collaborate: One Institution Benefiting Another, Shannon Smith, Scott Reeves Sep 2017

When Archives And Libraries Collaborate: One Institution Benefiting Another, Shannon Smith, Scott Reeves

South Carolina Libraries

This article explores the transferal of a historic library of books known as the Salzburger Collection, and the collaboration which resulted from this transferal between a library and archives.


Reflections On A Lifetime Of Reading, Frederick W. Guyette Mr. Sep 2017

Reflections On A Lifetime Of Reading, Frederick W. Guyette Mr.

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Here I give an account of my life as a reader. The first books I remember enjoying are those that were read aloud on Captain Kangaroo, such as Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Story about Ping, and Stone Soup. When I was a little older, in school we learned about science and current events from the stories in Weekly Reader. This was followed by an interest in baseball and the sports page in the local newspaper. In high school, I was more interested in films than books, but “visual literacy” has it place in life, …


Richland Library Main, Tracy Allen Sep 2017

Richland Library Main, Tracy Allen

South Carolina Libraries

Tracy Allen, Director of Library Experience at Richland Library's Main branch gives an overview of the branch's services, spaces, and changes that have recently taken place.


Greeting From The President Of Scla, Amber Conger Sep 2017

Greeting From The President Of Scla, Amber Conger

South Carolina Libraries

SCLA's 2017 president, Amber Conger, profides a greeting to SCLA members.


Curmudgeons And Feather Rufflers, Charles Curran, Lewis Miller, Elise Lewis Oct 2016

Curmudgeons And Feather Rufflers, Charles Curran, Lewis Miller, Elise Lewis

South Carolina Libraries

Charles Curran, Lewis Miller, and Elise Lewis share stories of several librarians who have influenced the LIS profession by confronting conventional practices.