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eNews from the SC State Library
December 2012
December is Identity Theft Prevention Month 
 
Identity theft is a serious crime. This is the month to educate yourself on how to prevent identity theft. Visit our web site to find some helpful resources.  Join us, along with staff members from the SC Department of Consumer Affairs, on December 18th at 10:30, for an important webinar on how to prevent ID theft and know what to do if it happens to you. This FREE webinar is open to the general public, library staff members, and state government employees. Register online.
Speaker @ the Center to Feature Artist Mary Whyte
  
Join us Thursday December 6 from noon-1pm in room 309 at 1430 Senate Street for Speaker @ the Center.  This is a free author talk hosted by the SC State Library's Center for the Book  and USC Press. 
  
Down Bohicket Road: An Artist's Journey - A collection of vibrant watercolors and poignant tales celebrating the friendships and faith of a sea island community of Gullah women.

Speaker @ the Center is FREE and open to the public. Bag lunches are encouraged.  Books will be available for purchase and autographing.  
  
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The South Carolina Library Association named Richland Library's Executive Director Melanie Huggins as the 2012 South Carolina Outstanding Librarian at the end of October.
  
Huggins joined the Richland Library in 2009 as Executive Director and is currently vice chair/chair elect of the Urban Libraries Council and President of the SC Association of Public Library Administrators. She has also served on the IMLS National Task Force to Define 21st Century Skills for Museums and Public Libraries and is an active member of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association.
  
  
The Greenville County Public Library has been awarded the 2012 InnoVision Community Service Award. The InnoVision program honors achievements of businesses, educational institutions and governmental entities in South Carolina's Upstate and Greater Midlands regions.

The InnoVision Community Service Award (www.innovisionaward.org) recognizes an organization for establishing and/or supporting innovative, technology-based projects and programs that improve the quality of life for an Upstate or Greater Midlands community.
  
About Us
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, visit www.statelibrary.sc.gov or call 803-734-8666.