Check out the new additions from Chester County Historical Society and USC Aiken. Chester has added over 800 images from a photographer, Henry O. Nichols and USC Aiken has added images of their history from the last 50 years. Enjoy!
Graduate students in the School of Library and Information Science competed in the Google Online Marketing Challenge this past year. The GOMC is a global competition sponsored by Google for universities around the world that tests students abilities in advertising, ecommerce, integrated marketing communication, management information systems, marketing and new media technologies. Participants explore marketing strategies through Google AdWords.
The winners were just announced and the 5 students in Dr. Ron Brown's SLIS J757 marketing class Seminar in Applied Information Systems for Information Specialists were Semi-Finalists in the competition. Their marketing research and campaign for the South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) scored in the Top 100 teams Globally and in the Top 15 for the Americas Region (North America, Central America, and South America). More than 4,000 teams comprised of over 35,000 students from 95 countries participated in the GOMC 2011. The team was comprised of Grace Barth, Michelle Cloer, Anna Zacherl, Michael Lawing and Christiana Scott. This is the first time the University of South Carolina has ever placed in this global competition.
Thanks to the ASERL group and the Digital Library of Georgia for bringing us Civil War and the American South. Look for all of the South Carolina items included. Visit www.american-south.org
Kate Boyd of the University of South Carolina and SCDL and Nick Graham of DigitalNC will be speaking on State Wide Digital Library Projects at the joint SCAA/SNCA annual conference in Moorehead City, NC. Come join us!
The South Carolina Digital Library just received a Notable State Document Award from the South Carolina State Library. The selection is announced annually on or near Freedom of Information Day, March 16, the birthday of President James Madison, an early proponent of citizen access to government information. Awards were presented to the winning agencies by David Goble, State Library Director, at a morning ceremony at the State Library, March 16th. "As we celebrate Freedom of Information Day, I salute South Carolina state agencies that continue to make their information available to the public, either in print form or electronically. The agencies honored todaycontinue a fine tradition of open government in the Palmetto State," said Goble. Winning documents were selected by a group of state documents depository librarians from around the state and by staff at the South Carolina State Library. See press release at: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/state-library-to-announce-2009-notable-state-documents-at-ceremony
From the Charleston Post & Courier:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jul/09/digital_library_launched88699/
The South Carolina Digital Library is now pleased to present collections from the Medical University of South Carolina, the Historic Charleston Foundation, and the Gibbes Museum of Art.
The collections of the College of Charleston will be updated very soon and the brand new Lowcountry Digital Library interface will be ready to use!
Thank you very much for your patience during this process.
Please see the over 800 images of Georgetown County from the Morgan & Trenholm Collection, now available through the SCDL under Newsest Collections and other Browse options. Enjoy!
Please visit the Greenville County Library System's new digital collections - South Carolina in Postcards and Historic Sites and People of Greenville as well as two ledgers from the Alxeander McBeth Store and the United Spanish War Veterans.
