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RCPL Is Talking About...
Come see what RCPL is talking about! Books, movies, music, magazines and more – here’s where RCPL staff discusses interesting library materials, upcoming events and the many services available at the library.
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Dramatic Play and Early Literacy
Submitted by hmccue on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 5:16pm
I paid a lot of money to learn to be a kid again. After several years of study, I have two degrees in what amounts to playing. But if I learned anything else, it was that the arts and creative dramatics support and enhance education from early literacy to chemistry and physics—covalent bonding was once cogently explained to me as if elementary particles and larger molecules >> Read more
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Into the wild with Jean Craighead George
Submitted by DIYbrarian on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 12:25pm
Have you ever been tempted to leave this busy world behind and go somewhere quiet and away from the bustle of your modern life? >> Read more
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Zone One
Submitted by Broadsheet on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:00pm
Have you heard about RCPL's new e-book service? In addition to our current downloadable resources, you'll soon see a lot of information about the 3M Cloud Library. You can read 3M books on your PC, Mac, iPad, Nook, or Android device, or you can check out an e-reader from the Main Library! On E >> Read more
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A Doubtful Future for the American Community Survey
Submitted by DIYbrarian on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 4:54pmEvery ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects data on the number of people living in the United States, along with basic population characteristics. In order to provide more detailed and up to date information, the Census Bureau created the American Community Survey. >> Read more
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Maurice Sendak: 1928-2012
Submitted by hmccue on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 10:01am
Today, the world became a little smaller, a little less dangerous and a little less honest with the loss of Maurice Sendak, one of the true pioneers and innovators of children's literature. I can write no better words to remember him than his own. >> Read more
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Save the Marsh Tacky!
Submitted by Broadsheet on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 4:46pmDid you know the Marsh Tacky is South Carolina's official State Heritage Horse? >> Read more
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Mommy, Let’s Play Books!
Submitted by hmccue on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 11:48am
Being a lover of art and music, I thought for sure my two year old daughter would be overjoyed to go to the library to see >> Read more
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My Bike the Month of May
Submitted by Tintin on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 12:00am
It's official - May is National Bike Month. Events all over South Carolina have been planned throughout the month to promote cycling, including Bike to Work Day on 18 May in Columbia. Cycling provides social benefits in addition to the obvious personal benefit of physical fitness. The more people who commute to work or s >> Read more
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