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News at RCPL
First Citizens Foundation Donates $2,500 to RCPL Foundation
Funds to Support Outreach Efforts at Columbia Preschool
The Richland County Public Library (RCPL) Foundation has received a $2,500 gift from the First Citizens Foundation to support the library’s outreach efforts aimed at increasing early childhood literacy. >> Read more
Job Center Wins National Award
The Job Center at RCPL, designated specifically for job and career-related resources and personalized assistance, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services, presented by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). >> Read more
RCPL Project Recognizes Young Talent
The works of 64 Midlands’ students have been selected for publication in Kids in Print, the Richland County Public Library’s annual collection of stories, poems and art.
Students, ages six to 18, featured in this year’s edition include:
Claire Sbardella, A.C. Flora High School; >> Read more
May the Wild Rumpus Continue
The Richland County Public Library staff is deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend, Maurice Sendak. >> Read more
Get Your Head in the Cloud!
RCPL Launches a New Way to Discover Ebooks at your Library
The Richland County Public Library has launched a new service – the 3M Cloud Library – that allows library customers to access more than 4,000 ebooks on multiple devices, including PCs, iPads, Nooks and Android operating systems. RCPL is one of 10 beta or test sites across the country for this new service. >> Read more
Library Receives $78,500 Financial Literacy Grant
Growing Savers: Smart Money @ RCPL
The Richland County Public Library has been awarded a $78,500 grant for a “Growing Savers: Smart Money @ RCPL” program, an effort to increase the financial literacy of low to moderate income families with a special focus on the African-American community. >> Read more
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