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After a $10 million renovation, South Caroliniana Library, the nation’s oldest free-standing academic library and the most iconic building on campus, is once again a showplace – ready to welcome visitors to the home of one of the largest collections of Southern and American history.
Narciso Gonzales, with his brothers, founded The State newspaper in 1891. Narciso's fiery op-eds led to his death, but he went down in history as one of the greatest journalists in South Carolina history. This story and more is part of an exhibit at USC during Hispanic Heritage month.
The University of South Carolina Press and University Libraries are embarking on a new collaborative venture: Open Carolina, an open-access publishing platform.
The history of LGBTQ+ culture and activism at the University of South Carolina is both richer and more complex than many realize.
Strong research skills are critical to the success of graduate students.
Join us for the Fall Literary Festival 2023This year’s festival begins Oct. 11. Three authors. Three nights. All free.
Dr. Saunders, who currently serves as Associate Director for Library Specialized Collections at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, will assume his new role on November 1.
Congratulations to the four USC faculty members who are recipients of this year’s University Libraries SCoer awards: Michael Grant, College of Education, Jin Liu, College of Education, Hengtao Tang, College of Education and Kasie Whitener, Darla Moore School of Business.
From undergrad assignment to world-renowned collection, Richard Layman’s gift sheds light on hard-boiled detective novelist
Eight students have won 2022-2023 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards
David Banush, dean of libraries and academic information resources at Tulane University, has been named dean of USC's University Libraries, effective Nov. 1.
Over the course of the summer, Parkin was exposed to multiple aspects of librarianship at the Irvin Department, from conservation to digitization.
Congratulations to the four recipients of this year’s SCoer faculty awards.
Six students have won 2021-2022 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards.
In 1957, 12-year-old Cara Wilson-Granat wrote a letter to Otto Frank, father of Holocaust victim and world-renowned diarist Anne Frank, and was surprised to receive a response from him.
You’re invited to step back 300 years into the natural history of the Carolinas at Catesby in the Carolinas, a double-venue exhibit co-hosted by the USC Libraries and McKissick Museum.
University Libraries and Historic Columbia partner to tell Modjeska Simkins' story.
The $349,106 grant will fund development of software that will revolutionize online inspection of digitized archival films.
"We license about 200 films a year, so over the course of 40-plus years, that's thousands of productions our films have been featured in," says Lydia Pappas, interim director of MIRC.
The gift, along with the university’s copies of the Second and Fourth Folios, will provide a rare opportunity for students, faculty and other researchers.
University Libraries will be home to a one-of-a-kind collection of memorabilia from the rock band KISS.
Hardin’s Bradbury collection, which she recently gifted to the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at USC Libraries, grew over the decades.
Tell us how COVID-19 has affected you, and we’ll add your story to our permanent digital collection at South Caroliniana Library.
New partnership creates a playbook for supporting student success
New centralized services connect faculty with technology access and support
The new Mark Catesby Centre at the University of South Carolina brings attention to the innovative work and influence of 17th-century English naturalist Mark Catesby.
Learn about rural life in Fairfield County, South Carolina before, during and after the era of desegregation and school integration from people who experienced it.
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023
Location: South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street
Cost: Free
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