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2020 News Archive

KISS collection rocks on at UofSC Libraries

The University of South Carolina Libraries will be home to a one-of-a-kind collection of memorabilia from the rock band KISS.

The Digital Age Comes to the Map Collection

Bad handwriting enriches classroom experience with SC Political Collections

Learning to read handwriting from the past, which can be much more ornate and difficult than modern writing, is a crucial skill for future historians and archivists who work with older documents.

Faculty and Libraries step up to help students

Students enrolled in Introduction to Nuclear Materials will no longer have to purchase a textbook

Ray Bradbury fan donates lifelong collection to UofSC Libraries

Hardin's Bradbury collection, which she recently gifted to the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at UofSC Libraries, grew over the decades.

Thomas Cooper Library opens August 3

UofSC's Thomas Cooper Library reopens to students, faculty and staff on Monday, August 3.

Join us for the Fall Literary Festival 2020

This year's festival begins Oct. 14.

Four faculty win SCoer awards for 2020

Congratulations to the four recipients of this year's SCoer Faculty Awards

Congratulations to this year's Undergraduate Research Awards winners

Five students have won 2019-2020 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards

In the Arena: Presidential Campaigns and Conventions

South Carolina Political Collections’ exhibit showcases dozens of interesting campaign materials produced throughout the decades.

Open Education Week 2020

Open Education Week is March 2 - 6, 2020

"The Charleston Renaissance" and "Elizabeth Boatwright Coker’s Life and Legacy"

South Caroliniana Library and Irvin Department showcase collections this spring

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