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Official Podcast of the South Carolina State Library
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Monday Aug 14, 2017
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with TJ Wallace, Assistant Director of South Carolina Humanities, about the Let’s Talk About It book discussion series and many of the other programs and events of the South Carolina Humanities. SC Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Established in 1973, this 501(c) 3 organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state. It presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that directly or indirectly reach more than 250,000 citizens annually.
Links:
- SC Humanities http://schumanities.org
- SC Humanities on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/humanitiessc
- SC Humanities on Twitter https://twitter.com/humanitiessc
- Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Program http://schumanities.org/projects/ltai
- SC Encyclopedia http://schumanities.org/projects/encyclopedia
- 2017 South Carolina Humanities Festival, October 5 – 8, 2017, Gaffney, SC http://schumanities.org/annualevents/humanitiesfestival
Friday Aug 04, 2017
Friday Aug 04, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the training recently held at the South Carolina State Library titled, “The Great American Eclipse 2017: a free workshop for visually impaired individuals and those who work with visually impaired populations.” Cynthia Hall serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geology and is Director of the Lowcountry Hall of Science and Math (LHSM), the education arm of the School of Science and Math at the College of Charleston. She teaches courses in Environmental Geology, Earth System Science for Teachers, and Marine and Coastal Science for Teachers. Through the Hall, she serves as a critical bridge between science and math faculty and educators in the region, as well as, develops and implements STEM professional development opportunities for educators and designs and develops curricula using effective pedagogical strategies and focusing on STEM-related content.
Links:
- Accessible eclipse activities http://lhsm.cofc.edu/sservi/
- LHSM eclipse site http://blogs.cofc.edu/lowcountryhall/great-american-eclipse-2017/
- NASA eclipse site https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
- Photos from the training event https://www.flickr.com/photos/scsl/albums/72157684157383773
- SC Space Grant http://scspacegrant.cofc.edu/
- SC State Library eclipse guide http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/news/state-library-provides-comprehensive-online-eclipse-guide
- Tactile books https://sservi.nasa.gov/books/
Thursday Jul 27, 2017
Thursday Jul 27, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services with Richland Library's Executive Director, Melanie Huggins, and Roberta Phillips, Planning and Projects Manager, and Emily Stoll, Community and Media Relations Coordinator. The award honors outstanding libraries and museums that contribute significantly to the wellbeing of their communities. Selected institutions demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service, exceeding the expected levels of community outreach. The winners were recently honored at a National Medal award ceremony held in Washington, D.C.
Links
Richland Library http://www.richlandlibrary.com/
Institute of Museum and Library Services https://www.imls.gov
One Columbia http://www.onecolumbiasc.com/
Richland Two Institute of Innovation (R2i2) https://www.richland2.org/r2i2
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Dr. Curtis Rogers sits down with author Lorna Hollifield to discuss her novel, Tobacco Sun. The year is 1947. The war is over, Jackie Robinson has just integrated baseball, and Frank Sinatra breezes in over the fuzzy airwaves. A sense of relief is finally sweeping the nation...everywhere except Tobaccoville, North Carolina. Beyond the rural fields that are pregnant with decades of secrets, a mysterious Hollywood pin-up is jailed for murder while her facially birth marked half-sister may hold the answers as to why. The two girls, estranged for years, share a haunting past, a shell-shocked love interest, and maybe even a cruel destiny. Through mountains of lies, the truth that inevitably comes pouring out of the tobacco leaves will come to light. Will this light reveal the path to the siblings’ foreordained destruction, or their long-awaited deliverance? Will they realize they each hold the power to set the other free before it’s too late?
Lorna Hollifield is a Southern Fiction author, and writer of life’s wonderful journeys. Her debut novel, Tobacco Sun, is published by Pen Name Publishing and is on sale now through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, and many more.
Links
Lorna’s website: https://lornahollifield.com/
Pen Name Publishing: http://www.pennamepublishing.com/
Speaker @ the Center: http://readsc.org/speakers
Monday Jun 26, 2017
Monday Jun 26, 2017
Pamela and Katie sit down with Dr. Peter Duffy, head of the Master of Arts in Teaching program and Associate Professor in the Theatre and Dance department of the University of South Carolina, to discuss the play, "And the Flood Goes On..." that was performed for the first time November 4, 2016 at the State Library. The production is an hour-long composite play based on the accounts of South Carolina residents who experienced the flood of 2015 firsthand. This production was part of the State Library’s #SCStronger display, a special exhibit designed to explore the 2015 flood disaster through the visual arts. The display honored those who responded to the 2015 flood event and examines the impact it had on the state.
Links
Dr. Peter Duffy: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/thea/peter-duffy
2015 SC Flood Event: https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/SCFlooding_072216_Signed_Final.pdf