COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website ReadSC.org. The new site has an easy-to-navigate menu bar and provides keyword searching of its website pages.

The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina Affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and the Humanities Council^SC. The Center is located at 1500 Senate, Columbia, SC, in the State Library. The Center officially began in 1996.

ReadSC.org celebrates South Carolina’s rich literary heritage and brings public attention to the importance of books, writers and reading. The website provides information about literary events and projects such as Letters About Literature, an annual student writing contest sponsored by the State Library, Center for the Book, and State Library Foundation.

For more information about ReadSC.org, please contact Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Coordinator of the South Carolina Center for the Book at crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov or 803-734-8928.