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January 2024
2024 FOSCL Awards
The Friends of South Carolina Libraries are now accepting applications for 2024 Awards!

To nominate a deserving library employee, volunteer, public official, or Friends group you must be a current FOSCL member. Need to renew your membership? Click Here

The deadline to submit is February 14th!
2023 FOSCL Award Winners
2023 Outstanding Public Official award winner Representative Gary Simrill (R-York) with Friends of the York County Library member Terry Plumb.
2023 John Landrum Advocacy award winner Mary Jo Dawson, Director of the ABBE Library System, with Leesa Aiken, South Carolina State Library Director, and Kitty Spires, FOSCL Past President.
2023 Public Library Excellence award winner Melissa Shenk, Green Sea Floyds Branch Manager (left).
2023 Winners Not Shown

Public Library Employee Excellence Award - Leverne McBeth, Middle Tyger Library Branch Manager

Outstanding Individual Award – William “Bill” Reynolds, Finance Committee Member and Past President of the Friends of the Aiken Library

Outstanding Public Official Award – Representatives Murrell Smith and Todd Rutherford

Board Recognition - Loretta Wells, Volunteer with the Friends of the Bluffton Library
A Look Back: Regional Meeting in Spartanburg
Thank you to the Spartanburg County Library for hosting FOSCL's Regional Meeting on January 12th!
Attendees heard from Todd Stephens, Spartanburg County Library Director and Derrick Lawson, Spartanburg County Library Director of Advancement.
A tour of the Spartanburg Library included stops at several art displays and the outdoor playground.
Check Out Pages on Pine

Pages on Pine is a free-standing bookstore managed by the Friends of the Spartanburg County Library.

2355 South Pine Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302

Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday - 10 am - 4 pm
Renew Your 2024 FOSCL Membership
The Friends of South Carolina Libraries is funded primarily by annual membership dues. Your support matters!

Here are just a few of FOSCL's membership benefits:

  • Receive discounted registration to the Annual Conference in March 2024

  • Opportunity to nominate candidates for annual awards

  • Apply for FOSCL grants in support of Friends projects

  • Receive support with statewide membership benefits with ALA's United for Libraries, the national Friends of the Library association

  • Leadership opportunities to serve as a FOSCL Board Member

  • Share ideas and connect with other library Friends groups and members from across South Carolina
Good News: Share Your Story 2023-2024
All South Carolina Libraries are invited to share uplifting and impactful library stories with their community and the legislators who serve them. This campaign is supported by SCLA, SCASL, APLA and FOSCL. Interested libraries or participants do not have to hold a membership to any affiliated organization to submit. 

The third edition of Share Your Story will focus on the theme of "Good News." This theme is meant to be open, inclusive, and flexible to all library stories from the past year. (Click here to view the first edition or second edition )

Here is a brief list of suggested stories to be included:
  • Summer Reading Statistics and Library stories
  • K-12 library program stories
  • Public Library community programs and borrower statistics
  • Academic library outreach efforts and impact on student success
  • Special library efforts (Medical, archives, and more)
  • Patron experiences and letters

All libraries, all stories, and all efforts are encouraged.
Submissions are due by February 2nd, 2024.
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