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Through its collaborative yearlong exhibit Echoes of Independence: 250 Years of Revolution and Memorialization, University Libraries celebrates 250 years of revolution and memorialization, both in South Carolina and across the nation.
Thomas Cooper Library will be renovated to bring its spaces and infrastructure up to date for the needs of tomorrow following action by the University’s Board of Trustees last month.
University of South Carolina Columbia faculty, staff and students may now access The Economist free of charge via an institutional online subscription provided by University Libraries.
Valerie Vera has been named University Libraries' inaugural Research Impact Librarian.
University Libraries is showcasing its vast holdings of Elmore Leonard material in its fall 2025 exhibit, “’The bad guys are the fun guys’: Celebrating 100 years of Elmore Leonard”.
When historian and former Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Carolina in May, she spoke eloquently about the significant role the South Caroliniana Library has played in her work over the past 50 years.
Great writers, readers and friends will gather for two author visits in September for the University of South Carolina Fall Literary Festival.
Four USC Columbia faculty members have been recognized by University Libraries with 2025 SCoer awards.
Students earned recognition for their scholarship and their use of library resources in the 2025 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards.
University Libraries joins Patriots Point to honor Vietnam Veterans and their families.
Students submitted photos of University Libraries for a chance to win a cash prize as well as have their photography displayed on the main floor of Thomas Cooper Library.
University of South Carolina Libraries is celebrating the centennial of what some consider to be “the great American novel” in style.
University Libraries now provides USC-affiliated researchers access to Scopus, a vast multidisciplinary abstract and citation database.
To celebrate Love Data Week 2025 (Feb. 10-14), University Libraries is offering a week full of free online workshops. Register now to save your space!
The University Archives at the South Caroliniana Library has recently acquired a treasure trove of materials once belonging to Patterson Wardlaw, the first dean of education.
University Libraries has acquired the original scripts and treatments from the 1970s hit television show "Wonder Woman" starring Lynda Carter.
Great writers, readers and friends will gather for three author visits in September and October for the University of South Carolina Fall Literary Festival.
Housed in University Libraries, Dr. Faulkenbury will serve as the principal resource on matters of historic interpretation, representation, and commemoration of the University of South Carolina for the university community and beyond.
The renovated South Caroliniana Library has been recognized with a 2024 Preservation Honor Award.
Four USC Columbia faculty members have been recognized by University Libraries with 2024 SCoer Awards.
University of South Carolina Libraries hosted the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) 2024 Annual Meeting and Spring Membership Meeting last week.
Dr. Evan Faulkenbury, associate professor of history at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland, will join the University of South Carolina as its University Historian on August 16, 2024.
Eleven students have won 2023-2024 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards.
A University Libraries faculty member is one of four faculty members campus wide to be recognized with a prestigious undergraduate teaching award.
After serving in increasingly responsible roles since he joined the department in 2013, Dr. Michael Weisenburg has been promoted to Director of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Digital Humanities Working Group, an offshoot of USC's Humanities Collaborative that's supported by the Digital Research Services team at University Libraries, has developed a range of resources for faculty who want to explore the ways computational tools can enhance their research.
Public history student Stevie Malenowski spent his summer digitizing images from boxes of archival materials, uncovering the history of the Williams Furniture Company, a staple of Sumter, South Carolina, for decades, alongside specialists at University Libraries.
University of South Carolina Libraries has added The Wall Street Journal to the roster of publications it makes available to USC students, faculty and staff free of charge.
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.
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, Feb. 12, 2026
Location: South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street
Cost: Free
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