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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>State
Library Publishes Day in the Life Report<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina
Common Cause, a group of librarians and representatives of South Carolina’s
major library organizations united in concern for the support and progress of
libraries of all kinds, presents this report to create awareness of the
astonishing growth in library usage in this time of economic recession.
David Goble, Director of the South Carolina State Library and founding member
of the group, called for a shared effort from all of the State’s libraries to gather
information about library services. Goble’s vision endorses a
collaborative effort to improve library conditions for all.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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According to Goble, “Nothing is as important to a free society as the provision
of information to all who need it, young and old. South Carolina
libraries, working together with a common interest and a common goal, can
ensure the future of free access to information, to literature, and to library
services. This survey demonstrates the power of libraries to meet the needs
of South Carolina citizens, even in a single day.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The results of the survey revealed that in one day, 162,760 people visit South
Carolina libraries. A total of 408 of South Carolina’s K-12, public,
academic, and special libraries responded to the survey. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The report is published on the South Carolina State Library’s web site: <a
href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/docs/newsroom/prdocs/day_in_the_life_2010.pdf">http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/docs/newsroom/prdocs/day_in_the_life_2010.pdf</a>.
For more information, contact David Goble, Director of the South Carolina State
Library at 803-734-8656 or <a href="mailto:dgoble@statelibrary.sc.gov">dgoble@statelibrary.sc.gov</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>About
the S.C. State Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The
South Carolina State Library is the primary administrator of federal and state
support for the state’s libraries. The Library is a national model for
innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. The Library’s
mission is to optimize South Carolina’s investment in library and information
services. In 1969, as the result of action by the General Assembly, the State
Library Board was redesignated as the South Carolina State Library and assumed
responsibility for public library development, library service for state
institutions, service for the blind and physically handicapped, and library
service to state government agencies. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the
Library is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government
through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other sources.
For more information, visit <a href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov">www.statelibrary.sc.gov</a>
or call 803-734-8666.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Curtis R. Rogers, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/">South Carolina
State Library</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>POB 11469, 1430 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29211<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ph:803-734-8928 fax:803-734-8676<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have
You Joined SCLA Yet for 2010? </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> If not, please do! The
Association needs you as an active member in 2010! Click on <a
href="http://www.scla.org/index.php/Documents/Membership">http://www.scla.org/index.php/Documents/Membership</a> and
join today. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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