We are excited to announce that Heather Potter has been named the new Assistant Director of the South Caroliniana Library! Learn more about Heather at the link below!
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University of South Carolina #Libraries Partnership With Google #Books Enhances Access to Unique Materials (via @uofsclibraries.bsky.social) www.sc.edu/about/office... #digitization
Even squirrels go to the library @sc.edu
The original art for three Peanuts comic strips featuring Gatsby. On display at the University of South Carolina Hollings Library.
The right exhibit room in the Hollings Library at the University of South Carolina. More Gatsby exhibits are in the lobby leading into it as well.
The Gatsby at 100 display in the Hollings Library at the University of South Carolina is still up:
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USC has the most comprehensive Fitzgerald collection:
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#Gatsby #BookSky #Gamecocks
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Welcome to Open Carolina from @uscpress.bsky.social @uofsclibraries.bsky.social — we are thrilled that they will be using Manifold to publish accessible, freely available, open educational resources!
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On Saturday, several faculty and staff members from University Libraries travelled down to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum to celebrate Vietnam Veterans Day! We showed a selection of films from our Marine Corps Film Collection and a selection of materials from the South Caroliniana Library.
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The South Caroliniana Library tour during @SCASL Conference. Beautifully renovated, it’s the 1st freestanding purpose-built academic library in the USA.
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This President's Day we are looking back on when JFK visited the University of South Carolina! Then-Senator John F. Kennedy delivered the commencement address at the University's graduation ceremony in May of 1957.
These images are from the University Archives at the South Caroliniana Library.
Tomorrow at noon - Learn about the Locating Slavery's Legacies database project! Part of the Coffee Break at the Caroliniana series, with free coffee and cookies. #SouthCarolinaHistory #BHM @uofsclibraries.bsky.social locatinglegacies.org
"And I like large parties. They're so intimate."
- The Great Gatsby
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Jazz Night Celebrating our Great Gatsby exhibit!!
Watching these @uscjazz students perform was truly incredible. It was certainly a night to remember.
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Cover of the University of South Carolina academic catalogue for 1872 - 1873. Brown booklet cover with writing.
#DidYouKnow In 1873, the University of South Carolina became the only state-supported Southern university to fully integrate during the Reconstruction Era. By 1876, the student body was predominately African American. Learn more about USC @sc.edu during reconstruction, here: tinyurl.com/mr3xx5s5
February is here, which means so is a new lineup of events at the South Caroliniana Library!
Check them out below!
Plus ca change.... I found this when researching @uscpress.bsky.social history at the South Caroliniana Library in @uofsclibraries.bsky.social. As the 1952 letter from @uchicagopress.bsky.social shows, @aupresses.bsky.social business has always been careful and, well, slow! #amediting
Love Data Week is coming up! Join us for a week of free workshops focused on all things data including formatting information for analysis, discussing new public access requirements for federal funding agencies and more!
Learn more at the link below!
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Oh, so these are universal experiences then . . . 🐰
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Join us for a night of music as University Libraries collaborates with our colleagues in the Jazz program to celebrate The Great Gatsby! USC Jazz's premiere jazz combo will be performing at the exhibit. Swing by, hear some great music, and see the exhibit for yourself!
"Gatsby and Daisy danced. I remember being surprised by his conservative foxtrot . . . " - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Want to know everything about what you'll see in our newest exhibit "Something significant, elemental, and profound": Celebrating 100 Years of The Great Gatsby? Check out the link below to learn more about what you'll see and how the exhibit was put together!
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