The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to them all.
“Read, Rattle And Roll at The Charleston Country Library” – CountOn2.com
New Guide is Published for Charleston Tour Guide Training.
The Historic Charleston Foundation has published a new book for its guides, ‘The City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual’. The book is 492 pages long and is available in a spiral bound format or in a CD format. Read more about it in the article on Post and Courier.com entitled, ‘Rewriting History: After nearly three decades, Charleston updates its notes for tour guides’.
The introduction of the Tour Guide Training Manual on the Historic Charleston Foundation Website- http://www.historiccharleston.org/news_events/newsroom.html?id=169.
Charleston Library’s Efforts to Restore Rare Books
‘CHARLESTON, S.C. — The oldest library in the South — and the third-oldest in the nation — announced Friday a multi-year effort to catalog and restore thousands of rare books, many of which have survived for centuries through earthquake, war and the relentless heat and humidity of Southern summers.’
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e5175b369fd0424db999d008bd8dd964/SC–Historic-Book-Restoration/