Florence County Library System

MEMORIAL DAY CLOSING

jstubbs — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:22:49 +0000

The Florence County Library System (Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library and all branches) will be closed Saturday, May 25th to Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day. Normal hours of operation will resume Tuesday, May 28th.

CHILDREN’S AND TEEN SUMMER READING

jstubbs — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:40:49 +0000

Come explore the world with the Florence County Library System during our summer reading programs. The Summer Reading Program, which is open to young people from babies to young adults, features weekly programs, prize drawings, storytimes, a summer reading club, and more. All programs are free of charge at all locations. A full list of child programs can be found here and teen programs here.

Summer Reading 2013 is funded by, Courtyard Marriott, FBi Construction, The Friends of Florence County Library System, Golden K. Kiwanis, Koppers Inc., Dr. D. Moss, Nan Ya Plastics, Nationwide: Hodge, Ethridge Insurance and Finance LLC, State Farm: Jim Stewart, South Carolina State Library & Institute of Museum and Library Service, Target, and Wilcox, Buyck & Williams, P.A. Through their generous efforts, special programming designed to educate, entertain and inspire children will be held system-wide in keeping with the library system’s mission to promote literacy in Florence County.

May Book Sale Madness

jstubbs — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:52:43 +0000

All books in our Book Nook at the Florence Headquarters are half-price through the month of May and all media (videos, books on tape/CD, and music) is “fill a bag” for $2.00. Summer is coming and now would be a good time to stock up on some older reading material!

State Recognizes Library as Outstanding Workforce Partner

jstubbs — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:16 +0000

The South Carolina Workforce Investment Board has selected the Florence County Library System (FCLS) as the state’s Outstanding Workforce Partner in recognition of their partnership with the Pee Dee Workforce Investment Board (WIB). FCLS and WIB collaborated to provide services and resources for jobseekers at all six Florence County Library System locations throughout Florence County. According to Interim Library Director Dorothy Crosby, “This great partnership has served as a model for extending the resources and services of state workforce centers to libraries throughout South Carolina, allowing jobseekers to get the help they need at convenient locations and times.” Joette Dukes, Workforce Development Director with the Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments, commented, “The Florence County Library System’s engagement in workforce development efforts in the Pee Dee Region has been phenomenal. We greatly appreciate their efforts to partner with the Pee Dee WIB in fulfilling its mission to connect job seekers and employers. The library’s support has allowed us to extend services to a wider population and to maximize our limited resources.”

The Pee Dee Workforce Investment Board provides the library with the same software used at SC Works Centers and also provides workforce services training for library staff. The Friends of the Florence County Library purchased resume software to support these efforts, and library staff teach basic computer workshops at all library locations to prepare jobseekers for a computerized workplace. This partnership made possible a public-private collaboration with Monster.com and Project H.O.P.E (A United Way program) that resulted in a job readiness workshop series offered at the library. Pee Dee WIB and the library also collaborated with the Florence County Economic Development Partnership to prepare jobseekers for interviews at the 2012 Agero Job Fair, which showcased the outstanding workforce available in Florence County.

The award will be presented at the South Carolina Workforce Development Partnership Symposium in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on May 14, 2013.

Timmonsville Public Library Set to Kickoff Summer Reading

jstubbs — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:10:46 +0000

The Baker Memorial Library in Timmonsville kicks off their annual Summer Reading program on Monday, June 10, 2013, from 5:00-6:00 pm. Come join the fun and festivities at the library, which is located at 298 West Smith Street in Timmonsville.

This year’s theme, Dig into Reading!, helps children discover just how awesome it is to curl up with a stack of books, and all of the literary treasures they can discover while having fun! The kickoff is a fun, free event that will feature face painting, balloon sculpting, puppetry, and crafts. Dewey D. Fox, the library mascot, will be there for a Meet and Greet with his fans. Mad Science and Chris Lee & his Steel Drums will also be on hand to provide entertainment!

Weekly Summer Reading programs begin Monday, June 17. All programs are at 3:00 pm in the library’s Public Meeting Room.

Programs are scheduled for the following dates:

June

17 – Theatre Group: Porkchop Productions presents The Three Goats Gruff
24 – Storyteller: Darion McCloud

July

1 – NO PROGAM
8 – Musician: Billy Jonas
15 – Flow Circus

For more information, please call the Baker Memorial Library at (843) 346-2941.

Help Support the Library

jstubbs — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:40:45 +0000

Please consider visiting Amazon.com by clicking on the wish list image and purchasing a item off of our list. Items purchased will be shipped directly to the Friends of the Florence County Library for inclusion into our collection. Your generous support is greatly appreciated in this time of uncertain economic stability. As always, thank you for your support of the library, its services and the good that it provides to the community.

Sign Up for Free Financial Fraud Alerts

jstubbs — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:16:06 +0000

Protect yourself from scams with our free email fraud alerts. It’s simple and free. Just address an email with the message “Sign me up” or a similar phrase to florencefraudalerts@gmail.com. The Library will then send you periodic fraud alert messages courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. The Library will only send fraud alerts and related quarterly short surveys and will not distribute your email address to other mailing lists. This service is made possible by a grant from Smart Investing @ Your Library, a partnership between the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

Try Our New Virtual Tour

jstubbs — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:49:11 +0000

Check out our new Virtual Tour.

(the tour can be seen full screen by double-clicking on the viewing area)

This tour made possible by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act Grant Program through the State Library of South Carolina.

Adult Services Book Club

brad — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:52:42 +0000

The meeting dates and book selections are as follows:

June 20: Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout
July 18: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
August 15: Maine: A Novel by Courtney Sullivan

All Book Club meetings will be held in the Library’s Board Room on the third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. For more information, please contact Elizabeth at 413-7081.

Lake City Library partnership with the Benefit Bank of South Carolina draws over $1 million in benefits for the community.

jstubbs — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:41:17 +0000

The Florence County Library System, in partnership with The Benefit Bank of South Carolina, has had tremendous success over the past year in bringing benefits and work supports to the underserved populations of Florence County. The pilot project at the Lake City Library has been extremely sucessful and we are now expanding the project to the remaining five branches of the library system. In total, the applications submitted have an estimated annual value of $1,554,328 to the families served.

Of the 594 applications that were filed using The Benefit Bank, the Lake City Library handled 79%. This is largely in part thanks to a grant from Darla Moore in order to station a part-time Benefit Bank Counselor at the library. There were 186 SNAP and ESAP (food stamp) applications completed ($393,671), 206 health applications ($836,914), and 194 tax and FAFSA applications which were valued at $323,743. Using the calculations accepted by USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the $393,671 in SNAP amounts to $708,608 in benefits to the local economy. Health benefits generate $3.15 in economic activity for every Medicaid dollar spent totalling $2,636,279 in Florence County from The Benefit Bank of South Carolina. Those two categories add a potential economic boost of over $3.3 million to the Florence County economy.

Lake City has expanded its outreach efforts to the Lake City Hospital and the school district in the hope of assisting more people with collecting the benefits they qualify for. The Benefit Bank of South Carolina continues to expand their outreach as well. They are committed to find and enroll 6,000 children (0-19) in the children’s health insurance program and are commited to find and enroll seniors in the Low Income Subsidy (LIS) Prescription Help Program through a contract with the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging. The Benefit Bank also recently received a CHIPRA Technology Grant in order to move the Department of Health and Human Services to electronic application submission.

For more information about The Benefit Bank of South Carolina, please visit www.thebenefitbank.com.

For more information about the Florence County Library System, please contact:
Ray McBride, Library Director
RMcBride@florencelibrary.org
509 S. Dargan Street
Florence, South Carolina 29506
Ph: 843-413-7077