Rival claims to the land of South Carolina sparked hostility between England and Spain that shaped the first seventy-eight years of the colony’s existence. While officials in Charleston considered the inhabitants of La Florida to be jealous rivals...
Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) created a Workforce Development Taskforce eighteen months ago. Initially, this group was assembled and tasked with creating a virtual curriculum of jobseeker services and resources on library social media...
Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) is committed to creating an equitable, diverse and safe environment for its staff and patrons. CCPL recently published its strategic plan for the next three years and it highlights the importance of the library...
Garbage disposal is an ancient part of human culture that grew exponentially in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. During the first half of the twentieth century, the City of Charleston addressed rising volumes of municipal waste by flip...
New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia will headline a virtual book club hosted by Black Ink: A Charleston African American Book Festival and the Charleston Friends of the Library on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. The author of the middle-grade novel...
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) and Charleston County School District (CCSD) have extended this year’s Summer Reading program through the end of August to allow participants of all ages to have even more time to read and...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - No one knows books and gives better recommendations than librarians. That's one of our favorite things to do, and we spend a lot of time researching and reading new books and old ones to keep our recommendations fresh.
Summer is...
Many people are struggling right now during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are without jobs so the ability to obtain the basic needs of life like food, toiletries, medication, and diapers is extra burdensome. One day, they were providing for their...
Working animals dominated the streetscape of early Charleston, and their rhythmic hoof beats defined the pace of life for most of the city’s history. From colonial times to the turn of the twentieth century, citizens traveled no faster than “a...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Thanks to the Cincinnati Zoo, on Wednesday afternoon we learned how cool ocelots are! (If you missed the live stream, you can still scroll back up on our Facebook page to watch the video.)
But that cool video got us wondering what...