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Water Safety Classes for Kids!

Article Date
May 28, 2024

Join CCPL and MUSC at select branches for water safety programs. Learn how to keep your family safe in and around water.

  • Wando Mount Pleasant Library: 1400 Carolina Park Blvd, Mount Pleasant. Tuesday, June 11 at 2:00 PM
  • Main Library: 68 Calhoun...

What You Read 2023: CCPL's Top Books of the Year

Article Date
December 7, 2023

Drum roll, please! Charleston County Public Library is excited to share another year of your top borrowed books! So far in 2023, our patrons have circulated over 2.9 million items, both digital and print, and we still have one month to go. From the...

Watson's Garden: The Horticultural Roots of Courier Square

Article Date
December 1, 2023

Charleston’s venerable newspaper, the Post and Courier, is transforming its headquarters on upper King Street into an upscale mixed-use development called Courier Square. The present twentieth-century structures will soon disappear, exposing a...

Water Safety for Kids Coming to a CCPL Branch Near You!

Article Date
August 28, 2023

Join us at select branches for an interactive program to learn about the importance of water safety and how to keep you and your family safe in and around water. This program is for a variety of ages and their caregivers based on location.

  • Satur...

William Ah Sang and the Chinese Question of 1869

Article Date
May 19, 2023

In the wake of the American Civil War, planters across the South considered the pros and cons of recruiting Chinese laborers to sustain the region’s agricultural traditions. An interstate summit on the topic, held in Memphis in 1869, stoked racial...

What You Read: CCPL's Top Books in 2022

Article Date
December 15, 2022

Whether you were by the beach with your favortie e-reader or tuning in chapter by chapter on your weekday commute, Charleston was reading! CCPL has compiled a list of your favorite ebooks and audio books in 2022. Many of the titles on this list you...

Write a Letter to a Veteran

Article Date
November 8, 2022

Visit the Bees Ferry West Ashley Library to write a letter to a Veteran. Of all the items included in care packages to veterans, deployed troops, new recruits and first responders, the most cherished are the personal letters of appreciation. 

The...

West Ashley Library closing for renovation

Article Date
November 4, 2022

The West Ashley Library, located at 45 Windermere Blvd, will be closing on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. to undergo renovations as part of the ongoing referendum-funded project. The library will receive an interior refresh including new paint, carpet...