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2023 Annual Conference

The Friends of South Carolina Libraries Annual Conference is an opportunity for library Friends, Board Members, Trustees, and Staff to receive information and engage in networking. The training is designed to assist in their mission to support libraries in South Carolina. Hosted by the Aiken County Public Library and the Friends of the Aiken County Library. 

This program is funded by SC Humanities; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with literature, history, culture and heritage. Visit our Web site, www.schumanities.org

2023 Conference program recordings are now available. 

Leesa Aiken, State of South Carolina Libraries (PDF of PowerPoint attached): https://youtu.be/5BJSx1Ymz6U

Dr. Len Lawson, Keynote Speaker: https://youtu.be/xzllQaxYpHc 

Bill Reynolds, Securing Support for Aiken's $3 million Library Renovation: https://youtu.be/RJlT94EKZ-U 

Additional information about the Aiken Library renovation is available on their website, https://aikenlibraryfriends.org/renovation/

 FOSCL Award Presentation: https://youtu.be/pMvXtFqjpRE 

FRIENDS 101, presentation on recruiting and engaging boards:                                    https://youtu.be/Zbg3jSewSCc  

2022 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The 2022 Friends of South Carolina Libraries Annual Conference was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the Wando Mount Pleasant Branch Library, with in-person and virtual attendees. Speakers presented sessions on marketing and nonprofit insurance.

Additional programs included guest author Dorothy St. James, a Friends idea exchange open forum, and behind the scenes tour of the Wand Mount Pleasant Library. Access to the recorded sessions may be purchased for $15. For more information, please contact fosclpresident@gmail.com

2020 Friends for the Future Virtual Conference

Thank you for supporting the inaugural 2020 Friends of South Carolina Libraries Virtual Conference - Friends for the Future. Links to each presentation are included below. 

Conference Welcome and Books Sandwiches In - Friends of the Beaufort Library - https://youtu.be/RQrmcvDIAcl

State of South Carolina Libraries by Leesa Aiken and Advocating for Your Library by Jonathan Newton: https://youtu.be/ECYI2JJaDMo

Sustaining Your Nonprofit by Debbie Cahoon:
Part 1 https://youtu.be/1KwJ8rWalgs
Part 2 https://youtu.be/73mCvHP5P1E 

Communicating Your Story Digitally by Jimmy Wooten: https://youtu.be/q2s0r9ix1Mu 

Brad Taylor in conversation with Jonathan Haupt: https://youtu.be/kqGl1AlDg64 

Memorandum of Understanding by Dan Aldridge: https://youtu.be/cr8vgaG3BcM

Before We Were Writers with Stephanie Austin Edwards, Dana Ridenour, Dorothy St. James and Brad Taylor: https://youtu.be/Z6CIRVQbPgQ 

   



 

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