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Gift of rare Third Folio enhances UofSC’s Shakespeare collection

The gift, along with the university’s copies of the Second and Fourth Folios, will provide a rare opportunity for students, faculty and other researchers.

Bradbury 101 exhibit now open

Our exhibit of the Anne Farr Hardin Collection of Ray Bradbury Books, Fanzines, Pulps, Magazines, Correspondence, Photographs, Memorabilia and Ephemera is now open to the public at the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library.

2020-2021 Undergraduate Research Awards

Six students have won 2020-2021 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards.

KISS collection donor with Gene Simmons pointing at his head

KISS collection rocks on at UofSC Libraries

University Libraries will be home to a one-of-a-kind collection of memorabilia from the rock band KISS.

Ray Bradbury fan donates lifelong collection to UofSC Libraries

Hardin’s Bradbury collection, which she recently gifted to the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at UofSC Libraries, grew over the decades.

Documenting COVID-19 at the University of South Carolina

Tell us how COVID-19 has affected you, and we’ll add your story to our permanent digital collection at South Caroliniana Library.

Enhancing the TCoop experience

New partnership creates a playbook for supporting student success

Supporting digital scholarship

New centralized services connect faculty with technology access and support

Mark Catesby artwork print of an Ivory Billed Woodpecker

UofSC Libraries is now home to the Catesby Centre

The new Mark Catesby Centre at the University of South Carolina brings attention to the innovative work and influence of 17th-century English naturalist Mark Catesby.

Fairfield High School sign outside the school

Fairfield High School Oral History Collection now online

Learn about rural life in Fairfield County, South Carolina before, during and after the era of desegregation and school integration from people who experienced it.