The Lion's Roar: Ep. 34, South Carolina library news for the week of March 12, 2010

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2010 Maureen Hayes Award to the Abbeville (S.C.) County Library System; Friends of the Richland County Public Library and the University of South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies for a book discussion and signing by Pamela Duncan; Author Neil Gaiman, winner of this year?s Newbery Medal for "The Graveyard Book," has been named the 2010 Honorary Chair of National Library Week, which will be celebrated April 11-17; On March 22 and repeated again on the 23rd, there will be a free online training session titled, Find It With Ferguson's Career Guidance Center; Thursday, March 25, the State Library?s Center for the book will host author Robert J. Kapsch.