Click the image below to visit the South Carolina Digital Library website (SCMemory.org)!

A digital collections initiative was an integral part of PASCAL's long range plan published in May 2001. Starting in 2003, the South Carolina State Library made a series of consecutive LSTA grants through PASCAL to support development. Between 2003 and 2005, alternatives were explored, foundations were laid, and some prototypes were developed. During a hiatus in LSTA funding in 2006-7, stakeholders worked on developing a model for a sustainable South Carolina Digital Library. Between 2007 and 2010, PASCAL again managed LSTA grants and the SCDL emerged in its present form. Program Development was led by the Digital Collections manager at the University of South Carolina and, in collaboration with Clemson, the College of Charleston and Coastal Carolina University/Georgetown Public Library; four regional scanning centers were established. Starting in FFY 2010-11, USC Columbia will begin to manage the LSTA grant for the SCDL. PASCAL continues to host the front-end website, scmemory.org . 

Activities:

2003--Present. Hosted SCMemory.org website
FFY 2007-- FFY 2009. LSTA grant administration.
DCC's One Year Plan, 2007 (Word doc)
SC Draft 5 Year Plan (October 2006)
SC Memory Collections Search Tool (LSTA, FFY 2005-6)
Item Level Meta Data repository test-bed (LSTA, FFY 2005-6)
SCDC 2006 - a summit of practitioners (LSTA, FFY 2005-6)
Digital Library White Paper - a planning document for the PASCAL Board (LSTA, FFY 2005-6)
IMLS Statewide Digitization Curriculum Planning Grant Proposal (LSTA, FFY 2005-6)
Digitization Project Planning consultation with Georgetown Public Library
LSTA FFY 2005 Final Grant Report
LSTA FFY 2005 Grant Application

• SC Digital Collections Guide - a gateway prototype for SC Digital Collections access (LSTA, FFY 2004-5)
• South Carolina in the American Revolution - Prototype Collaborative Website (LSTA, FFY 2004-5

SC Digital Library Website - a prototype for a SC digitization practioners' website (LSTA, FFY 2004-5)
Draft SC Metadata Standards (LSTA, FFY 2004-5)
2005 IMLS Grant Application - SC Pamphlets, 1829 - 1861  LSTA, FFY 2004-5)
Managing Digital Assets, A CLIR Digitization Conference,  February 2005  (LSTA, FFY 2004-5)
SC Digital Library Forum, July- August, 2004 (LSTA, FFY 2003-4)
Needs and Resource Survey, 2004 (LSTA, FFY 2003-4)
LSTA FFY 2004 Final Grant Report
LSTA FFY 2004 Grant Application
LSTA FFY 2003 Final Grant Report