Current News & Events
Yearlong Celebration of Great Reading Begins February 27
During the next 12 months, the Aiken County Public Library will host four scholar-led book discussions and a children’s event, all based on award-winning and popular books. Multiple copies of each of the featured titles will be available at least six weeks prior to the programs.
The first book selected for discussion is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society written by Mary Ann Shaffer. This celebrated book has been described “as a celebration of the written word in all its guises.” Copies of the book are now available at the library's reference desk. Ilona Law of the University of South Carolina-Aiken leads the book discussion for this title on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m.
New Web Link Helps Keep Kids Safer on the Internet
The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) that uses a 3-D activities to teach children and teens how to be safer when using the Internet. Parents, guardians, educators, government officials, law enforcement, and youth organizers can access the NetSmartz site to get on- and offline activities and ideas for teaching Internet Safety. Age appropriate activities can be found at NS Teens and NetSmartz Kids
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