Spend quality time with Richland Library this spring break

Great activities for young children

- Join us for an afternoon of puppets Wednesday, April 3 at Richland Library,Main.
- Listen to a special Congaree storytime Thursday, April 4 at Richland Library, Blythewood.
-Got Game? Have a some fun with our Dollars and Sense program Thursday, April 4 at Richland Library, Main.
- Make hands-on art with the Columbia Museum of Art Friday, April 5 at Richland Library, Main.
-Checkout our many awesome storytime events.

Civil rights news moved away from Harvey Gantt and drifted back home to the midlands in March 1963. 

The 2013-2014 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees can be checked out from Richland Library. Get your hands on a copy, today!

The 2013-2014 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominees can be checked out from Richland Library.  Get your hands on a copy, today!

Plantation owner, Revolutionary War patriot, wealthy heiress, and mother-in-law of Major-General Thomas Pinckney -- Rebecca Brewton Motte is one fascinating woman.

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Capital City Stadium has a long recreational history.  As early as 1825 the Mills Atlas shows a “Fishers Mill Pond” located on the property. In 1852 the Charleston Courier reported that the temperature had dropped so much Columbians were ice skating on Fisher’s Mill Pond.  The early part of the twentieth century brought an end to the historic Fisher’s Mill Pond when the Olympia Mill bought and drained the property.

Richland Library's downloadable ebook and audiobook collection available through OverDrive is getting a brand new look. You will discover easier browsing and a streamlined check out process. On the book jacket you can see an icon letting you know what formats are available. A darkened icon will indicate that the ebook, audiobook, or video is immediately available for check out.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced their nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.  The Award winners will be announced in May 2013.  In the meantime why don’t you give these fantastical books a read or watch some of these fun movies to see which one you think should win?   

The renaming ceremony for Martin Luther King Park took place January 18, 1988.  Community activist Anna Mae “Saint Anna” Dickson said to an emotional crowd, “The renaming of this park not only honors a great leader, but it also recognizes the dignity of all our citizens, regardless of race, creed or color.”