June 14, 2007 -- The DISCUS program is excited to announce our participation in the Summer Institutes sponsored by the Teaching American History in South Carolina (TAHSC) project.  The Summer Institutes provide a range of professional development opportunities for South Carolina teachers, giving them the tools they need to make history more engaging for their students.

Representing the South Carolina State Library as a cultural institution that can assist teachers in doing primary source research to create original lesson plans, DISCUS will deliver a presentation at each of the three institute sessions to be held this summer.  These presentations will explore the many resources for historical research that are available through DISCUS.

May 14, 2007 -- Our summer 2007 training schedule is now available.  We’re offering three onsite training events, all of which will be held in Columbia, and three brief online sessions that are accessible through your desktop personal computer using OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries).  

May 14, 2007 -- Stay tuned for lots of great upgrades that are coming to Thomson Gale's PowerSearch platform later this summer.

May 11, 2007 -- Great news!  Many of the Thomson Gale databases provided by DISCUS now display Lexile reading level scores.  This new feature allows you to search content related to a defined reading level, which is especially useful for members of the South Carolina K-12 community.