South Dakota State Library

09/02/2026

📆 Mark your calendars for our upcoming Collect + Connect calls!

📚 Public Library Meeting Link: state-sd.zoom.us/j/93079612729

👧 Youth Services Meeting Link: sded.sd.gov/browse/division-of-the-state-library/courses/youth-services-collectconnect-2026-2027

🏫 School Library Meeting Link: sded.sd.gov/browse/division-of-the-state-library/courses/school-library-collect-connect-2026-27

09/01/2026

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! 🎉📚

Did you know your library card unlocks way more than great reads? From activities and tech to cozy spaces for kids and adults, your local library is a place for everyone. And the best part?

Library cards are FREE for community members!

Stop in, explore something new, and discover a new world. Your next adventure starts with a card! 💛

08/26/2026

Check out this fun opportunity!

Don't miss the chance to meet Craig Johnson, author of the popular Longmire series, on September 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Monument!

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. Proceeds from the event benefit the Rapid City Library Foundation, which helps support additional programs and services at the Rapid City Public Library!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-longmire-author-craig-johnson-tickets-1996396593954

08/05/2026

Please help us congratulate these eight libraries on their creative and innovative efforts to celebrate this Summer's theme, Unearth a Story! 🦖📖

Hyde County Library
Rapid City Public Library
Deadwood Public Library
Yankton Community Library
A.H. Brown Public Library
Centerville City/School Library
K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library
Mitchell Public Library

👏 Thank you to all libraries that participated in our first Summer Library Program contest!

07/06/2026

‼️ One week left to submit photos of your decorated library and the activities/events you hosted to embrace the “Unearth A Story” theme!

👩🏼‍💻 Visit library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/srp.aspx for more details.

07/04/2026

The South Dakota State Library wishes everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July!

06/22/2026

🔔 Don’t forget to join the fun and participate in the Summer Library Program Contest!

💻 More information on how to enter your library can be found by visiting library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/srp.aspx.

06/17/2026

🦕 What better way to promote the dinosaur theme than to have your members share the roaring time they are having reading this summer?

📹 Libraries are invited to record their members giving us their best roar while visiting the library this summer for inclusion in an end-of-summer video!

👨🏽‍💻 Find more details on how to submit your video by visiting library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/srp.aspx.

06/08/2026

🔆 This summer, SDSL encourages all libraries to fully embrace this year’s Summer Library Program theme: Unearth A Story!

🦖 SDSL invites all libraries to have fun with this theme by planning engaging activities/events within their communities and decorating their libraries to incorporate dinosaurs, paleontology, and archaeology to promote literacy!

📍 For more details on the Summer Library Program Contest, visit library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/srp.aspx.

06/02/2026

Thanks to Pierre-Fort Pierre Rotary Club for letting us share at your meeting, and to Ann Schwarz for inviting us. We love sharing the services we provide so .
Kathleen Slocum and Joshua Easter presented.
South Dakota State Library, South Dakota Accessible Library Services, Braille and Talking Book Library.

Kathleen Slocum and Josh Easter of the Accessible Library Services Library at the South Dakota State Library shared the theme of their team “That all may read”, outlining free services for anyone - youth through seniors- needing services to read, including audible and braille, large print and dual print. Also needed are volunteers to read books, magazines, newspapers to record and have for South Dakotans.