The USC Upstate Library Display Committee is excited to announce our latest display themed around “Sparty Gras” for Homecoming 2024 at USC Upstate. With Mardi Gras coming up, the university decided this year’s homecoming theme should reflect both the carnival celebration and our campus mascot. Inspired by this theme, our committee wanted to portray our school spirit by highlighting material and decorations about Mardi Gras, while also including campus yearbooks to reflect the university’s history. Every item that is on display is available for checkout. In addition, this display will have a corresponding QR code for people to view a digital campus timeline exhibit for homecoming on their devices. A link to this digital timeline exhibit is also available at the end of this message. The archives and special collections created this digital timeline using their various materials and resources. We hope our patrons will appreciate these items on display and learn more about both Mardi Gras and the campus’s historical 57 years. The Display Committee is now in its second year, and we hope to keep the momentum going by creating more exciting displays and highlighting materials and sections of our library collection. http://tinyurl.com/USCUpstateTimeline
In celebration of National Blindness Awareness Month (October) and National Braille Week (October 9-15, 2023), members of the library's Accessibility Committee have prepared a display to show how important braille is for people with low vision and blindness. The display is located on the library's main floor near the staircase. It includes inspirational stories of how braille is used today; a few facts about the inventor, Louis Braille; pictures of braille writing and reading tools; and hands-on activities to help sighted people get a "feel" for braille. It also includes an explanation of the braille "cell." Check out the display and see if you can *read* a word or two on the board. Then try to *spell* a word or two using the braille practice cards.