SCIWAY News, No. 1 – March 1997

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In This Issue

• Welcome to the First Issue of SCIWAY News
• New South Carolina Web Sites
• Post and Courier, State Library Web Sites Win Awards
• Web Interfaces to Library Catalogs
• South Carolina Historical Society's Catalog is Unique
• 300+ School Web Sites
• Upcoming Festivals, Shows, Events

Welcome to the First Issue of SCIWAY News

SCIWAY News is a free, concise electronic newsletter that will keep you informed about what's happening on South Carolina's Information Highway. It will be published twice a month and will spotlight new non-commercial South Carolina Web sites and other noteworthy state on-line resources and services.

SCIway, pronounced "sky-way," is an acronym for

South Carolina Information High way

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New South Carolina Web Sites

A list of new South Carolina non-commercial websites will be included in each issue of SCIWAY News. If you know of a new South Carolina site, please send its address to news@sciway.net.

Andrews, South Carolina

http://members.tripod.com/~andrews_sc/government.html

Benedict College

http://www.benedict.edu

Cherokee County

http://cherokeecountysc.com

Clarendon County

http://www.clarendoncounty.com

Converse College

http://www.converse.edu

Kershaw County Historical Society

http://www.kershawcountyhistoricalsociety.org

Lander University

http://www.lander.edu

MidNet (remodeled)

http://www.midnet.sc.edu - site no longer exists

US Rep Mark Sanford

http://www.house.gov/sanford - site no longer exists

South Carolina Forestry Commission

http://www.state.sc.us/forest

South Carolina Homeschooling Directory

https://www.sciway.net/edu/k12/homeschooling.html

South Carolina State Guard

http://www.sg.sc.gov/

Walterboro-Colleton Chamber of Commerce

http://www.walterboro.org - site no longer exists

Westminster, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce

http://www.westminstersc.com

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Post and Courier, State Library Web Sites Win Awards

The South Carolina Press Association recently selected the Charleston Post and Courier's Web site, http://www.postandcourier.com, as the best newspaper Web site in the state. The State Library's Web site, http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/, has received NetGuide Live's Gold Site award. NetGuide Live, a Web site produced by the publishers of NetGuide magazine (http://www.netguide.com/ - site no longer exists) reviewed and rated more than 50,000 websites and ranked the State Library's site in the top 30 percent.

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Web Interfaces to Library Catalogs

More than 50 South Carolina on-line library catalogs can now be accessed through the Internet. To use most of these catalogs you must telnet to a host computer and enter a username and password. But three state libraries now have Web interfaces for their catalogs:

The Citadel

http://libcat.citadel.edu/

College of Charleston

http://libcat.cofc.edu

Francis Marion University

http://libcatalog.fmarion.edu

Try this new way of accessing on-line catalogs with your Web browser--you'll like it! At least three other South Carolina libraries have recently purchased Web interfaces for their catalogs and will be implementing this software within the next few months.

To see which South Carolina library catalogs can be searched through the Internet, visit SCIway Web's library section https://www.sciway.net/lib/. These pages include Web links and automated telnet logins. However, the telnet logins will work only if your browser has telnet plug-in software.

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South Carolina Historical Society's Catalog is Unique

Most South Carolina on-line library catalogs help you find books, journals, magazines, and similar publications. But the South Carolina Historical Society's on-line manuscripts catalog includes only information about the historical documents in the Society's archives. In addition copious document descriptions often include related historical and biographical information that can't be found anywhere else. Exploring the Society's catalog is like reading an entrancing book about South Carolina's past.

You can access the South Carolina Historical Society's Web site and on-line catalog at http://schistory.org/ (a new address). Both of these resources were developed by Peter Wilkerson, the Society's archivist. Peter and the Society are also co-developers of the history section of SCIway Web (see https://www.sciway.net/hist/).

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300+ School Web Sites

At least 319 South Carolina K12 schools and 26 school districts now have Web pages. For a complete directory of these sites, see SCIway Web's education section https://www.sciway.net/edu. If you know of a South Carolina school Web site that SCIway Web doesn't link to, please complete the "Add" form or send an e-mail message to service@sciway.net.

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Upcoming Festivals, Shows, Events

For the latest information on upcoming South Carolina events, please see https://www.sciway.net/calendar.html.

Spring has come to the Palmetto State early this year. Here's some useful information about places you can go to enjoy a special weekend. If you know of other websites that describe upcoming South Carolina festivals, shows, and events, please send us their addresses.

Festival of Houses and Gardens - Charleston

Family Circle Magazine Cup Tennis - Charleston

Flowertown Festival - Summerville

Cooper River Bridge Run - Charleston

Tour of Plantations and Colonial Town Houses - Georgetown Area

Carolina Cup - Camden

Good Ole Days + Chubby Checker Concert - Andrews

Spoleto Festival USA - Charleston

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