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State Library to Announce 2007 Notable State Government Documents Awards

Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina State Library will hold an awards program at 10:00 am on March 17th, 2008 to announce the selection of the most notable South Carolina state government documents of 2007. The selection is announced annually on or near Freedom of Information Day, March 16, the birthday of President James Madison, an early proponent of citizen access to government information. Three judges from state documents depository libraries around the state will select the winners from documents received last year at the State Library. The judges are Mae Mendoza, University of South Carolina at Beaufort Library; John Whitted, South Carolina State University Library; and Elaine Sandberg, South Carolina State Library.