Happy New Year! Monthly Overview for January 2026

Happy New Year to everyone! Here's what to expect from and in the BDC during and beginning this month: 

* Sydney's "Winter Wonderland" display will continue until the end of January 2026. 

* The BDC's new Facebook theme for Materials Monday is Independence (Mon)Day beginning January 5, 2026.

* Though I remain responsible for the overall operations of the BDC, I'm stepping back from most local history programming coordination duties beginning January 1 to provide Cassi a way to gain more experience. 

 

         * Cassandra has won a scholarship to the NEDCC Disaster Preparation Workshop in Charleston on January 22. (Yeah!) The training is sure to come in handy when Beaufort County experiences its next tropical event ... and ever after. I am delighted that she'll have the opportunity to network with others who are responsible for taking care of cultural heritage materials in emergency situations. Though I have been fortunate to not have to use my disaster recovery training in the aftermath of tropical events, flooding, fire or earthquake during my time as head of the BDC, I have used my disaster preparation training to set the BDC up for a better outcome should recovery activities be needed.            

         * We have one local history program scheduled in January (as of this writing): 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - "The History of Camellias" with Dr. Brenda Litchfield | Co-sponsored by the BDC and the Beaufort History Museum | St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, 2 PM | First come; first seated. Doors open at 1:30 PM.

As always, the Library system calendar remains your go-to for any updates about holidays, unscheduled closures and/or program adjustments. 

There are holidays this month that will affect access to the Research Room and BDC staff. The Library system will be closed today for New Year's. Regular hours resume on Friday, January 2 and will continue through Saturday, January 17. The Library system is closed on Monday, January 19 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Some BDC staff have some very special family events and travel opportunities in January as well.