This annual report documents the activities and accomplishments of the South Carolina State Library in 1988-1989. Introductory materials include lists of the members of both the South Carolina State Library Board and the library staff; an organizational chart; the goals and mission statement of the South Carolina State Library; a history of the library; and highlights of fiscal year 1988-1989. A summary of the activities of the Division of Library Development then describes Administrative Services; Field Services (state aid for public libraries, federal aid to South Carolina libraries, continuing education for librarians, library services to both children and adults, library services for the disadvantaged, institutional library services, the literacy program, and public library construction); and Library Services to the Blind and Physically Handicapped. A discussion of Division of Library Services activities includes Reader Services (reference and information services to state government, legislative reference service, interlibrary loan service, audiovisual service, library collections, the South Carolina Library Network, and government documents); and Technical Services. Reports on state library awards and volunteer services are also provided, as well as a listing of South Carolina State Library publications and statistical data on state library collections, interlibrary loans, and expenditures of state and federal funds. Also provided are a list of public library board chairmen, directories of public, college, and institutional libraries, and statistics for these three types of libraries. (SD)