WHILE VECTORING AN INBOUND ACFT FOR AN APCH TO HXD; THERE WERE NO UPDATED APCH PLATES AVAILABLE TO XCHK THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE APCH.

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I WAS WORKING SOUTH RADAR AND AN ACFT REQUESTED TO DO THE VOR/DME RNAV RWY 3 AT HXD. I KNOW THE FINAL APCH FIX WAS GORGE BUT WAS UNSURE OF THE ALT THE ACFT HAD TO CROSS THE FAF (GORGE). I COULD NOT USE THE IDS-4 BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THERE. I LOOKED FOR THE APCH PLATE BOOK THERE WAS NONE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA; AND LOOKED IN THE POS BINDER FOR THE APCH PLATES. THERE WAS APCH PLATES XEROX BUT THE DATE WAS FEB 1998 WHICH I KNOW WAS OUT OF DATE. THE SUPVR WENT AND GOT ME APCH PLATES SOMEWHERE IN THE FACILITY. SOLUTION! HAVE THE POS BINDER HAVE APCH PLATES THAT ARE USABLE; NOT OUT OF DATE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CONFIRMED AGAIN THAT THE CHARTS BOTH IN THE TWR AND APCH ARE GENERALLY OUTDATED. THEY HAVE A SYS AT THEIR FACILITY THAT WILL COPY THE CHARTS BUT LEAVES THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHART OFF. SO EVERYONE IS REALLY NOT SURE THEY HAVE THE LATEST INFO. I SUGGESTED THAT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THIS INFO TO THE CTL POS; HAND WRITE THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE TERMINATION DATE IF NECESSARY; ON THE CHART; IN AN AREA; SO IT CAN BE SEEN BY EVERYONE. RPTR SAID THAT SHE WOULD LOOK INTO DOING JUST THAT. I ASKED HER; WHAT IS THE FACILITY MGMNT SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS? SHE SAID; AT PRESENT; THE STAFF SPECIALIST THAT IS ASSIGNED TO UPDATE THE CHARTS; HAS BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL; JUST AS SOON AS THE SPECIALIST RETURNS; THE FACILITY MGR HAS ASSURED HER THAT THE PROB WILL BE FIXED. IN THE INTERIM; SHE SAID SHE USUALLY CARRIES HER OWN APCH PLATE PUB (THE LATEST ONE) WITH HER. THIS ENSURES IN HER MIND; WHEN SHE HAS TO CONSULT THE PUB; SHE KNOWS SHE HAS THE LATEST INFO. SHE ALSO SHARES THIS WITH HER CO-WORKERS ON THE SAME SHIFT. DOING THIS KEEPS HER OUT OF HARMS WAY.