National Library Week 2012
April 10, 2012 by Lillie
April 8-14, 2012 is National Library Week, with the theme “You belong @ your library.” If you haven’t been to your local library lately, you might be surprised to see everything available there.
The special week is sponsored by the American Library Association and celebrated by libraries across the US. Public libraries offer a variety of events, such as the displays, stories, trivia challenge, and other activities planned by the San Antonio Public Library.
According to the Campaign for America’s Libraries:
National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use.
Do you visit the library regularly? Do you plan to participate in any special events for National Library Week?
Didn’t know about this, so I appreciate your post. It’s so important to support our libraries! I hope this will be just one other way that more people can appreciate all that their local library has to offer.
Dawn,
Libraries are still important even in this digital age.
Lillie hi, sorry for being absent for a long time. It is a nice post as nobody on the internet talks about libraries. Importance of digital information is un deniable (is it undeniable or un-deniable..?) but libraries with books will remain as important as they were. Thanks and regards.
Glad to see you back, Ejaz. Yes, libraries are still important.
What a great idea
You always seem to be the first to report on things like this Lillie, National Literacy Month, Read an E-Book Week, Religious Freedom Day, etc. I think it is really good that you raise awareness like you do.
My question is, how do you know about all these events!?
Christopher,
Sometimes I learn of events from other blogs I read. Also at the beginning of the year when I create my blog editorial calendar, I check several different websites that list holiday and special events. I record them on my calendar (usually with a link to a site that has information about the day) so I know when to post. Each year, I copy all holidays and events from the previous year’s editorial calendar into the new year’s calendar.
Now that is a great idea Lillie, create an editorial calendar so you never miss an important date.
I guess I am a bit behind
Christopher,
Even with an editorial calendar, I forgot my blog birthday last year.
So now I double-check that I’ve transferred all the important dates to the coming year’s calendar.
I love to visit the library but I do not know the past week is the library week.Now I have saved it in my buffer for future.
Azam,
Glad you’re a library user and that you will know when Library Week is in the future.