Lives change @ your library:
Celebrate National Library Week
April 13-19
Celebrate National Library Week
April 13-19
This week, and throughout April, libraries in
schools, campuses, and communities nationwide are celebrating National
Library Week as a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and
library workers.
Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other
resources. Often the heart of their communities, campuses or schools,
libraries are deeply committed to the places where their patrons live,
work and study. Libraries are trusted places where everyone in the community can gather to reconnect and reengage with each other to enrich and shape the community and address local issues.
Librarians work with elected officials, small business owners,
students and the public at large to discover what their communities
needs are and meet them. Whether through offering e-books and
technology classes, materials for English-language learners, programs
for job seekers or those to support early literacy, librarians listen to the community they serve, and they respond.
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national
observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and
libraries across the country each April.
To learn more, be sure to visit your local library!
