This week is National Library Week! Our library has had a library-themed book display up all month (featuring titles such as Susan Orlean’s The Library Book) and I will be surprising my colleagues on Tuesday with some edible tokens of appreciation. Luckily I do not believe any of them read this blog.
The theme this year is There’s More to the Story. ALA explains:
Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But there’s so much more to the story. Libraries of Things lend items like museum passes, games, musical instruments, and tools. Library programming brings communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, storytimes, movie nights, crafting classes, and lectures. Library infrastructure advances communities, providing internet and technology access, literacy skills, and support for businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs. National Library Week 2023 will be a great time to tell your library’s multi-faceted story.
Individual days have their own themes:
- Monday: Right to Read Day
- Tuesday: National Library Workers Day
- Wednesday: National Library Outreach Day
- Thursday: Take Action for Libraries Day
Want more details? Interested in the ways ALA recommends taking action for each of these days? Want some social media graphics like the one featured in this post? Visit the National Library Week page for more!
How are you celebrating National Library Week in your library?
One reply on “There’s More to the Story”
Thanks for sharing the information and resources from ALA! At our library, we are celebrating Library Workers Day with informal activities throughout the day on Wednesday. Staff can join in as little or as much as they want – breakfast, lunch, UNO, Mario Kart, board games, watching short(s) with popcorn, a game of spoons…