Promotional Opportunities

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The American Library Association celebrates libraries and learning with several weeks designed to focus public attention on the work we do.  The oldest of these is '''[[National Library Week]]''', usually observed in April.
 
The American Library Association celebrates libraries and learning with several weeks designed to focus public attention on the work we do.  The oldest of these is '''[[National Library Week]]''', usually observed in April.
  
==>>There is a list of '''the exact dates for American Library Association library, literature, and literacy events at [http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/index.cfm Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events]''' on the ALA website.
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==>>There is a list of '''the exact dates for American Library Association library, literature, and literacy events at [http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events]''' on the ALA website.
  
 
Many other opportunities for focusing public relations events may be found in such guides as [http://www.chases.com Chase's Calendar of Events].
 
Many other opportunities for focusing public relations events may be found in such guides as [http://www.chases.com Chase's Calendar of Events].

Revision as of 12:43, 28 March 2012

The American Library Association celebrates libraries and learning with several weeks designed to focus public attention on the work we do. The oldest of these is National Library Week, usually observed in April.

==>>There is a list of the exact dates for American Library Association library, literature, and literacy events at Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events on the ALA website.

Many other opportunities for focusing public relations events may be found in such guides as Chase's Calendar of Events.

Also, consider using calendar web sites to create a calendar of holiday events, such as the 2012 all-Holidays and Observances Online Calendar available from timeanddate.com (scroll down to the Holidays and Observances box in the middle of the page).


Contents

Calendar

January

ALA Youth Media Awards - These awards are announced every January on the Monday of ALA's Midwinter Meeting.


March

Teen Tech Week

Freedom of Information Day


April

School Library Media Month

Money Smart Week

National Library Week

National Library Workers Day - This event is held on the Tuesday of National Library Week.

National Bookmobile Day - This event is held on the Wednesday of National Library Week.

Support Teen Literature Day - This event is held on the Thursday of National Library Week.

D.E.A.R. - National Drop Everything and Read Day, April 12, 2012, sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC, a division of the American Library Association); National Education Association (NEA); Parent Teacher Association (PTA); Reading Rockets; The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC); the Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAA); First Book; HarperCollins Children's Books; and Ramona Quimby.

Preservation Week

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Dia)


May

Choose Privacy Week

National Library Legislative Day



September

Library Card Sign-up Month

Banned Books Week


October

Teen Read Week

National Friends of Libraries Week


November

National Gaming Day


Other Opportunities

There are other opportunities to celebrate libraries, books and reading, sponsored by other organizations:

Children's Book Week was relocated from November to May by the Children's Book Council
International Literacy Day, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
National Poetry Month, sponsored by Academy of American Poets
National Young Readers Week of the BOOK IT! - Pizza Hut national reading incentive program (formerly National Young Readers Day)
Read Across America, a one-day special event from the National Education Association
Return the Borrowed Books Week, an annual celebration created by the Inter-Global Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Cartoonists


Additional Resources

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