Start planning now for some of the many "library celebrations" coming up in 2017! Many of these events are sponsored by the American Library Association or other organizations that provide marketing materials for the event. These can be great programming and PR opportunities in your community:  

 

Library Lovers Month : February

 

Take Your Child to the Library Day : February 4, 2017

http://takeyourchildtothelibrary.blogspot.com/  

 

Digital Learning Day : February 23, 2017

http://www.digitallearningday.org 

 

Teen Tech Week : March 5-11, 2017

http://teentechweek.ning.com/ 

 

Freedom of Information Day : March 16, 2017

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks

 

School Library Month : April

http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm 

 

National D.E.A.R. Month (Drop Everything and Read Month): April

http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/ 

 

National Library Week : April 9-15, 2017

Theme: Libraries Transform

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek

 

National Library Workers Day : April 11, 2017

http://ala-apa.org/nlwd 

 

Money Smart Week : April 22-29, 2017

http://moneysmartweek.org/ 

 

Preservation Week : April 23-29, 2017

http://www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek

 

Children's Day/Book Day - El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) : 

April 30, 2017

 http://dia.ala.org/

 

Choose Privacy Week : May 1-7, 2017

http://privacyrevolution.org 

 

Children's Book Week : May 1-7, 2017

http://www.bookweekonline.com/ 

 

Library Card Sign-up Month : September

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card 

 

Outside the Lines: September (week TBD)
http://getoutsidethelines.org/

 

Banned Books Week : September 24-30, 2017

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/

 

Teen Read Week : October 8-14, 2017

http://teenreadweek.ning.com/ 

 

National Friends of Libraries Week :
October 15-21, 2017
http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek

 

International Games Day : TBD

http://igd.ala.org/

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