National Library Week April 10-16, 2016

What is "National Library Week? 

Except from Library History Buff (libraryhistorybuff.org)

"In 1957 the National Book Committee, a joint committee of the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, recommended the establishment of a National Library Week.  The first National Library Week was observed May 16-22, 1958 with the theme “Wake Up and Read”. It has continued every year since 1958.  In 1974, the American Library Association became the sole sponsor of the event. 

Although the current National Library week originated in 1958, the idea of a week to promote libraries was not new. In fact the Publicity Committee of the American Library Association recommended such a week in 1922 at the Detroit Conference of the American Library Association.  The Publicity Committee suggested April, 1923 as a possible time to initiate a Library Week."

This year's National Library Week theme is Libraries Transform, reminding all Americans that today's libraries are not just about what we have for people, but what we do for and with people.

Visit Ezra Lehman Memorial Library during the week of April 10-16 to view the posters display in the main gallery showing how the transformation has taken place in the history of the library's services.