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Colleagues As you turn your calendar to the beginning of a new school year, consider adding these library and literary celebrations: 2007 Library Card Sign-Up Month September 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/otherinit/card/librarycard.htm Banned Books Week Sept. 29 Oct. 6, 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm Teen Read Week October 14-20, 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm Dictionary Day October 16, 2007 http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=9204 National Friends of Libraries Week October 21-27, 2007 http://folusa.org/sharing/national-friends-week.php Childrens Book Week November 12-18, 2007 http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/index_2.html 2008 Library Lovers Month @ your library February, 2008 http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/ Read Across America March 3, 2008 http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html Teen Tech Week March 2-8, 2008 http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Teen_Tech_Week School Library Media Month April 2008 http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslissues/aasladvocacy/schoollibrary.htm Poetry Month April 2008 http://www.cbcbooks.org/yppw/ National Drop Everything and Read Day April 12, 2008 http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/ National Library Week April 13-19, 2008 http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm National Library Workers Day April 15, 2008 http://www.ala-apa.org/about/ideas.html Support Teen Literature Day April 17, 2008 http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Support_Teen_Literature_Day National Volunteer Week April 27 May 3, 2008 http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/ El dia de los niños/El dia de los libros April 30, 2008 http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/diadelosninos/diadelosninos.htm National Library Legislative Day May 13-14, 2008 http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washevents/nlld/nationallibrary.cfm Lists of celebrations, more info and links: http://www.folusa.org/sharing/library-celebrations.php http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/otherinit/initiatives.htm http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/events.html#april And for bizarre literary holidays, go to: http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/lit.htm Enjoy! Suzan Nyfeler Youth Services Specialist Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 W. 41st, Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78756 512-583-0704, x17 800-262-4431 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. --G. K. Chesterton
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