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Celebrating National Library Week

About Blog Post Apr 11, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
Celebrating National Library Week Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian This week is one of our favorite weeks here at the Library, National Library Week! Back in the mid-1950s, the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers joined forces to create the National Book Committee. Its purpose was to find ways to promote reading, as listening to the radio and watching television were beginning to take up more of the public's time. One of the ideas they came up with was National Library Week. Its purpose was to celebrate libraries and encourage the love of reading. First observed in 1958, it has been celebrated every year since. You can learn more about libraries in a number of books in the Library's collection. If you haven't been by in a while, come on in and see us. And if you're a regular user of our Library, thank you so much!
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