According to the American Library Association (ALA), National Library Week was first sponsored in 1958 and it's a national observance sponsored by the ALA and libraries across the country each April. ALA continues adding, it is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Originally, National Library Week started as a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The ALA and the American Book Publishers began this because during that time people were spending more money buying radios, televisions, and musical instruments than they were on books. Then in 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries.
This year, National Library Week will be celebrated April 11-17 with the theme, "Communities thrive @ your library. It's funny because I had no idea National Library Week even existed until I signed up to take a picture. In working at the reference desk, I learned of pictures being taken in to help celebrate NLW. Of course, I signed up and took a picture with my "favorite book," which was Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are. Notice the quotations around the words favorite book because that's not entirely true. While I greatly enjoy the book because it was my favorite childrens book as a kid, it isn't my overall "favorite" book. Come to think of it, I don't think that I have a favorite book. I have books that I really enjoy reading, and others that I am forced to read due to school. Personally, when it comes to books and clothes my motto is, I like what I like!
All information regarding National Library Week was obtained from the ALA's website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/pio/mediarelationsa/factsheets/nationallibraryweek.cfm
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