Useful
Links
Red signifies a due
date.
JANUARY - Financial
Wellness Month
January 5: February activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
Revisioning Your
Summer Library Program
with Marge Loch-Wouters
January 13 from 1-4 p.m.
at Beloit Public Library
Click for more information.
January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23 - Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon!
February 1:
March activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
February 1:
Teen Tech Week materials order is due.
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FEBRUARY - Library
Lover's Month, Black History Month (African
American History Month)
February 1: March activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
February 1:
Teen Tech Week materials order is due.
Note: March 4-10 - Teen Tech Week
- Geek Out @ your library. Graphics.
You can order posters and bookmarks from us. If you want something more
please contact gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us.
February 2 - Groundhog Day
February 6 - Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the Lunar Chinese New Year under the light of the first full moon.
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 15 - Susan
B. Anthony Day
February 20 - President's Day
February 21 - Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras
February 22 - Ash Wednesday
February 25:
National Library Week materials order is due.
February 29 - Leap
Day!
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MARCH - Women's History
Month, Youth Art Month
March 1: April activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
Note:
April is ALS Big Read
Month - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
March 2 - Read Across America
(Dr. Seuss' birthday) sponsored by NEA
March 4-10 - Teen Tech Week
- Geek Out @ your library. Graphics
You can order posters and bookmarks. If you want something more please
contact gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us.
This year’s theme encourages libraries to throw open their physical and virtual doors to teens and showcase the outstanding technology they offer, from services such as online homework help and digital literacy-focused programs to resources like e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, databases and more.
March 8 - International Women's Day
March 11 - Daylight Savings Time starts
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 20 - First Day of Spring (Vernal Equinox)
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APRIL - National
Poetry Month Southeast
WI Big Read Month Project School
Library Month
April 1:
May activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
April 15:
Summer Library Program activity schedules due
April 1 - "No Foolin' a Free Book" - Big Read giveaway
April 8 - Easter
April 8-14 - National Library Week -
You Belong @ your library. Graphics
April 19 - Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 21-28 - Money Smart Week @ your library week
April 22 - Earth Day
April 30 - El día de los niños/El día de los libros
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MAY - National Bike Month
May 1: June activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
May 1 - May Day
May 2-8 - Children's Book Week
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
May 5 - Free
Comic Book Day
May 13 - Mother's Day
May 28 - Memorial Day
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JUNE - National Dairy Month
June 1:
July activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
June 14 - Flag
Day
June 17 - Father's Day
June 19 - Juneteenth (Emancipation Day)
June 20 - First Day of Summer (Summer Solstice)
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JULY - National Ice Cream Month
July 1:
August activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
Library Card sign up month (September) planning this month.
Order
for any special ALA materials by July 15.
July 1 - Canada Day
July 4 - Independence Day (on a Wednesday)
July 20 - August 20 - Ramadan
July 24-29-
Rock County 4-H
Fair
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AUGUST - National Inventors Month
August 1:
September activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
August 1-3 - Ramadan
August 12-14 - Perseids Meteor Shower, up to 60 per hour.
August 26 - Women’s Equality Day
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SEPTEMBER - Library Card Sign-up Month,
Hispanic Heritage Month, National Reading Group Month
September 1:
October activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
Teen Read Week (October 14-20) planning this month.
Order
for ALA materials by September 1.
September 3 - Labor Day
September 8 -
International Literacy Day
September 15-October 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
September 21 -
International Day of Peace
September 22 - First Day of Autumn (Autumnal Equinox)
September 25-26 Yom Kippur
September 30 - Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Moon Festival)
September 30-October 6 -
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Right to Read
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OCTOBER
October 1:
November activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
October 8 - Columbus Day
October 14-20 - Teen Read Week
October 21-27, 2010 - National
Friends of the Library Week
October 31 - Halloween
October 31 - November 2 - Dia
De Los Muertos
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NOVEMBER - American Indian Heritage Month
November 1:
December activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
November 4 - Daylight Savings Ends
November 6 - General Election
November 11 - Veteran's Day
(Because Veteran's Day falls on Sunday, November 11, November 12 is the
National Holiday)
November date TBA - National Gaming Day
November 22 - Thanksgiving
November 23 - ALS closed
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DECEMBER
December 1:
January 2013 activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
December 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower
December 9 - Hanukkah
December 22 - First Day of Winter (Winter Solstice)
December 24 - ALS closed
December 25 is on Tuesday - Christmas
December 31 is on Monday - New Year's Eve
January 1, 2013 - ALS closed
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