See also USF School of Library and Information Science Special Events
Calendarof Promotional Events for Libraries and Literacy
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Contact: ALA Public Information Office
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 800/545/2433, ext. 5041, 5044
http://www.ala.org/pio/librarycard/
International Literacy Day
Contact: International Reading Association
800 Barksdale Road
Newark. DE 19714-8139
Telephone: 302/731/1600
www.reading.org/meetings/ild/
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983.
http://www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/ssyrap.htm
TEEN READ WEEK
Teen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998.
More information is available by visiting www.ala.org/teenread,
the official Web site.
Family Literacy Day
Contact: National Center for Family Literacy
325 Main St., Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Telephone: 502/584/1133
www.famlit.org
Children's Book Week
Contact: Children's Book Council
12 West 37th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018-7480
Telephone: 212/966-1990
www.cbcbooks.org
National Young Reader's Day
Sponsored by Pizza Hut in cooperation with
the Center for the Book BOOK IT!
PO Box 2999, Wichita, KS 67201
Telephone: 800/4-BOOK-IT
www.bookitprogram.com
American Education Week
Contact: National Education Association
1201 Sixteenth St., Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202/833-4000
www.nea.org
National Book Month
Contact: National Book Award
264 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10000
Telephone: 212/685/0261
http://www.nationalbook.org
Battle of the Books
A reading program and contest for fourth graders in Hillsborough County Schools.
Read Across America
Contact: National Education Association
Read Across America, 1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202/822-SEUS
http://www.nea.org/readacross
Freedom of Information Day
Contact: ALA Washington Office
Telephone: 800/941/8478
http://www.ala.org/washoff
School Library Media Month
National Library Week and School Library Media Month provides a wonderful
opportunity for libraries of all types across the country to participate in
the @ your library™ campaign for America's Libraries.
http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmmonth.html
National Poetry Month
Contact: The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway Suite #1208
New York, NY 10012-3250
Telephone: 212/274/0343
http://www.poets.org/npm/npmfrmst.htm
International Children's Book Day
IBBY Activities
International Children's Book Day.
http://www.ibby.org/
Storytelling Festival
http://www.tampastory.org
HCCIRA/HASLMS Reads Week
National Library Week
http://www.ala.org