“Whatever the cost
of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
– Walter Cronkite
This is National Library Week (April 8-14) and today (April
11) is National Bookmobile Day.
Celebrated since 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the
American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country. It is a time to celebrate the contributions
of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and
support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special -
participate. This year’s theme is
“Libraries Transform: Libraries Lead.”
National
Bookmobile Day is an opportunity for bookmobiles fans to make their support
known—through thanking bookmobile staff, writing a letter or e-mail to their libraries,
or voicing their support to community leaders.
Walter Cronkite & Misty Copeland
This year’s National Library Week
Honorary Chairperson is American Ballet Theater principal dancer Misty
Copeland, who also is a 3-time best-selling author for her memoir, Life in Motion, her picture book, Firebird, and her young people’s book, Ballerina Body.
When asked by writer Amy Carlton what role libraries have played in her own life, Copeland said, “As a child, the library was a place to dream, learn, and escape. When you don’t have the means to travel or see possibilities for yourself, you can be transported through books and pushed to use your imagination.”
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