National Library Week begins
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High school co-librarian Marsha Jacobs said the school has celebrated National Library Week every year since the school opened. “It provides us the opportunity to get even more people, students and faculty alike, into the library and to promote reading,” she said.
While the week will also cater to the school’s avid library users, it will primarily be used to entice infrequent users into the library.
To do this the library’s staff will be holding a drawing and giving away two paperback books each day to students. Other enticements include drawings for pens, pencils and movie passes.
Teachers have been getting into the action by compiling a list of their favorite books to be published.
In addition to the prizes and the teachers’ list, National Library Week at the high school will also see the display of 200 new books. At around $30 each, co-librarian Carol Chambers said, this is quite an investment for the school.
But while checking out books is what most people imagine when thinking of libraries, they also fill other information needs. At the high school’s library, for instance, students are also able to make use of their wide selection of periodicals, reference books, videos and Internet-ready computers.
Across the country, National Library Week marks the kickoff of “Rediscover America @ Your Library,” an initiative which will focus on our national heritage and remind lawmakers of the importance of libraries and librarians in this day and age.
Since Sept. 11, the American Library Association says, librarians have noticed people are taking a fresh interest in what it means to be an American in today’s global society.
As this increases libraries are being used to do what they do best –serve as community resource centers and provide free and open access to information.