Useful
Links
Red signifies a due
date.
2012
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
November 3- International Games Day
November 22 - Thanksgiving - ALS closed
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 is Monday - Christmas Eve -
ALS closed
December 25 is on Tuesday - Christmas -
ALS closed
December 31 is on Monday - New Year's Eve
January 1, 2013
- ALS closed
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2013
JANUARY
January 4: February activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
January 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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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 10-16 - Teen Tech Week
- Check In @ 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 10, 2013 - Chinese New Year - Year of the Snake
February 12 - Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras
February 13 - Ash Wednesday
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 15 - Susan
B. Anthony Day
February 18 - President's Day (and Washington's Birthday)
February 25:
National Library Week materials order is due.
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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
March 1 - Read Across America
(Dr. Seuss' birthday) sponsored by NEA
March 10-16, 2013 - Teen Tech Week
- Check In @ your library. Graphics
You can order posters and bookmarks. If you want something more please
contact gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us.
March 8 -
International Women's Day
March 10 - Daylight Savings Time starts
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 20 - First Day of Spring (Vernal Equinox)
March 31 - Easter
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APRIL - National
Poetry Month Southeast
WI Big Read Month Project School
Library Month
 World
Book Night 2013
World
Book Night 2013 is a celebration of literacy by publishers,
bookstores, libraries, and individuals who love books and reading. On
April 23, 2013, 25,000 “book givers” will each give away 20 copies of
a specially printed, not-for-resale WBN edition of a book they have read
and loved (from a list of 25–30 titles to be selected by librarians and booksellers)
to complete strangers—people who may never have owned a book of their
own. If your library would like to participate, fill out the form (Word
file) and return it
by September 1....
ALA Connect: World Book Night 2013; Bookselling This Week,
July 25
April 1:
May activities and events to ALS - gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us
April 1 - "No Foolin' a Free Book" - Big Read giveaway
April 7 - Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 15:
Summer Library Program activity schedules due
April 14-20, 2013 - National Library Week -
Communities Matter @ your library. Graphics
April 20-27 -
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 13-19 - Children's Book Week
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
May 4 - Free
Comic Book Day
May 12 - Mother's Day
May 27 - 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 16 - Father's Day
June 19 - Juneteenth (Emancipation Day)
June 21 - 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 9-August 7 - Ramadan
July 23-28 -
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 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 2 - Labor Day
September 8 -
International Literacy Day
September 14 Yom Kippur
September 15-October 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
September 19 - Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Moon Festival)
September 21 -
International Day of Peace
September 22 - First Day of Autumn (Autumnal Equinox)
Date TBA -
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 14 - Columbus Day 2013
October 13-19 - Teen Read Week
October 20-26, 2010 - National
Friends of the Library Week
October 31 - Halloween
October 31 - November 2 - Dia
De Los Muertos
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