Celebrate National Library Week at your local library April 7-13, 2024.
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National Library Week is April 7–13, 2024, and the libraries of Tishomingo County
encourage everyone to take part and explore all the services that libraries have to offer.
Running with this year’s theme—"Ready, Set, Read!”—your local library branch is
planning a week of activities for both library staff and patrons to come together and
show their appreciation for the role that libraries play in supporting our community.
Celebrations will begin at the Iuka Public Library with an “I Love My Library” Bookmark
Design Contest, which will be judged by age group. Anyone who wishes to enter can
visit the Iuka Library to pick up a bookmark template. The winners will be announced on
the library’s Facebook and Instagram pages on Friday, April 12. Winning bookmarks
will be printed and made available at the circulation desk for all patrons to enjoy.
Other National Library Week events at the Iuka Public Library will include a solar eclipse
viewing party on Monday, April 8 from 12:00 to 3:00 P.M. with free eclipse-viewing
glasses available at the library, a family-friendly movie day on Thursday, April 11
beginning at 3:00 P.M., and dress-up days throughout the week, including “Fun Hat
Day” on Tuesday, “Library-Inspired Outfits” on Wednesday, and “Team Shirt Day” on
Thursday.
The Belmont Public Library will host a patron appreciation day on Tuesday, April 9.
Refreshments will be served from 10:30am to 1:30pm. Please stop by and help
celebrate National Library Week!
The Tishomingo Public Library will be celebrating National Library Week with a “Grab &
Go Book Sale” hosted by the Friends of the Tishomingo Library on Monday, April 8 from
10:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. Cash donations will be accepted, and refreshments will be served.
Throughout the week, patrons can also visit the library to pick up a National Library
Week goody bag as well as coloring and activity sheets catered to both kids and adults.
By celebrating National Library Week, the Tishomingo County libraries wish to
emphasize that libraries are more than just a place to find a good book. Though libraries
offer a wide option of physical, digital, and audio books, they are also spaces for
citizens to connect with others, learn new skills, and pursue passions through book
clubs, story times, movie nights, seasonal crafts, classes, and community programs.
Serving additionally as resource centers, libraries give people access to public
computers, free Wi-Fi, printing, copying, scanning, children’s puppets and puzzles,
donation books, genealogical resources, local history collections, and much more.
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by
the American Library Association and libraries across the country each April. For more
information about the programs and services offered at the Tishomingo County libraries,
visit the Northeast Regional Library website at www.nereg.lib.ms.us or call your local
library branch.