Communities Thrive @ Your Library
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. This week (April 11-17), schools, campuses and communities across the country celebrate National Library Week, a time to remind the public about the contribution libraries, librarians and library workers make to their communities every day. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.
As Honorary Chair of National Library Week, Neil Gaiman, the 2009 Newbery Medal winner for “The Graveyard Book,” will speak to his lifelong love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom and privacy. Libraries and their communities are invited to a live Internet event, “An Evening with Neil Gaiman,” from 5 to 7 p.m. April 12, via UStream.tv.
What makes the library unique is access to trained professionals – librarians – to help people find and interpret the information they need to make a difference in their lives. Our libraries also help keep us connected, providing a space for people of all ages, classes and races to come together, while keeping us connected to events and people around the world.
How can the library help you thrive? National Library Week is the perfect time to find out. Communities thrive @ your library.
Here are just a few of the things you can do this week and every week at the Texas Woman's University Libraries:
- Search for a book in the TWU Libraries Catalog.
- Search for scholarly articles in the Databases or Subject Guides.
- Obtain items from other libraries through Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan.
- Use RefWorks to help you download, gather, and store references from databases; plus automatically format citations for your bibliographies.
- Contact a Subject Specialists for an appointment.
