Thank a librarian, today
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- April
- 14
Today is National Library Workers Day, which falls on the Tuesday during National Library Week. This year the week is April 12-18.
It is a good day to say thank-you to a librarian and let him or her know that you appreciate having a well-run library in your community or school.
What I’ve learned from writing about libraries is that each has its own personality and amazingly reflect the community where they exist. It is really interesting to visit a library and see how they are same, yet different.
Recent statistics show that in our tumultous economy, libraries are getting heavier use. Staffers have noticed at least a 10 percent increase in traffic. More materials are being checked out and computers are getting lots of use by job-seekers, students and reference searchers. The Chappaqua Library, for example, increased the capacity on its wireless internet service to handle the greater number of people coming to the library with their laptops, said its director Pamela Thornton yesterday.
So thank a librarian today — either in person or on this forum.
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on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 9:39 am by Barbara Nackman.
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