Category: National Library Week

  • NLW: State of America’s Libraries – A Snapshot of 2025

    End this year’s National Library Week by checking out the “State of America’s Libraries: A Snapshot of 2025” report created by the American Library Association. “As the nation’s libraries unite to celebrate National Library Week, and communities everywhere recognize the valuable contribution of America’s libraries and the people who power them, library workers around the…

  • National Library Workers Day: 4/21/26

    Help us celebrate 2 important days of National Library Week: Library Workers Day & Library Outreach Day National Library Workers Day: 4/21/26 Here’s a BIG thank you to all of our Library workers, staff, student assistants, librarians, technology support specialists, facilities personnel, and administrators. You keep our Library running smoothly. We APPRECIATE you!   National…

  • NLW: Right to Read Day

    National Library Week 2026 – Monday, April 20: Right to Read Day, a day for readers, advocates, and library lovers to take action to protect, defend, and celebrate the right to read. Learn how you can advocate for the “Right To Read” – https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-day/  The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with…

  • National Library Week

    Join the Memorial Library in Celebrating National Library Week April 19-25, 2026. To learn more visit https://www.ala.org #sunycortlandmemoriallibrary  #NationalLibraryWeek

  • National Library Week: Take Action for Libraries Day

    Thursday, April 10: Take Action for Libraries Day, a day to rally advocates to support libraries. Did you know … “The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to defend each person’s right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure free access to information.” Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 “Every year,…

  • National Library Week: “What Draws You To The Library”

    What do you LOVE about our Library? Why did you come to the Library today? Let us know!!! Visit our “What Draws You To The Library” cart and fill out a book shape with your reason in writing or as a drawing! We’d LOVE to know what you LOVE about your Library. The cart is…

  • Right to Read Day

    Monday, April 7, 2025, is Right to Read Day “For National Library Week, we’re “Drawn to the Library.” What can you find at the library? In a word: FREEDOM. For Right to Read Day, we’re “Drawn to Freedom” — the freedom to read, the freedom to access information, the freedom to find community — all…

  • National Library Week! April 6-12, 2025

    Help the Memorial Library celebrate National Library Week! April 6-12, 2025 What Draws You to the Library? National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support. #NationalLibraryWeek#sunycortlandmemoriallibrary

  • National Library Week: The State of America’s Libraries 2023 Report

    Thank you for joining the SUNY Cortland Memorial Library in celebrating National Library Week! To finish out the week here is the American Library Association’s “State of America’s Libraries Report 2023”https://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/state-of-americas-libraries-report-2023-web-version.pdf In 2022, the global COVID-19 pandemic entered its third year; political, economic and digital divides grew; and book challenges and bans surged across the…

  • National Library Week: Vote!

    #TakeActionForLibraries Day: ALA launches #ReaderVoterReady campaign to encourage all library advocates and their communities to get informed, get registered, and get ready to vote! Learn more & make a commitment to vote: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/reader-voter-ready #sunycortlandmemoriallibrary