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Library Conference listings to 2014 ALA national meeting and state conference
Italics = state & federal holidays; bold = Library related events and dates
Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
JANUARY
1 New Year's Day (Sunday)
16 Martin Luther King's Birthday observed (Monday)
16 Robert E. Lee's Birthday observed (Monday)
19-25 ALA Midwinter Conference San Antonio
29 Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog)
30 Islamic New Year
FEBRUARY Library Lover's
Month
3 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board - 10AM - Wm. F. Laman Public Library
12 Lincoln's Birthday (Saturday)
10 Arkansas State Library Board Meeting
14 Valentine's Day (Tuesday)
- 20 Washington's Birthday (Monday)
- 20 President's Day observed (Monday)
- 20 Daisy Gatson Bates Birthday observed (Monday)
- 1 Ash Wednesday
- 1 Return the Borrowed Book Week begins
- 2 Read Across America Day
- 16 Freedom of Information Day
- 22-24 Computers in Libraries Washington D.C.
- 17 St. Patrick's Day (Friday)
- Internet@Schools East Washington D.C.
- 20 Spring Equinox 1:26 PM EST
- 14 Purim
APRIL National
Poetry Month
;
School Library
Media Month
- 7 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board - 10AM - CALS East Room
- 2 International Children's Book Day
- 2 Daylight Savings Time begins (Sunday 2:00 AM)
- 5-8 Texas Library Association San Antonio
- 10-16 National Library Week American Library Association
- 11 Young People's Poetry Week begins
- 12 National Library Workers Day
- 13 Thank You, School Librarian Day Sponsor: Carpe Libris contact: judyth.lessee@tusd.k12.az.us
Arkansas Literary Festival Rivermarket/Little Rock Arkansas Literacy Council
- 16 Easter
- 17-19 AAIM Conference Little Rock Peabody Hotel & Conference Center
- 19 Arkansas Patriot's Day (proclamation Jan. '02)
- 21 Thank You, School Librarian Day
- 13 Passover begins
- 3-4 National Legislative Day Washington DC
- 4-5 AMIGOS Spring Membership Meeting
- 6 Arkansas Library Association Executive Committee Meeting 10AM - ArLA Office
- 8 Mother's Day
- 10 Arkansas Teachers' Day
- 13 Arkansas State Library Board Meeting
- 14-19 Medical Library Assoc. San Antonio, TX
- 15 Reading is Fun Week begins
- 16-18 ALPS Spring Conference, Best Western Inn of the Ozarks - Eureka Springs
- 17-18 Streaming Media East New York City
- 17-18 Enterprise Search Summit New York City
- 17-18 WebSearch University New York City
- 19 Third Thursday Book Talks Presents: Heifer Project International
Main Library, Central Arkansas Library System Little Rock 12:00 p.m.- 27 Riverfest begins Little Rock
- 30 Memorial Day observed
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3 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board - 10AM - CALS East Room
3-4 Arkansas Writer's Conference Little Rock
5-8 Special Libraries Conference Toronto
13-16 Hot Springs Educational Technology Institute Hot Springs High School
14 Flag Day
15 Arkansas Admission Day 1836
19 Father's Day
21 Summer Solstice 2:46 AM EDT
23-29 ALA Annual Conference Chicago
24-30 Blindness Awareness Week
- 1 Arkansas Library Association Executive Committee Meeting 10AM - ArLA Office
- 4 Independence Day (Monday)
- 16-20 American Association of Law Libraries San Antonio, TX
- 31 - August 1 Arkansas Assoc. of School Librarians Summer Conference Russellville ATU Contact person, Connie Zimmer 479-968-0434 connie.zimmer@atu.edu
- 4 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board - 10AM - CALS East Room
- 12 Arkansas State Library Board Meeting
- 14 International Federation of Library Associations Norway
- 14 Rosh Hashanah
SEPTEMBER Library
Card Sign-Up Month
- 2 Arkansas Library Association Executive Committee Meeting 10AM - ArLA Office
- 5 Labor Day
- 8 International Literacy Day
- 22 Autumn Equinox 6:23 PM EDT
- 24 Banned Books Week begins [American Library Association]
OCTOBER
Computer Learning Month Begins [Computer Learning Foundation] ;
National Book Month ; National Reading Group Month;
National Medical Librarians Month
- 1-4 Arkansas Library Association Annual Conference Little Rock
- 2 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board Meeting - 9AM - DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock
- 3 Ramadan begins
- 4 ArLA Business Meeting - 9AM - DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock
- 4-5 Rosh Hashanah (Tuesday/Wednesday)
- 7 Arkansas State Fair begins
- 7-9 Southern Festival of Books: a Celebration of the Written Word, Memphis TN
- 9 Columbus Day observed (Monday)
- 13 Yom Kippur (begins at sundown Wednesday)
- ? National Book Festival Washington D.C.
- 19-25 Teen Read Week begins
- 21 AAIM Fall Leadership Conference
- 22-26 South Central Chapter/Medical Library Association Little Rock Peabody; contact: Mary Ryan, Program Chair, 501-686-6730 or ryanmaryl@uams.edu
- 24-26 Internet Librarian Monterey CA
- ? Internet@School West Monterey CA
- 30 Daylight Savings Time changes (Sunday 2:00 AM)
- 31 Halloween
NOVEMBER
1 National Author Day [General Federations of Women]
2 Eid-Al-Fir
4 Arkansas State Library Board Meeting
4 Arkansas Library Association Executive Committee Meeting 10AM - ArLA Office
11 Veterans Day (Friday)
14 National Children's Book Week Begins [Children's Books Council ]
24 Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER
- 2 Arkansas Library Association Executive Board; followed by Leadership Exchange / Location TBA
- 22 Winter Solstice 1:35 PM EST
- 24 Christmas Eve (Saturday, state offices closed on Friday)
- 25 Christmas (Sunday, state offices closed on Monday)
- 26 - Jan. 2 Hanukkah
- 26 Kwanzaa begins (Saturday)
