Item 19 - Holiday Council powerpoint
Library’s Holiday and Recognition Month Work Plan
Town Council Meeting
February 7, 2023
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Library holiday plan
Year-round work
Goal – ensuring equitable access to collections that reflect a broad range of authors, primary characters, histories, and narratives in which community members can find representation
and broaden their world views.
Access
Collections
Advocacy
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33 Cultural or Natl Holidays
Library holiday plan
New Year’s Day (Jan)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan)
Lunar/Chinese New Year (Jan- varies)
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan)
Presidents’ Day (Feb)
Purim (Mar - varies)
Holi (Mar - varies)
Ramadan (Mar - varies)
Nowruz (Mar - varies)
Cesar Chavez Day (Mar)
Passover (Apr - varies)
Easter (Apr - varies)
Eid al-Fitr (Apr -varies)
Earth Day (Apr)
Cinco de Mayo (May)
Memorial Day (May)
Juneteenth (Jun)
Independence Day (Jul)
Islamic New Year (Aug - varies)
Labor Day (Sept)
Rosh Hashanah (Sept – varies)
Yom Kippur (Sept – varies)
Mid-Autumn Festival (Sept – varies)
Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Oct)
National Coming Out Day (Oct)
Halloween (Oct)
Dia de los Muertos (Nov)
Veterans’ Day (Nov)
Diwali (Nov – varies)
Thanksgiving (Nov)
Chanukah (Dec)
Christmas (Dec)
Kwanzaa (Dec)
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14 Recognition Months/Weeks
(+ 7 Library Specific Months/Weeks)
Library holiday plan
Braille Literacy Month (January)
Black History Month (February)
Women’s History Month (March)
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (March)
Arab American Heritage Month (April)
Autism Acceptance Month (April)
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May)
Jewish American Heritage Month (May)
Mental Health Awareness Month (May)
Pride and LGBTQ Book Month (June)
Disability Pride Month (July)
Physical Disability Awareness Month (August)
Suicide Prevention Month (September)
Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15)
Native American Heritage Month (November)
United Against Hate Week (November)
Poetry Month (April)
Library Week (April)
Summer Reading Program (June to August)
Banned Books Week (September)
Friends of the Library Week (October)
Teen Read Week (October)
National Novel Writing Month (November)
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Months:
Social media post
Newsletter call out
Stories we are celebrating booklist
Storytimes featuring a broad cast of characters and families
Reader’s advisory highlighting recognition
Book Displays in Children’s, Teen, and Adult
Storywalk (when feasible)
One related program, live or virtual (when feasible)
Stories we’re celebrating graphic in lobby, desks
Booklist callouts in library newsletters
Deliverables
Library holiday plan
A Week
Small book display on countertop
Give-away items
Social Media Post
Stories we are Celebrating Booklist
A Day
Social media post + link to Stories We Celebrate
Stories we are Celebrating Booklist
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RECOMMENDATION
The primary focus for the Library’s mission to foster a diverse and inclusive community should first and foremost be through conscientiously striving for equitable access to a large
variety of books, e-books, and media that reflect the experiences and backgrounds of diverse communities. Every person of every age, background, and identity must be able to have access
to a wide offering of books in which they can see themselves reflected. The Library should not lose sight of this as their primary means of fostering dialog and understanding within
the community as it pursues additional avenues of recognition.
Recommendation: Approve the Library’s holiday and recognition work plan
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