We’ve got all kinds of things happening this week to celebrate the BSC Library and the wonders of library/librarians from all over the world.
Tag Archives: National Library Week
Right to Read Day – April 24
Right to Read Day is a National Day of Action in support of the right to read. ALA (American Library Association) will release its State of America’s Libraries Report and unveil its list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2022.
National Library Week 2023
Image
Celebrate National Library Week!
Image
#ConnectWithYourLibrary
Reveal! Noon on Wed., April 6
Image
National Library Week 2020
Image
If Librarians Were Honest
If Librarians Were Honest by Joseph Mills
“…a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work…” – Benjamin Franklin
If librarians were honest,
they wouldn’t smile, or act
welcoming. They would say,
You need to be careful. Here
be monsters. They would say,
These rooms house heathens
and heretics, murderers and
maniacs, the deluded, desperate,
and dissolute. They would say,
These books contain knowledge
of death, desire, and decay,
betrayal, blood, and more blood;
each is a Pandora’s box, so why
would you want to open one.
They would post danger
signs warning that contact
might result in mood swings,
severe changes in vision,
and mind-altering effects.
If librarians were honest
they would admit the stacks
can be more seductive and
shocking than porn. After all,
once you’ve seen a few
breasts, vaginas, and penises,
more is simply more,
a comforting banality,
but the shelves of a library
contain sensational novelties,
a scandalous, permissive mingling
of Malcolm X, Marx, Melville,
Merwin, Millay, Milton, Morrison,
and anyone can check them out,
taking them home or to some corner
where they can be debauched
and impregnated with ideas.
If librarians were honest,
they would say, No one
spends time here without being
changed. Maybe you should
go home. While you still can.
Source: 5 Poems About Libraries
Picture Yourself Celebrating Libraries
PICTURE YOURSELF CELEBRATING LIBRARIES!
Snap a few pix at our selfie station & share them with friends
Check out a print book, DVD, or CD during NLW & qualify for a prize drawing!
My First Memory (Of Librarians) by Nikki Giovanni
My First Memory (Of Librarians) by Nikki Giovanni
This is my first memory:
A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky wood floor
A line of green shades—bankers’ lights—down the center
Heavy oak chairs that were too low or maybe I was simply too short
For me to sit in and read
So my first book was always big
In the foyer up four steps a semi-circle desk presided
To the left side the card catalogue
On the right newspapers draped over what looked like a quilt rack
Magazines face out from the wall
The welcoming smile of my librarian
The anticipation in my heart
All those books — another world — just waiting
At my fingertips.
Source: 5 poems about libraries
Celebrate National Library Week!
National Library Week — April 7 -13, 2019
CELEBRATE WITH US!
- Stop by & have some fun at our selfie station
- Check out a print book, DVD, or CD during NLW to qualify for a prize drawing