Celebrations, authors and Dewey

Here is a blog by a school librarian, Susan Rigsby, http://susangrigsby.wordpress.com/ who does a compilation post each month on the aspects being celebrated - special days, appeal weeks, and selected author / illustrator birthdays. It is US based and there are so many "celebrations" listed it is overwhelming, but it could be useful in a school library to pick some days to feature and highlight.

Thanks to this I've discovered that today is Dewey Decimal System Day (Melvil Dewey’s b’day, 1851). I think I've mentioned this great article from School Library Journal before but if you haven't read it, it will give you a whole new appreciation of the man !
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA148748.html

Library displays and events calendar

From the school library listserv August 2009 :
For a new display about survival I chose the heading: 'Hey, I’m alive’. Magazine articles from the Vertical File with shouting headlines about ship wrecks, plane crashes and alligator attacks...
The Calendar of Events is a great success according to your reactions.... If you have updates you like to see on the calendar please mail me the correct date and I will add it. Cheers, Anita Vandenberghe, Librarian, St Kentigern College. vandenberghea@skc.school.nz.

List of celebration days

This message was posted on the school library list serve :

I have been on the lookout for a list of National / International days too, so I can get a 'heads up " for displays etc This is one link that has several sites that may behelpful : http://tiny.cc/celebrationdays
Joanna Broadbent, Librarian, St Mary's School, Blenheim.

The link takes you to the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, part of the Ministry of Social Development. Also the NZ review journal Around the bookshops publishes a good list each year called Happenings - another good reason to subscribe to this useful little resource - go to http://www.marigold.co.nz/