Publicity templates, educational tools, booklists, and program planning ideas are in each link. Some events lend themselves to collaboration with schools and community organizations.
Heritage Months
Smithsonian Heritage Months . February - March - May - September - November
KQED Heritage Months - February - March - May - June - September - October - November
Reading Adtivities for Events and Holidays
Reading is Fundamental - rif.org - Reading Rockets - readingrockets.org
Bay Area Literacy Programs (BALIT) - BAYLIT Webliography - Literacy Works.org -
California Library Literacy Services - LibraryLiteracy.org
California Reading List - ALA YALSA Book Awards and Reading Lists - Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and American Library Association Children's Reading Lists
Rebecca's Pocket
Rebecca Blood has an extensive list of reading list sites and reviews of good reads which she updated in June 2009. The lists include fiction, thrillers, "chick lit," travel, cooking, gardening, history, and politics. Posts include separate sections for book lists for children and young adults.
Movable Holidays and Annual Religious Holidays
- Diwali (Deepavali) - October 17, 2009 - Hindu Festival of Lights
- Halloween - October 31, 2009
- All Souls Day (All Saints Day) - November 1, 2009
- Thanksgiving Day - November 26, 2009
- Eid al-Adha - November 27, 2009 - Muslim Festival of Sacrifice
- Bodhi Day - December 8, 2009 - Buddhist - Buddha reached Nirvana
- Hannukkah (Chanukah) - December 11-19, 2009 - Jewish Festival of Lights
- Posada Procession Days - December 15-24
- Christmas - December 25, 2009
- Kwanzaa - December 25, 2009 - January 1, 2010
- Makar Sankranti - January 14, 2010 - Hindu winter solstice
- Tu Bishvat - Jewish ''Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot'' - "new year of the trees" - January 30, 2010
- Chinese New Year / Tet - February 14, 2010
January Days and Months
Financial Fitness Month - Tools - System Reference Center's Money webliography
Chinese New Year / Tet - Year of the Tiger - February 14, 2010
San Francisco Events - Kaboose Crafts - Graphics & Calligraphy 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 18, 2010
Graphic novel biography - MLK, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford - Freedom Train and San Francisco Event - MLKday.gov (Day of Service and more)
February
Chinese New Year / Tet - Year of the Tiger - February 14, 2010
San Francisco Events - Kaboose Crafts - Graphics & Calligraphy 2009
Valentine's Day - February 14, 2010
March
National Nutrition Month - Nutrition.gov - Stanford Health Library-Nutrition - Books - Games - Quizzes and Games - Kids' Science - Sample library links - Sample collaboration with agencies and schools
Women’s History Month - History Project - Library of Congress - Places - Gale - Discovering American Women's History Online
Teen Tech Week - March 7-13 - Teen Tech Wiki - Helene Blowers list
Cesar Chavez Day – 3/31 - Activities: Foundation - Service and Learning
April
National Library Week April 11-17, 2010 - Communities thrive @ your library - ALA Fact sheet, campaigns and logos - History - Publicity sites - April 12-Drop Everything and Read Day D.E.A.R - April 13-Library Workers Day - April 16-Support Teen Lit Day
National Poetry Month - Poets.org - Read-Write-Think Links and Booklist - Scholastics Resources and Templates - Poetry.org
Alcohol Awareness Month - Berkeley Alcohol Awareness Month 2009 (useful inks) - Wirtz Labor Library Links
Jazz Appreciation Month - Smithsonian Jazz - KCSM Jazz 98 Community - San Jose Jazz
National Car Care Month - carcare.org - Drive Healthy for California - Auto maintenance from Car Talk - Matthew Six's Webliography
National Garden Month - American Community Gardening Association - America the Beautiful Fund -
International Children’s Book Day April 2, 2010 - International Children's Digital Library - International Reading Association
Holocaust Remembrance Day(Yom Hashoah) - April 21 - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Nizkor Project - Survivors and Remembrance Project - United Nations Outreach Programme
Earth Day – April 22 - earthday.net - earthday.gov - California State Parks Volumteer project sites
Global Youth Service Days - April 24-26 - Youth Service America
Dia de Los Ninos/Dia de los Libros - Children's Day/Book Day – April 30 - California Bilingual Children's Literacy Project - REFORMA Resources - ALA Reading Lists and Press Kits - Idaho State Library Links 
May
Asian/Pacific Heritage Month - Library of Congress Links - National and California Parks Sites and Events - LII Links
Get Caught Reading Month - ALA-ALSC Partnerships Links - Children’s Book Week - May 10-16
National Bike Month - Bay Area Bike to Work Day San Francisco/San Jose Bay Area - May 13, 2010 - Bike2Work Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito Counties - Bike to Work Week - May 10-16, 2010
Health Observances - Clean Air Month - Mental Health Month - Older Americans Month - National Senior Adult Fitness Day – May 26, 2010
Cinco de Mayo - May 5
June
Flag Day - June 14 - Library of Congress - Flag.org
LGBT Pride Month - San Francisco LGBT Pride 2009 - June 22-27, 2010
July and August - Reading!
California Summer Reading Program - Children - Teens - Adults
Bay Area Literacy Programs (BALIT) - BAYLIT Webliography - Literacy Works.org -
California Library Literacy Services - LibraryLiteracy.org
California Reading List - ALA YALSA Book Awards and Reading Lists - Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and American Library Association Childrens Reading Lists
Summer Reading from About.com
September
Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 - October 15
For an authoritative, easy-to-use list for programming and school reports, see these eleven sites, the result of a search on Librarians Internet Index, using "Hispanic Heritage Month" as a search term in the search box.
Library Card Sign-up Month
Tap into the publicity generated by "Back to School" advertising and the media coverage on the effect of the California budget on education funding to promote your library's databases, webliographies, and catalog.
ALA publicity materials - Read Write Think
National Book Festival - 2010
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, the annual festival website has links to featured authors and activities in Washington D.C. as well as to the previous eight festivals.
Young Readers' Toolkit - Also on the festival site, the interactive Toolkit features information about National Book Festival authors who write for children and teens, podcasts of their readings, teaching tools and activities for children and suggestions for your local festival.
Banned Books Week - September 26-October 3, 2009
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
The American Library Association page describes the Freedom to Read, campaign and its Calendar of Events and Ideas and Resources.
National Alcohol and Drug Awareness Month - Recover.gov
Deaf Awareness Month & Week – September 21-27, 2009
National Association of the Deaf - Resources page
October
National Disability Awareness Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
- Reading Rockets books and resources
- Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation's SchwabLearning.org
- Resource organizations
- SparkTop.org - "for 8–12 year olds who struggle with learning."
“Library Accessibility –What You Need to Know” Toolkit
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) new tooklit contains 15 tipsheets in PDF on access issues for patrons who have cognitive, mental, or emotional illnesses; patrons with learning and/or developmental disabilities; patrons with service animals; patrons needing assistive technologies and patrons with physical disabilities
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Teen Read Week - October 12- 23, 2010
November
American Indian Heritage Month
American National Diabetes Month
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