Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books. You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration! Share what inspired you in the comments.
November is National Novel Writing Month!
Other things to celebrate in November…
As you may be starting to appreciate, we like to be festive at CMLE Headquarters. Since Thanksgiving is soon approaching, we decided it was time to hang up the turkeys! (We have decorative turkeys on streamers floating from the ceiling. There’s no good way to photograph them, so stop by or use your imagination!)
We just wanted to share our decorations with you, and perhaps you have some festive November or Thanksgiving themed decorating going on at your library or media center? Send us a picture! For more glimpses of our exciting office happenings (often including Orville the Bear and the Office Plant team) follow us on Instagram.
Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books. You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration! Share what inspired you in the comments.
November is National Novel Writing Month! Other things to celebrate in November. . .
In November, our Monthly Topic will be Advocacy!!
This is such an important skill for everyone in your library to master. We all need to advocate for ourselves in the workplace, for our libraries, and for the profession. During November we will collect and share information on each of these aspects of advocacy, to help build your skills and your comfort level with it.
At the heart: Advocacy is fun!! We get to tell people how great our libraries are, all the wonderful things we provide to our communities, and how valuable we are!! It can be tempting to just assume people know about this – but we want to really be sure they understand, so we need to tell them. This is our chance to brag!
CMLE will offer an in-person training session at our Headquarters (570 First Street SE, St Cloud, MN 56304). This will happen Nov 15. Spaces are filling fast – so don’t delay!
You are invited to attend either in-person session (they are identical). Feel free to bring your food! We will provide beverages.
Sign up at our Eventbrite site here!
When you leave this session you will have some basic skills and ideas:
Any questions? Send Mary an email.
Would you like a training session brought to your library? Send Mary an email on that too!
Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books. You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration!
March is Woman’s History Month. Other things to celebrate in March. . .
| March | ||
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2 | Dr. Seuss’s birthday (1904) |
| Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Day | ||
| Old Stuff Day | ||
| 3 | National Anthem Day | |
| 4 | National Grammar Day | |
| 6 | Henry IV Part One first performed (1660) | |
| 8 | National Proofreading Day | |
| 12 | Girl Scouts Day | |
| 16 | Freedom of Information Day | |
| 19 | Let’s Laugh Day | |
| 20 | Lois Lowry’s birthday (1937) | |
| Louis Sachar’s birthday (1954) | ||
| 25 | Tolkien Reading Day | |
| 26 | Robert Frost’s birthday (1874) | |
| 30 | Jon Hassler’s birthday (1933) | |
| Pencil Day |
Did we miss anything? Let us know if we did!
For our calendar of library events, including conferences and library days, check out our Events/Initiatives page.
And for more Notable Dates for Your Noggin, check out our Notable Dates page.