National Library Week 2019 @ The University Library
Join us to celebrate National Library Week from April 8 to April 12. Tuesday, April 9 is National Library Workers Day, a celebration of library workers for their contribution to the library.
April 8 - 12, 2019
Theme: "Libraries = Strong Communities"
"In addition to providing communities with access to ideas and information, libraries play an important role in our public life by encouraging creativity, promoting equality, and serving as a source of empowerment. This week, and every week, library workers deserve our support and our gratitude." -Melinda Gates
Monday, April 8
Therapy Dog
Keep calm and pet a dog during National Library Week! Therapy dogs will be here in the Library's Knowledge Center to help you chill out and boost your spirits. Take a "paws" from the stress of midterms and treat yourself to a study break and some cuddles with a canine! Knowledge Center, 10am-11am & 4pm-6pm
Button Making, Coloring, and Puzzles
Come and join us and celebrate National Library Week with creating your own button making, distressing by coloring or working on puzzles. Knowledge Center, 2nd Floor 2pm-4pm
WRC Book Club: "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" Workshop
Join us at the Womxn's Resource Center as we discuss the book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez. This workshop will focus on a reflection activity on what we feel is the "perfect mexican daughter" to us. Check out the book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter at the University Library generously sponsored by The Library Club. For questions, please contact WRC@cpp.edu This event will take place in the Womxn's Resource Center, blg. 95-201 from 11am-12pm
Tuesday, April 9
I Wrote the Book. Now What Do I Do? Self-Publishing for the Millennial Writer
Congratulations, you've got a completed first draft of your novel. What happens next? You can go the traditional publishing route, which means finding an agent and a publishing house willing to take a risk on a new author. Or you can self-publish. Professor and novelist Peg Lamphier discusses the pros and cons of each choice and explains why young authors should may prefer self-publishing. Library Special Events Room 4829, 12pm-1pm
Library Trivia Night
Join us as we celebrate National Library Week, with Library Trivia Night. Will be hosted in the library 4th floor Grand Reading Room. Refreshments will be served for those who attend. Test your knowledge and win prizes!
Come with your own team or be assigned to a team when you show up. Sign up today! Grand Reading Room, 4th Floor, 4:30pm-6pm
Wednesday, April 10
National Library Week Used Book Sale
In celebration of National Library Week will be having a Book Sale outside the main entrance of the library. Hardback books for $2 each, and paperback books for $1 each. Outside the Library, 9am-12pm
Therapy Dogs
Keep calm and pet a dog during National Library Week! Therapy dogs will be here in the Library's Knowledge Center to help you chill out and boost your spirits. Take a "paws" from the stress of midterms and treat yourself to a study break and some cuddles with a canine! Knowledge Center 2nd Floor, 10am-11am & 2pm-4pm
Thursday, April 11
Therapy Dogs
Keep calm and pet a dog during National Library Week! Therapy dogs will be here in the Library's Knowledge Center to help you chill out and boost your spirits. Take a "paws" from the stress of midterms and treat yourself to a study break and some cuddles with a canine! Knowledge Center 2nd Floor, 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
Library Research Award Reception
The University Library and the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. is sponsoring the fourth annual Library Research Award. The contest recognizes excellence and creativity in the use of Cal Poly Pomona University Library resources, collections, and services. The contest is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. Bronco gift cards will be awarded in the following categories:
Please note that awards maybe subject to tax. Deadline for submission: March 25, 2019 at 11:59pm Reviewers: The application packets will be reviewed by faculty and staff. Winners will be announced at the award reception in the Special Events room within the library. Related LibGuide: Library Research Award by Katie Richardson ( https://libguides.library.cpp.edu/c.php?g=460935) Award Reception: April 11, 2019 at 12:00 pm Library Special Events Room 4829, 12pm-1pm
Lecture: Octavia E. Butler: Telling my Stories By Natalie Russell, Assistant Curator of Literary Collections at the Huntington Library
Octavia E. Butler was the first female African-American writer to make science fiction her career. A shy, only child from Pasadena, California, she dreamed of ordinary people in extraordinary worlds, and extraordinary people in ordinary worlds, and put them on the page. Her stories brought the voice of woman of color to a genre traditionally dominated by white men. That powerful voice tackled issues, not just about race, but themes that continue to resonate with a wide audience: power, identity, gender, class, the environment, and what it means to be human. This lecture is free and open to all.
For questions, please contact Katie Richardson, Head of Special Collections and Archives, at kjrichardson@cpp.edu.
Light refreshments will be served. 3rd Floor Grand Reading Room, University Library, 4:00pm to 5:00pm