Last Updated on May 29, 2025, 11:44 am ET
National Library Week—April 6–12 this year—is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities.
Join the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in celebrating National Library Week by viewing a roundup of events and blog posts from ARL libraries.
Events
Monday, April 7
University of Oklahoma
Schusterman Library’s Spring Zine Workshop!
noon CST, Jack McSorely Conference Room #115
Tuesday, April 8
Howard University
Library Coffee House
10:00 a.m–noon EST, Frederick Undergraduate Library, G007
North Carolina State University
Black Book Talk: Audre Lorde
2:00–3:00 p.m. EST, Witherspoon Student Center, African American Culture Center, Library (218)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Why Libraries Matter, with Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley M. Jones
5:30–6:30 p.m. CST, Virtual
University of Missouri
National Library Week
1:00–4:30 p.m. EST, Ellis Library Colonnade
Wednesday, April 9
Harvard University
What’s the Draw?: Celebrating National Library Week
noon–1:00 p.m. EST, Countway Library, Information Desk (Floor L1)
New York University
NYU Health Sciences Library Tabletop Informational Event–Brooklyn
12:30 p.m. EST, Brooklyn Hospital-Main lobby
Stony Brook University
Burn It All Down: Navigating Self-Care During Times of Adversity
1:00 p.m. EST, Wang Center, Lecture Hall 1
University of Oklahoma
Drawn to Academic Libraries – Graphic Novels and Zines for Higher Ed via Zoom
noon–1:00 p.m. CST, virtual
Thursday, April 10
University of North Texas
National Library Week Spark Discovery Park: Spirograph Art
1:00 p.m. CDT, Discovery Park Building, The Spark Makerspace
Friday, April 11
New York University
Get Published: Craft a Winning Abstract
1:00–2:00 p.m. EST, Virtual
Friday, April 25
Duke University
Get a Durham County Library Card in Perkins
1:00–3:00 p.m. EST, Perkins Library
New York University
Get Published: AI for Literature Reviews and Evidence Synthesis
noon–1:00 p.m. EST, Virtual
Blog Posts
Boston College
GenAI@BC Libraries: GenAI & Citation
Columbia University
- National Library Week
- National Library Week: Meet Esther Jackson, Scholarly Communications Technologies Librarian
- National Library Week: Meet Katherine Prater, Digital Project & Outreach Librarian
- National Library Week: Meet Will Vanti, Science & Engineering Librarian
New York University
National Library Week: Freebies and Name-the-Scanner Contest
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Celebrate National Library Week, April 6-12
University of Nebraska
National Library Week 2025
University of New Mexico
Celebrate National Library Week at University Libraries April 6-12
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Celebrate National Library Week
University of Pennsylvania
National Library Week 2025: Why We’re Drawn to the Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
Full-time library professionals started their careers as student workers
