Crowell Public Library joins
libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the
many ways libraries are transforming their communities every day through the
services and invaluable expertise they offer. April 9-15 is National Library Week, a time to
highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries aren’t only a place of quiet study,
but also creative and engaging community centers. And libraries offer something unique to their
communities, the expertise of individual librarians. Librarians assist patrons
in using increasingly complex technology and sorting through the potentially
overwhelming mass of information bombarding today’s digital society. This is
especially crucial when access to reliable and trustworthy data is more
important than ever.
Crowell
Public Library is celebrating National Library Week with a plethora of
activities for all ages. What can be
more transforming than clothing? Adults
coming to Crowell Library on Tuesday evening, April 11 at will learn about the
history of costume, when librarian Alex Kosztowny from FIDM
presents, Fashion: From Concept to Consumer and Beyond in the Library’s Barth Community
Room at
7:00 p.m. Adults will also have an opportunity to
transform a book by entering the Crowell Library BookArt contest, which actually
begins April 4, giving entrants ample time to let their creativity run wild. Patrons of all ages will have fun in the
Library’s photo booth, taking selfies and sharing them on Instagram. The photo booth will offer a giant passport
and library card prop as well as a view from a “reference desk.” For the young and young at heart, there will
be a magic show from Illusions by Allen
on Saturday, April 8th at 2:00 p.m.
Allen Oshiro won First
Place at the “Magic Corner Battle of the Magicians.” All week long, if kids are caught reading a book in
the library, they can earn surprise prize tickets, and they can also
participate in a “Libraries Transform” Scavenger Hunt.
First
sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by
the American Library Association and libraries across the country each
April. Don’t miss this week of fun and creativity at Crowell
Public Library!
