August

• PNLA 2012 Conference: In to the Wild: Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times- August 1 - 3, 2012 Anchorage, AK ... The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA)  http://www.pnla.org/events/conference2012/index.html

• Every other year the American Association of School Librarians has a conference in the fall in a major U.S. city. The next meeting will be: November 13-17, 2013 in Hartford, CT   Start making your plans now to attend. Check the AkASL website for scholarship possibilities.   http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/conferencesandevents/aaslcalendar/aaslcalendar.cfm

September

• Alaska State Library Interlibrary Cooperation Grant Reports Due - September 1
• Banned Books Week September 30^th – October 6, 2012 http://www.ala.org/bbooks 
• International Literacy Day, September 8 each year (International Reading Association pamphlet - www.reading.org 
• Library Card Sign-Up Month http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card/index.cfm

• National TV Turnoff Week,September 19-25, 2010 (TV-Free America - http://www.tvturnoff.org/  A second session of this week that had been traditionally only in April.

October

• Banned Books Week September 30^th – October 6, 2012 http://www.ala.org/bbooks
• Teen Read Week – October 14-20, 2012  http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2012/home 
• Alaska Day - October 18. (Anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory and the raising of the U.S. flag at Sitka in 1867.)
• Teen Read Week - October 17-23th, 2010 (YALSA – http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2008/index.cfm)

November

• Alaska Native Heritage Month - http://www.alaskanativeheritagemonth.com 
• AASL-American Association of School Librarians - 16th National Conference November 13-17, 2013 Hartford, CT 
  
• American Education Week  November 14-20th, 2010 (National Education Association, 1201 Sixteenth St., Washington, CD 20036; 202-833-4000 – http://www.nea.org )
• National Young Reader’s  (Sponsored by Pizza Hut in cooperation with the Center for the Book. Call 800-4-BOOK IT – http://www.bookitprogram.com/ ) 

January

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday (Federal Holiday Commission, 451 Seventh St. SW, Washington, DC20410)
• National Book Month – (National Book Award, 264 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, NY, NY 1000 – http://www.nationalbook.org ) 
• Interlibrary Cooperation Grants Applications Available

February

• Black History Month
• Love of Reading Month
• Battle of the Books State Competitions. Usually the second – last week in February  (Alaska Association of School Librarians)  http://www.akla.org/akasl/bb/bbhome.html

               Battle of the Books State Competitions - 2012

                 Feb 27th - Monday HS Battles
                 Feb 28th - Tuesday 7th/8th Grade Battles
                 Feb 29th - Wednesday 5th/6th Grade Battles
                 March 1st - Thursday 3rd/4th Grade Battles

• Alaska Library Association Annual Conference, Fairbanks, February 23-26th, 2012 – http://www.akla.org  
• ASTE 2012 Conference, Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE). February 25 - February 28, 2012, Web site: http://aste.org

March

• National Women’s History Month – (http://www.nwhp.org/)
• Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss’ Birthday) – March 2nd (NEA – http://www.nea.org/readacross/)
• Teen Tech Week™ Geek Out @ Your Library-March 4–10, 2012 http://teentechweek.ning.com/ 
• Freedom of Information Day - March 16th, 2012 (ALA Public Info. Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL60611http://www.ala.org)

April

• Interlibrary Cooperation Grant Applications Due – April 1
• National Poetry Month (Academy of American Poets – http://www.poets.org/ )
• School Library Media Month (ALA Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL60611 – http://www.ala.org/pio ) 
• International Children’s Book Day (Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday), April 2 (http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=269  International Board on Books for Young People, c/o International Reading Association, Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714; 202-731-1600)
• National Library Week, April 8-14, 2012 (ALA Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL60611. Usually, but not always, the second or third week in April – Check http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/hqops/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm )
• Drop Everything and Read Day, April 12 (Beverly Cleary’s Birthday) (http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/NationalDEARday.html)
• National TV Turnoff Week, April 30 - May 6th, 2012  

May

• National Children’s Book Week – May 7-13, 2012 (Children’s Book Council – Moved from mid-November – http://www.cbcbooks.org ) 
• Reading is Fun Week May 13-19, 2012 (Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 400,Washington, DC 20009, Toll Free 1 (877) RIF-READ, (202) 673-0020 contactus@rif.org – http://www.rif.org/ )

June – August

• Summer Reading Program 2012: "Dream big"  Teenagers:  “Own the Night.” Dates will vary for each participating public library.

            (http://library.state.ak.us/srp/home.html )