September

• Alaska State Library Interlibrary Cooperation Grant Reports Due - September 1
• Banned Books Week, September 26- October 3, 2009 (ALA Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL60611- http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm#)
• International Literacy Day, September 8 each year (International Reading Association pamphlet - (http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/ILD_brochure.pdf )
• Library Card Sign-up Month (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/publicawareness/alainitiatives/otherinitiatives/card/librarycard.cfm ) ALA Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL60611)
• National TV Turnoff Week,September 20-26, 2009 (TV-Free America - http://www.tvturnoff.org/  A second session of this week that had been traditionally only in April.

October

• 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, 2008 (YALSA – http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2008/index.cfm)

November

• Native Heritage Month
• AASL Conference : November 4 - 8, 2009, AASL 14th National Conference & Exhibition, Charlotte, NC http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/conferencesandevents/national/charlotte2009.cfm
• American Education Week (National Education Association, 1201 Sixteenth St., Washington, CD 20036; 202-833-4000 – http://www.nea.org )
• Family Literacy Day, November 1, 2009 – (NationalCenter for Family Literacy – http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2149665/k.F0C5/National_Family_Literacy_Day__November_1.htm)
• National Young Reader’s Day  (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 BooksState Competitions. Usually the second – last week in February (Alaska Association of School Librarians - http://www.akla.org/akasl/bb/bbhome.html)
• ASTE 2009 Conference, Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE). February 21, 2009 - February 24, 2009, The Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, Alaska. Conference Rates Apply. Contact 907-842-5287 for more information. Web site: http://aste.org

March

• Beginner's Read Aloud Program (BookIt - Pizza Hut) - March 2- April 24, 2009 - http://www.bookitprogram.com/
• National Women’s History Week/Month – (http://www.nwhp.org/)
• Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss’ Birthday) – first week of March (NEA – http://www.nea.org/readacross/)
• Teen Tech Week – March 8-14, 2009 (YALSA - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw09/home.cfm )
• Alaska Library Association Annual Conference, Kodiak – March 13-16, 2009– http://www.akla.org
• Freedom of Information Day (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 12-18, 2009 "World Connect@Your Library" (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 20-26 September 20-26, 2009 (TV-Free America - http://www.tvturnoff.org/ - usually third week in April and now a second week in September.)

May

• National Children’s Book Week – May 11-18, 2009 (Children’s Book Council – Moved from mid-November – http://www.cbcbooks.org ) 
• Reading is Fun Week May 12-18, 2008 (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

• Alaska Statewide Summer Reading Program 2009: “Be Creative @ Your Library” For Teenagers: “Express Your Self” Dates vary for each participating public library. (http://library.state.ak.us/srp/home.html )

August

• Pacific Northwest Library Conference "A Century of Cooperation, A Legacy of Leadership" – Missoula, MT– August 5 – 7, 2009 (http://www.pnla.org )
• Every other year the American Association of School Librarians has a conference in the fall in major U.S. city. The next meeting will be: November 4-8, 2009, AASL 14th National Conference & Exhibition, Charlotte, NC.  Start making your plans now to attend. Check the AkASL website for scholarship possibilities.    http://www.akla.org/akasl/ (http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/conferencesandevents/aaslcalendar/aaslcalendar.htm )