April 12-18, Temple University Libraries joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers.

The Temple University Libraries are committed to collecting the books, electronic resources and materials that serve our communities in research, teaching and learning. We are also committed to transforming lives through innovative educational resources and forward-thinking programming.

Please join us for a host of activities taking place at Paley Library, the central facility on main campus, throughout National Library Week:

Research Paper Clinics, April 13-16, Noon-5:00 PM, Paley Library Think Tank

From Digital Spaces to Real World Change: How Digital Storytelling Can Affect Social and Environmental Justice, Wednesday, April 15, 2:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall

Great American Songwriter’s Series/Boyer Noontime Concert Series at Paley: Heart and Soul—The Songs of Hoagy Carmichael, Thursday, April 16, Noon, Paley Library Lecture Hall 

Temple Book Club Discussion: Ann Petry’s The Street, Thursday, April 16, Noon, Paley Library Room 309

Chat in the Stacks—50 Years Later: Voting Rights and Civil Rights, Thursday, April 16, 2:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall

Film Friday: CitizenFour, Friday, April 17, Noon, Paley Library Lecture Hall

Digital Humanities Scholars: Project Presentations, Friday, April 17, 2:30 PM, Paley Library Lecture Hall

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.