National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Celebrate each day with the themes below!<\/p>\n
Monday, April 7: Recognize Health Literacy on Right to Read Day<\/strong> Tuesday, April 8: Celebrate Library Workers as Health Information Navigators<\/strong> To show appreciation for library workers and the work they do throughout the year, library users are invited to Submit at Star<\/a> by providing a testimonial about a favorite library employee. Check out these 10 Ways to Celebrate National Library Workers Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wednesday, April 9: Bring Health Information to Your Community<\/strong> Thursday, April 10: Take Action for Digital Health Information Access<\/strong> National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Celebrate each day with the themes below! Monday, April 7: Recognize Health Literacy on Right to Read Day Libraries play a critical role in providing free access to trusted health resources,… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1166,"featured_media":16699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/National-Library-Week-Banner.png?fit=1500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-4li","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16697,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16696\/revisions\/16697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLibraries play a critical role in providing free access to trusted health resources, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their well-being. The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week by releasing its\u00a0State of America’s Libraries Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nOn National Library Workers Day, we honor library staff who help patrons find credible health information, connect with community health resources, and navigate complex medical topics. Librarians play a vital role in health literacy by curating evidence-based resources from organizations like the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).<\/p>\n
\nOn National Library Outreach Day, ensure that health information reaches people where they are\u2014whether through bookmobiles, pop-up library events, or digital literacy programs. Partner with your public health department or a local community or faith-based group to bring health and wellness programs and expert speakers to your library.<\/p>\n
\nLibraries serve as trusted spaces where individuals can find authoritative health resources on wellness and medical topics. Help patrons check out a laptop or use a public computer to search MedlinePlus.gov for free reliable, and easy to understand health information and medical information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"