Enjoy Unlimited Possibilities @ Berkeley Public Library - Celebrate National Library Week -- April 12-18, 2015

March 30, 2015

Contact: Jeff Scott
Director, Library Services
Berkeley Public Library
510-981-6145



Enjoy Unlimited Possibilities @ Berkeley Public Library
Celebrate National Library Week -- April 12-18, 2015



Berkeley, March 30, 2015–The Berkeley Public Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating National Library Week (April 12 through 18, 2015), to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. “The theme for National Library Week is ‘Unlimited Possibilities @ your library’,” said Jeff Scott, Director of the Berkeley Public Library. “We serve Berkeley by providing wireless, computer access, technology classes, story times, adult literacy classes, concerts, author talks, books, magazines, videos, music and more—all free!”


Here are a few of the programs that we are offering during National Library Week 2015:

Monday April 13 10:15 & 11:30am   Baby & Toddler Time @North
Tuesday April 14 4:00pm Hip Hop for Change @Central
Wednesday April 15 3:30pmTeen Reading Club @Claremont
Thursday April 16 6:00pm  Bike East Bay Commuter Bike Skills Class @West
Friday April 1 3:00pm    Super Cinema @Central - Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Saturday April 18 11:00am Unbroken Web: the Art of Ellen and Lucy Begay @Central


These above are just a few of the many events offered this week and every week at the Berkeley Public Library. See our online events calendar for more information.


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. Libraries and librarians are change agents within their communities – transforming lives through innovative educational resources and forward-thinking programming. Libraries work to close the digital divide and level the playing field by providing free access to information and technologies that many in their communities do not have. Libraries promote democracy by providing service to all regardless of race, ethnicity, creed, age, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or socio-economic status.


Wheelchair accessible. For questions, to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least five working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs. Visit the library’s website: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.


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