Celebrate National Library Week April 6-12, 2025
National Library Week is an opportunity to let your community know about all the great reasons to love libraries. Use the elements in this marketing toolkit to raise awareness and celebrate your library’s value and impact.
We encourage you to keep using the social media frames and stickers that GPLS distributed at the Capitol on Library Day. Need more? Request marketing materials here.
Key dates and activities
Georgia Library Giving Day: April 1, 2025
Use messages and graphics to help raise awareness and promote Georgia Library Giving Day. Find out more about making a donation to Georgia’s public libraries.
National Library Week: April 6-12, 2025
- Monday, April 7: Right to Read Day, a National Day of Action in support of the right to read, and the State of America’s Libraries Report is released.
- Tuesday, April 8: National Library Workers Day, recognizing the valuable contributions made by library workers.
- Wednesday, April 9: National Library Outreach Day, a day dedicated to library professionals who meet patrons where they are, through bookmobiles and other outreach services.
- Thursday, April 10: Take Action for Libraries Day, a day to rally advocates to support libraries.
Preservation Week: April 27-May 3, 2025
Share social media posts about resources available statewide or highlight unique collections at your library.
Press release template
Use this press release template to raise awareness of your library week activities.
Edit with your library’s details, and reach out to your local media contacts to pitch a story or feature about your library.
Download National Library Week Press Release template (.doc)
Collect patron and staff stories
Encourage patrons to share their Library Story
National Library Week is a great time to collect and share stories about what patrons love about your library. You can keep sharing the GPLS story form from the Library of the Year campaign [georgialibraries.org/library-story] on social media, your website, or by email.
If someone from your library completes the form, we will share with you so you can celebrate the story as well. You can also print our story collection form to collect stories in person. Share the stories with your library board, staff, and local funders to show why your library is important to the community.
Do you love your library? Tell us why during National Library Week, so we can share the news far and wide: libraries are essential to our communities and should be supported! georgialibraries.org/library-story
Encourage library staff to share why they love libraries
Help us spread the word about the many reasons to love Georgia’s public libraries. Encourage staff to share what they love about libraries as well.
You can also make your own image to share on social media!
- Open the template in Canva, then upload and drop your photo into place.
- When you are finished, click Share > Download, make sure to select File type png, then click Download. You can now add your image to your post.
And you can keep creating and sharing videos. Plus continue using the social media frames and stickers that GPLS distributed at the Capitol on Library Day. Need more? Request marketing materials here.
Georgia Library Giving Day messages and graphics
Add your library’s URL for donating or volunteering. If you don’t have a specific link, you can use the GPLS link georgialibraries.org/support that lists library donation information.
- On #LibraryGivingDay, donate to your public library to help them continue to do great work in your community. Visit georgialibraries.org/support [or link to your library’s website] to show your support for programs, services, and resources that promote literacy and lifelong learning for all.
- Strong libraries need your support. Please consider getting involved as a volunteer, donor, or advocate. georgialibraries.org/support [or link to your library’s website]
- Libraries are vital to the health and well-being of our state. You can support a strong Georgia by supporting libraries. Get involved as a volunteer, donor, or advocate. georgialibraries.org/support [or link to your library’s website]
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Preservation Week messages and graphics
Georgia’s public libraries are an invaluable source for people to find information about genealogy and local history. And library cardholders have access to online research tools available anytime, from anywhere. You can add your library’s website link or feature special items and resources from your library’s collections.
- Did you know many Georgia public libraries collect unique, rare, or hard-to-find archival and primary resources? Celebrate Preservation Week and explore your local or family history. Contact your library or visit georgialibraries.org/genealogy to get started. #GeorgiaLibraries #PresWk
- Did you know many Georgia public libraries collect rare or hard-to-find archival resources? These are items you won’t find anywhere else, like a 450-year-old choral book, 1936 film clips and images from the fifth-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, mid-century photographs from an African American community in north Georgia, or newspapers documenting the growing indie music scene in Athens, Georgia. Contact your library or visit georgialibraries.org/genealogy
- During Preservation Week, explore the unique archival collections at public libraries online and across the state to gain a deeper understanding of the histories of people and places in Georgia. Or learn more about how to preserve your family heirlooms and collectibles. Contact your library or visit georgialibraries.org/genealogy
- Your library has everything you need to explore family, local, or national history. Libraries also have archival and genealogical source materials freely available online or in person through special collections. You can explore your family tree through HeritageQuest or Ancestry Library Edition at the library. Learn more at your library or georgialibraries.org/genealogy
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Shareable Video
GPLS produced this video to share the many benefits offered by public libraries across Georgia. We encourage you to share it on social media, via email to your patrons, and other places to help your community understand what they can do with a library card.
Here is the link to the video on YouTube > youtu.be/1FuyIjE1B7s or you can use the embed code below:
<iframe width=”1131″ height=”636″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/1FuyIjE1B7s” title=”Your local library is the place to go for lifelong learning.” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” allowfullscreen></iframe>
Use the text below when you share the video. Feel free to modify the wording as needed.
- Your local library is the place to go for lifelong learning. Whether you’re working on a school assignment, looking for a new book, or simply want to gain a new skill, your public library has free, easy-to-use resources that you can access in person or online. Free high speed internet keeps people connected to school or work. Your library also offers the fast track to getting hired, with free programs to help you create a resume, search jobs, and learn job skills. Libraries provide what their communities need, from food to connectivity to entertainment to educational support. With your free library card, you can access all this and more.
Social media messages & graphics
Use these posts and images on social media to highlight the many things to love about Georgia’s public libraries. You can edit and adapt as needed.
Hashtags: #GeorgiaLibraries #NationalLibraryWeek #MyLibraryStory #ILoveLibraries
Click on an image to open. Then right-click and select Save Image As to download to your computer.
Or use the Canva template to create your own graphic.