| Queensland @ Your Library -- Calendar Of Events | ||
| Month | Theme | Events |
| September | Life is Learning: promotes libraries as places for education, self-help and lifelong learning. Libraries offer diverse experiences and opportunities to all clients. |
Adult Learners Week (1 – 8) |
| October | Treasures: promotes the role libraries play in documenting and supporting Queensland’s history, people, knowledge, stories and collections. | International Day of Older Persons (1) World Habitat Day (1) World Space Week (4 – 10) Universal Children’s Day (Australia) (4) International World Teacher’s Day (5) Weedbuster Week (2nd week of Oct) World Food Day (16) Children’s Week (22 – 28) International School Library Day (24) United Nationals Day (24) World Development Information Day (24) |
| November | Diversity: demonstrates that libraries are open to all people and ideas and that the collections reflect many voices and cultures. |
Melbourne Cup (first Tues of Nov) |
| December | Holiday Fun: promotes libraries as places to go for fun activities, and not only for serious study. | International Day of Disabled Persons (3) International Volunteers Day (5) International Civil Action Day (7) International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (12) Summer Reading Program School Holidays (17 Dec – 26 Jan) International Migrants Day (18) Christmas Day (25) Boxing Day (26) |
| January 2007 | Holiday Fun: promotes libraries as places to go for fun activities, and not only for serious study. | New Year’s Day (1) International Year of Deserts and Desertification Year of Exchange – Australia and Japan Australia Day (26) Holocaust Memorial Day (27) Chinese New Year (28) |
| February | Connect: promotes libraries as knowledge centres and places of social engagement, where you have access to nearly anything in print or online with personal assistance from librarians to help you find what you are looking for. | International Mother Language Day (21) Orientation Week for Qld universities (Feb-Mar) |
| March | Diversity: demonstrates that libraries are open to all people and ideas and that the collections reflect many voices and cultures. | International Book Day (5) International Women’s Day (8) St Patrick’s Day (17) Harmony Day (21) World Day for Water (22) World Meteorological Day (23) |
| April | Life is Learning: promotes libraries as places for education, self-help and lifelong learning. Libraries offer diverse experiences and opportunities to all clients. | National Youth Week School Holidays (8 – 17) World Book and Copyright Day (23) Anzac Day (25) |
| May | Treasures: promotes the role libraries play in documenting and supporting Queensland’s history, people, knowledge, stories and collections. |
Labour Day (2) |
| June | Holiday Fun: promotes libraries as places to go for fun activities, and not only for serious study. | Mabo Day (3) Queensland Week Queensland Day (6) World Refugee Day (20) School Holidays (25 June – 9 July) |
| July | Diversity: demonstrates that libraries are open to all people and ideas and that the collections reflect many voices and cultures. | NAIDOC week Disability Action week Australia Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville (6 – 16) World Population Day (11) World Shakespeare Congress, Brisbane (16 – 22) Orientation Week for Qld universities (July-Aug) |
| August | Connect: promotes libraries as knowledge centres and places of social engagement, where you have access to nearly anything in print or online with personal assistance from librarians to help you find what you are looking for | Children’s Book Week National Science Week Seniors Week International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9) International Youth Day (12) National Literacy and Numeracy Week National Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Day (25) |
Last updated: 28th August 2006
