ICfL staff members have had their eyes out for relevant stories, tools, and tricks so you don’t have to. We hope you find these resources useful and inspiring. Enjoy!
Calendar
September
- Labor Day is September 5
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day is 19 September
- World Peace Day is 21 September
- Banned Books Week is September 18-24
- Deaf Awareness Week is September 19-25
- Library Card Sign-up Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month through October 15
October
- LGBTQ History Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- International Day of Older Persons is October 1
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day is October 10
- National Friends of the Library Week is October 16-22
- Halloween is October 31
November
- NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
- International Games Month
- National Native American Heritage Month
- Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- Dia de los Muertos is November 1
- Thanksgiving Day is November 24
Programming
- The Life of a Snowflake, a citizen science program at the Stanley Community Library
- TV Discussion Group from The Community Library – a place where TV (broadcast and/or streaming) obsessives debate one season of an acclaimed TV series. Like a book club, but without the books.
- Paper making at Pinehurst Library
Resources
- Communication Card to Help Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals Communicate with Law Enforcement
- Ageism in the Self-checkout Lane
- CDC streamlines COVID-19 guidance to help the public better protect themselves and understand their risk
- What Adults Don’t Get About Teens and Digital Life
