Lamar Celebrates National Library Week, April 13-19

Lamar Public Library

Lamar, CO –This week, the Lamar Public Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers.

Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. Often the heart of their communities, campuses or schools, libraries are deeply committed to the places where their patrons live, work and study. Libraries are trusted places where everyone in the community can gather to reconnect and reengage with each other to enrich and shape the community and address local issues.

Librarians work with elected officials, small business owners, students and the public at large to discover what their communities needs are and meet them. Whether through offering e-books and technology classes, materials for English-language learners, programs for job seekers or those to support early literacy, librarians listen to the community they serve, and they respond.

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.

Library hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00-7:00, Friday 9:00-5:00, and Saturday 9:00-4:00.  

For more information visit the Lamar Public Library at 102 E. Parmenter in Lamar, call 719-336-4632, or visit the library website at lamarlibrary.colibraries.org.