Celebrate National Library Week

Hill Avenue Branch (Photo – City of Pasadena)

National Library Week is April 7–13, 2024. The Pasadena Public Library encourages everyone in the community to visit the library, enjoy its benefits and explore all the library has to offer.

By News Desk

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association honoring libraries of all types across the country occurring each April. The theme for National Library Week 2024 is Ready, Set, Library! a declaration of all the ways libraries provide an essential public service of readying, solidifying, and empowering the community through the free exchange of information for all.

Ready

Prepare to enjoy the benefits of Pasadena Public Library by applying for a free library card. Library card applications are available online and in-person at any of Pasadena’s 10 library branches.

Set

Pasadena Public Library offers the resources and support you need throughout your life whether preparing for a new career, launching a business, raising a family, settling into retirement, or any one of life’s milestones.

With programs, collections and resources for all ages, Pasadena Public Library supplies the community with vital services, including free access to books and other materials:

• Artist showcases
• Blood pressure kits
• Chromebooks and hotspots
• Citizenship kits
• Coursera
• Early learning resources
• History archives
• LinkedIn Learning
• Sewing classes
• Teen volunteer opportunities
• Tutoring
• And much more.

Library!

Libraries give us the opportunity to connect with others, learn new skills, and pursue our passions through book clubs, storytimes, crafting classes, author talks, and more.

How to be a librarian

In celebration of National Library week, take a crash course on how to be a librarian with the Learn to be a Librarian program on Thursday, April 11, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, at Santa Catalina Branch Library, 999 E. Washington Blvd. This program is open to all ages.

> For more information about all the library offers, visit the library’s website at PasadenaPublicLibrary.net