2013 Calendar For Kentucky’s Public Librarians

Calendar Key:

 Dates with a PINK background are holidays observed by KDLA and/or the Federal Government  Events entered in RED indicate required paperwork is due  Boxes with MAROON background shading indicate a national library event  Boxes with GREEN background shading indicate a Kentucky library event  Other dates of note are entered in DARK RED  Underlining indicates a hyperlink to a Web site for forms or more information 2013 KY Public Library Calendar ~ Quick Reference to Date http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/plssd/Documents/2013 KY PL Calendar_Quick Reference.pdf

January ~ National Braille Literacy Month / National Mentoring Month 1 New Year’s Day Holiday 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed 25-29 ALA Midwinter Meeting ~ Seattle, WA 31 *Annual Summations for Regions 5 and 6

February ~ Library Lovers’ Month / Black History Month 6 Digital Learning Day 7-8 Summer Reading Program Workshop ~ Cave City, KY 14 E-rate Form 470 due 18 Presidents’ Day Observed 19 KY Library Legislative Day Orientation ~ Frankfort, KY 20 KY Library Legislative Day ~ Frankfort, KY

March ~ Small Press Month / Women’s History Month 1 NEA’s Read Across America Day 1-2 McConnell Youth Literature Conference ~ Lexington, KY 4-8 Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week 10-16 Teen Tech Week – Check In @ your library 14 E-rate Form 471 due 16 Freedom of Information Day 18-22 KDLA’s Public Library Institute ~ Frankfort, KY 20 Public Library Assoc. Virtual Spring Symposium 20-22 KLA Academic/Special Libraries Conf. ~ Barren River SRP 29 Good Friday – KDLA closed ½ day

April ~ National Poetry Month / School Library Month / National Financial Literacy Month 8-10 Computers in Libraries, 2013 ~ Washington, DC 8-10 KPLA/KLTRT Annual Conference ~ Lexington, KY 10-13 ACRL Conference ~ Indianapolis, IN 12 Drop Everything and Read Day! April ~ Continued 14-20 National Library Week: Communities Matter @ your library 16 National Library Workers’ Day 17 National Bookmobile Day 18 Celebrate Teen Literature Day 19-20 Southern KY Book Fest ~ Bowling Green, KY 19-22 International Reading Assoc. Conference ~ San Antonio, TX 20-27 Money Smart Week @ your library 21-27 Preservation Week: Pass It On 22 Earth Day Kentucky 23 World Book Night 28-30 Nat’l. Conference on Family Literacy ~ Louisville, KY 30 El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros 30 *Annual Summations for Regions 7 and 8

May ~ Get Caught Reading Month / Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 1 *Send UFIR to the Dept. for Local Government (DLG) 1 May Day 1-7 Choose Privacy Week: Who’s Tracking You? 4 Kentucky Derby 7-8 National Legislative Day ~ Washington, DC 13-19 Children's Book Week 15-17 OVGTSL 2013 Conference: Meeting Challenges, Leading Change ~ Eastern KY University, Richmond, KY 16-17 2013 KY Innovations Conference ~ University of KY 27 Memorial Day Holiday Observed

June ~ Audiobook Month / National Safety Month 1 *Send Library Budget for upcoming FY to the Fiscal Court 6-9 NASIG Annual Conference ~ Buffalo, NY 27 – July 2: ALA Annual Conference: Transforming our Libraries. Ourselves ~ Chicago, IL July ~ Read an Almanac Month 1 - ~~ *Send Property Tax Rate Certification to Fiscal Court, County Clerk, and KDLA within 45 days of Certification 2 National Literacy Day 4 Independence Day 31 *Annual Summations for Regions 1 and 2

August ~ National Inventors Month / American Artist Appreciation Month 2 SWON PictureBook Read-In [Projected] 27 *Annual Report and Audit due to KDLA 19-23 KDLA’s Public Library Institute ~ Frankfort, KY 31 *File District Description with the County Clerk & publish in newspaper and Summary Financial Statement with the Fiscal Court 31 Submit Audit to the Fiscal Court within 30 days of receipt

September ~ National Literacy Month / National Hispanic American Month—Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 1-30 Library Card Sign-up Month 2 Labor Day Holiday Observed 8 International Literacy Day 11 Patriot Day 17 Constitution and Citizenship Day 11-14 2013 KLA/KSMA Conference ~ The Galt House, Louisville, KY 21-22 National Book Festival ~ Washington, DC [Projected] 25-28 ARSL Annual Conference ~ Omaha, Nebraska 29-Oct. 5 Banned Books Week [Projected]

October ~ National Book Month / National Information Literacy Awareness Month / Family History Month 1 *Submit Motor Vehicle & Watercraft TAX RATES to Revenue Cabinet Sep.29 – Oct. 5 Banned Books Week October ~ Continued 1-30 KY Archives Month 2 Banned Websites Awareness Day 4-6 National Storytelling Festival ~ Jonesborough, TN 9-11 ABOS Conference ~ Baton Rouge, LA 13-19 Teen Read Week ~ Seek the Unknown@ your library 14 Columbus Day Holiday Observed 17-19 KY Reading Association Conference ~ Lexington, KY 20-26 National Friends of Libraries Week 31 *Annual Summations for Regions 3 and 4 TBA 2014 Summer Reading Workshop: !NEW DATE! TBA

November ~ American Indian & Alaskan Native Heritage Month / Family Stories Month / National Novel Writing Month / Picture Book Month 1 National Family Literacy Day 1-2 Kentucky Storytelling Conference ~ Greenbo Lake SRP 2 OKI Children’s Literature Conference ~ Crestview Hills, KY 7-10 LITA Forum: Creation, Collaboration, Community ~ Louisville, KY 15-16 Kentucky Book Fair ~ Frankfort, KY 11 Veterans Day Holiday Observed 28-29 Thanksgiving Holiday 29 National Day of Listening

December ~ Spiritual Literacy Month / Read a New Book Month 24 Christmas Holiday 25 Christmas Day 31 New Year’s Eve Holiday

* Events entered in RED indicate required paperwork is due. Because KRS 67.120 provides that the county clerk may, at his or her option, act as clerk of the fiscal court in any county but Jefferson, the fiscal court may have its own clerk and if so, you will file the required documents with the fiscal court offices. January 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Braille Literacy Month National Mentoring Month 1

New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Stephen Foster Memorial Day 14 15 16 17

Thank Your Mentor Day 18 19 20 21

M. L. King Jr. Day Observed 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Annual Summations due for Regions 5 and 6 February 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Library Lovers’ Month / Black History Month 1 2

Groundhog Day 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10

Chinese New Year 11 12

Mardi Gras 13 14

E-rate Form 470 due Valentine’s Day 15 16 17 18 Presidents’ Day Observed 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Small Press Month / Women’s History Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Daylight Savings Time Begins 11 12 13 14 E-rate Form 471 due 15 16 17

St. Patrick’s Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Easter 31 25 26 27 28 29

Good Friday – KDLA closed ½ day 30 April 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Drop Everything and Read Day!

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Annual Summations due for Regions 7 & 8 National Poetry Month / School Library Month / National Financial Literacy Month Send UFIR to KY Dept. for Local Government (DLG) by May 1 – KRS 65.905 May 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Get Caught Reading Month / Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Send Library Budget to Fiscal Court by June 1 – KRS 65.905 1 Send UFIR to DLG 2 3 4

Kentucky Derby 5

Cinco de Mayo

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mother’s Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Memorial Day Holiday Observed 28 29 30 31 June 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Audiobook Month / National Safety Month 1 Send Library Budget to Fiscal Court by June 1st 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Flag Day 15 16 Father’s Day 17 18 19

Juneteenth 20 21 22 23

30 24 25 26 27 28 29 July 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday June 30 1 2 3 4

Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9

1st Day of Ramadan 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Annual Summations due for Regions 1 and 2 Read an Almanac Month Send Property Tax Rate Certification to Fiscal Court, County Clerk, and KDLA within 45 days of Certification August 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Inventors Month / American Artist Appreciation Month File District Description with the County Clerk & publish in the newspaper by August 31 – KRS 65.070 {1} 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Annual Report and Audit due to KDLA 28 29 30 31 Submit Audit to the Fiscal Court within 30 days of receipt September 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2

Labor Day Observed 3 4 5 6 7 8

International Literacy Day 9 10 11

Patriot Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution and Citizenship Day 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 National Literacy Month / National Hispanic American Month—Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 Library Card Sign-up Month October 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Book Month / National Information Literacy Awareness Month / Family History Month KY Archives Month 1 Motor Vech. & Watercraft TAX RATES due on Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Columbus Day Observed

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Annual Summations due for Regions 3 and 4 Halloween 2014 Summer Reading Workshop !NEW DATE! – TBA November 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday American Indian & Alaskan Native Heritage Month / Family Stories Month / National Novel Writing Month / Picture Book Month

1 National Family Literacy Day 2 3

Daylight Savings Time Ends 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Veterans Day Holiday Observed 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1st Day of Hanukkah

Thanksgiving Day 29 National Day of Listening

Thanksgiving Day Holiday 30 December 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Christmas Holiday 25

Christmas Day 26

1 st Day of Kwanzaa 27 28 29 30 31

New Year’s Eve Holiday January 1, 2014

New Year’s Day Spiritual Literacy Month / Read a New Book Month 2013 KY Public Library Calendar – Alphabetical Listing of Hyperlinks

ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL http://abos-outreach.org/conference/2013-conference/ http://www.alaannual.org/

ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, WA http://www.alamidwinter.org/

American Artist Appreciation Month http://www.nea.gov/ http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

American Indian & Alaskan Native Heritage Month http://www.ihs.gov/HeritageMonth/

Annual Financial Statement http://dlg.ky.gov/downloads.htm#special%20districts

Annual Report http://collect.btol.com/

Annual Summations

http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/staffdevelopment/Documents/Annua l%20Summation%20%20Paperwork.pdf

http://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/staffdevelopment/Documents/annual ce.pdf

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Association for Rural & Small Libraries Conference, Raleigh, NC http://arsl.info/2012/11/2013-arsl-annual-conference-announced/

Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services

2013 KY Public Library Calendar ~ Alphabetical Listing of Hyperlinks 30 Audiobook Month Earth Day http://www.audiopub.org/index.asp http://www.earthday.org/2013

Banned Books Week Earth Day Kentucky http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned http://eeinkentucky.org/net/calendar/details.aspx? c=3536017&s=62204.0.0.37933 Black History Month http://www.asalh.org/index.html El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros http://dia.ala.org/ Children’s Book Week http://www.bookweekonline.com/ Family History Month http://history.ky.gov/sub.php?pageid=92§ionid=12 Chinese New Year http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/celebrations.html Family Literacy Day http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year.htm http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar- activities/celebrate-national-family-literacy-20681.html Choose Privacy Week http://www.privacyrevolution.org/index.php/privacy_week/ Family Stories Month http://www.storyarts.org/classroom/roots/family.html Computers in Libraries, 2013: Evolving in New Directions Federal Government Holidays http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2013.asp http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/ Flag Day Constitution and Citizenship Day http://governor.ky.gov/Pages/flagstatus.aspx http://www2.ed.gov/policy/fund/guid/constitutionday.html http://www.nationalflagday.com/default.asp

Digital Learning Day Freedom of Information Day http://www.digitallearningday.org/ http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/national-foi-day

District Description Get Caught Reading Month http://dlg.ky.gov/downloads.htm#special%20districts http://www.getcaughtreading.org/index.htm

Drop Everything And Read (D.E.A.R.) Day Groundhog Day http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/NationalDEARday.html http://www.groundhog.org/

International Literacy Day http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and- celebrations/celebrations/international-days/literacy-day/ 2013 KY Public Library Calendar ~ Alphabetical Listing of Hyperlinks 31 Library Budget International Reading Association Conference – San Antonio, TX http://dlg.ky.gov/downloads.htm#special%20districts http://www.reading.org/convention.aspx Library Card Sign-up Month Juneteenth http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card http://www.juneteenth.com/ Library Lovers’ Month KLA Academic/Special Sections/SLA Conference ~ Barren River SRP http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/ http://kentucky.sla.org/2012/09/2013-joint-spring-conference/ LITA National Forum: Creation, Collaboration, Community – KLA/KSMA Conference ~ Louisville, KY Louisville, KY http://www.klaonline.org/conferences620.cfm http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013

KPLA/KLTRT Annual Conference ~ Lexington, KY Mardi Gras http://kpla.org/spring-conference/2013-conference/ http://www.mardigrasday.com/

Kentucky Archives Month Martin Luther King, Jr. Day http://archivesmonth.ky.gov/ http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Kentucky Book Fair ~ Frankfort, KY May Day: Do One Thing for Emergency Preparedness http://kybookfair.org/ http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/TFlessons/MayDa Kentucky Derby y.html http://www.kentuckyderby.info/ McConnell Youth Literature Conference Kentucky Library Legislative Day – Frankfort, KY https://ci.uky.edu/lis/mcconnell-conference http://kpla.org/committees/advocacy-committee/ Money Smart Week @ your library Kentucky Reading Association Conference http://www.moneysmartweek.org/ http://www.kyreading.org/Conference.aspx NASIG Annual Conference Kentucky State Holidays http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm http://personnel.ky.gov/stemp/holiday.htm National Book Festival in Washington, DC Kwanzaa Holiday http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml National Book Month http://www.nationalbook.org/index.html 2013 KY Public Library Calendar ~ Alphabetical Listing of Hyperlinks 32 http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/content/september-national- National Bookmobile Day literacy-monthNational Mentoring Month http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/nbdhomeNational Braille Literacy http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org/ Month http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=2&SectionID=6 National Poetry Month http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41 National Conference on Family Literacy http://www.famlit.org/conference/ National Safety Month

National Day of Listening http://www.nsc.org/nsc_events/Nat_Safe_Month/Pages/home.asp http://www.nationaldayoflistening.org/about x

National Family Literacy Day National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar- http://www.storytellingcenter.net/festival/ activities/celebrate-national-family-literacy-20681.html NEA’s Read Across America Day National Friends of Libraries Week http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek OKI Children’s Literature Conference – Thomas More College, National Hispanic American Month Crestview Hills, KY http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/ http://oki.nku.edu/

National Inventors Month Patriot Day http://www.uiausa.org/ http://911digitalarchive.org/ http://www.inventionconvention.com/ncio/index.html Presidents’ Day National Library Legislative Day http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advleg/nlld/index.cfm Preservation Week: Pass It On http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk National Library Week http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld Public Library Association’s Virtual Spring Symposium http://www.ala.org/pla/education/springsymposium National Library Workers’ Day http://ala-apa.org/nlwd/?page_id=209 Read Across America Day ~ Dr. Suess’ Birthday National Literacy Day http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3032 Read an Almanac Month National Literacy Month http://www.almanac.com/ 2013 KY Public Library Calendar ~ Alphabetical Listing of Hyperlinks 33 http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.htmlSaint Patrick’s Day http://www.farmersalmanac.com/ http://www.st-patricks-day.com/index.html

School Library Month http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslissues/slm/schoollibrary

Small Press Month http://sherrychandler.com/links-to-kentucky-small-magazines-and- presses/

Southern KY Book Fest ~ Bowling Green http://www.sokybookfest.org/

Spiritual Literacy Month http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/

SWON Picture Book Read-In http://www.swonlibraries.org/events TTW: Teen Tech Week: Check In @ your library http://teentechweek.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2013-teen-tech- week

Thank Your Mentor Day http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/wmy/Thank_Them/intro.html

Teen Read Week: Seek the Unknown @ your library http://teenreadweek.ning.com/

UFIR to Dept. for Local Government

http://dlg.ky.gov/downloads.htm

Women’s History Month http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php

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