National Library Week (NLW), which is April 6 - 12, is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The Highland Park Library encourages everyone in the community to visit and explore all the Library has to offer.
The theme for this year’s NLW is Drawn to the Library! What draws people to libraries? Everything! From books and digital resources to job assistance and creative programming, libraries bring people together, spark imagination, and support lifelong learning.
Whether people are preparing for a career change, launching a business, raising a family, or embracing retirement, libraries support their journeys with resources to educate, inspire, and connect while helping people of all ages explore new ideas and opportunities.
Library staff actively advances and strengthens the facilitation of communication, discussion, deliberation, and community engagement; access to helpful and relevant collections for education and entertainment; opportunities for learning through high-quality programming; instruction on fundamental and emerging technology; and assistance finding reliable information and accurate answers from trusted resources.
The Library serves as the community's connection to lifelong learning and powers imagination through creativity and discovery.
First sponsored in 1958, the American Library Association and libraries across the country observe NLW each April.
Additional Ways to Contact the Library
Please reach out to Library staff in the following ways:
- Visit the Library Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday - Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- By email, hplibrary@hplibrary.info or the Ask a Librarian Service available on the Library’s website.
- By phone, 214-559-9400; if prompted to leave a message, please do so. Messages are checked regularly.
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