January
Monthly Celebrations
- Financial Wellness Month
- National Tea Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Stalking Awareness Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National Hobby Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- New Years Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- National Trivia Day
- Religious Freedom Day
- World Braille Day
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- National Science Fiction Day
February
Monthly Celebrations
- Black History Month
- Low Vision Awareness Month
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- National Canned Food Month
- National Bird Feeding Month
- National Library Lovers Month
- National Embroidery Month
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- Japanese American Incarceration (Executive Order 9066) Day of Remembrance
- Groundhog Day
- Safer Internet Day
- Valentine's Day
- World Read Aloud Day
- Digital Learning Day
- Mardi Gras
- Lunar New Year
March
Monthly Celebrations
- National Women's History Month
- Youth Art Month
- Read Across America
- Irish Heritage Month
- American Red Cross Month
- Music in our Schools Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Weekly Celebrations
Observations
April
Monthly Celebrations
- Arab American Heritage Month
- National Deaf History Month
- National Poetry Month
- Jazz Appreciation Month
- School Library Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
- Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
- PLA National Conference (even number years)
- USA Science and Engineering Festival
Weekly Celebrations
- Crime Victims' Rights Week
- National Library Week
- National Park Week
- National Volunteer Week
- Preservation Week
Observances
May
Monthly Celebrations
- Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- National Inventors' Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Bike Month/Bike-to-Work Day
- National Mobility Awareness Month
- National Foster Care Month
- Older Americans Month
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- May Day
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (May 6, 2024)
- National Library Legislative Day
- Cinco de Mayo
- Mother's Day
- Memorial Day
June
Monthly Celebrations
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Observances
- Autistic Pride Day
- Juneteenth
- Flag Day
- Father's Day
- National Donut Day
- National Gun Violence Awareness Day
- Wear Orange Weekend
July
Monthly Celebrations
Observances
August
Monthly Celebrations
- American Artist Appreciation Month
- National Golf Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Observances
- Ranganathan's Birthday
- Women's Equality Day
- National Book Lovers Day (Aug. 9)
September
Monthly Celebrations
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Library Card Sign-up Month
- National Wilderness Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Voter Registration Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- Banned Books Awareness Day
- Banned Websites Awareness Day
- Constitution Day
- International Day of Peace
- National Coffee Day
- National Voter Registration Day
- Labor Day
- International Dot Day
October
Monthly Celebrations
- Diversity Awareness Month
- Information Literacy Awareness Month
- LGBT History Month
- National Arts & Humanities Month
- American Archives Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Family History Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- National Reading Group Month
- Filipino American History Month
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Weekly Celebrations
- National Friends of the Libraries Week
- World Space Week
- Teen Read Week
- Media Literacy Week
- International Open Access Week
Observances
- Indigenous Peoples' Day
- International Observe the Moon Night
- Day of the Girl
- Halloween
- All Hallow's Read
- National Coming Out Day
November
Monthly Celebrations
- Native American Heritage Month
- National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
- National Entrepreneurship Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Scholarship Month
- Dinovember
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
- I Love My Librarian Award
- Miami Bookfair International
- National Book Awards Ceremony
- Sharjah International Book Fair
- Texas Book Festival
- Young Adult Services Symposium
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- Veterans Day
- National Philanthropy Day
- National Gaming Day @ your library
- Thanksgiving Day
- Transgender Day of Remembrance
December
Monthly Celebrations
Library Conferences and Book Festivals
Weekly Celebrations
Observances
- Christmas Day
- New Year's Eve