Library Lover’s Day 2024: Date, History and Facts

Library Lover’s Day 2024: In addition to being a day to celebrate love, February 14th is also Library Lover’s Day, honoring readers everywhere. The day celebrates libraries and the incredible, transformative literature they house. Consider this before you question why libraries should be honored: there once was a time when libraries didn’t exist! The Latin root of the term “library” directly translates to “a place that stores books.” Thus, libraries were merely places that the government designated to “stock” books and important manuscripts for an extended period.

History Of Library Lover’s Day

The State Library of New South Wales (NSW) was the original initiator of Library Lovers’ Day in Australia in 2006. When the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) joined the effort to promote their love of books, the day was declared a national holiday in 2007. Even though the day’s main goal was to increase awareness of the resources that some excellent libraries provide, it quickly turned into a comforting day for individuals who were “dateless” on V-Day.

These days, Library Lover’s Day is observed globally with a different theme each year! For example, the John & Alison Kearney Library at Bond University went all out to celebrate the day in 2018 with an eye-catching display of a vintage typewriter, pens, and paper. The purpose of the items was to allow guests to send love notes to their favorite library or someone special.

The ALIA topic for 2019 was “Library Love Stories,” and it featured a writing competition for fictional stories about finding love in libraries. On Twitter that year, #LibraryLoversDay was also trending. Participants had to complete a “Matchmaking Form” at an event the South Perth Libraries hosted in 2020. Based on their personality qualities, the library staff then suggested books and writers that the readers might adore. How fitting that union was forged in paradise!

Take Your Child to the Library Day 2024: History, Activities and 5 Reading Facts

Library Lover’s Day Activities

Examine your favorite character in detail.

Plan a get-together with your pals where each participant writes a thorough analysis of the characteristics of their all-time favorite book character. Give the analysis to someone who hasn’t read the book yet to pique their curiosity about the book that has you so engrossed.

Put on a book character costume.

On Library Lover’s Day, why wait until Halloween to dress up as your favorite book character? There are countless choices, such as a figure from “Pride and Prejudice,” “The Hunger Games,” “Twilight,” or “Gone with the Wind.”

Act morally

Plan a library event where kids with life-threatening illnesses and disabilities are invited. The idea is to pair up with a child and share the plot and book you love with them.

Five Amusing Library Facts

• The term “building storing books” was used to refer to libraries in China before the word “library” was officially coined.
• Over 39 million books are kept in the collection of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
• With 60.5 libraries per 100,000 residents, Edinburgh, a city in the United Kingdom, has the highest library density worldwide.
• A library may also be referred to as an ambry, reference collection, Athenaeum, archive, or incunabula.
• Throughout the world, there are 230,000 public libraries in poor nations.

Library Shelfie Day 2024: Date, History and Facts about Library

Reasons To Enjoy Library Lover’s Day

They are resources for schooling.

Even with the advent of Google, libraries continue to be a vital source of instructional materials for students. This is so because books and manuscripts that aren’t even online are kept in libraries.

Otherwise, you can read a costly book.

Lacking the funds to buy novels or reference books? Don’t worry, you can read whatever book you want as long as you have a subscription to a well-stocked library. One advantage: It won’t break the bank!

Libraries offer quiet.

Not every person lives in a home where there are the hours of quiet needed to study and compose papers. Libraries are invaluable in times like these, especially for students living in dorm rooms.

LIBRARY LOVERS’ DAY DATES

Year	Date	Day
2024	February 14	Wednesday
2025	February 14	Friday
2026	February 14	Saturday
2027	February 14	Sunday
2028	February 14	Monday