Library Days in Europe
List of national celebrations of libraries in Europe.
Please send any additions & corrections to eblida@eblida.org.
The events are in chronological order.
January
|
France |
21-24 January |
February
| Finland | 8 February |
Library Day |
| Serbia | 28 February | Serbian National Libraries Day & National Book Day Дан Народне библиотеке Србије и Национални дан књиге |
April
| Malta | 23 April | Day of Libraries |
| Lithuania | 24-30 April | Lithuanian National Library Week |
May
| Bulgaria | 6-10 May | National Library Week, Bulgarian Library and Information Associaition |
| Poland | 8 May | National Libraries Day |
| Poland | 8-15 May | National Libraries Week Tydzien' Bibliotek 2019 |
| Slovenia | 26 May | Public libraries day Dan Slovenskih Splošnih Knjižnic |
September
|
Italy |
30 September |
National Libraries Week |
October
| Austria | 14-20 October | Austria reads. Meeting point Library Österreich liest. Treffpunkt Bibliothek |
| Hungary | 7-13 October | National Library Days Országos Könyvtári Napok |
| United Kingdom | 7-12 October | National Libraries Week |
| Belgium | 12-16 October | A Passion for reading La Fureur de lire (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) |
| Estonia | 20-30 October | Library days Raamatukogupäevad Kohtume raamatukogus! |
| Germany | 24 October | Day of Libraries Tag der Bibliotheken |
| Germany | 24-30 October | Week of libraries Woche der Bibliotheken |
| Spain | 24 October | Library Day Día de la biblioteca |
November
| Croatia | 11 November | Day of Croatian Libraries Dan hrvatskih knjižnica |
| Slovenia | 20 November | Day of Slovenian Libraries Dan Slovenskih splošnih knjižnic |
| Ireland | 26 November - 2 December |
NEWS
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