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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

Nuit de la Lecture

February


Finland 8 February

Library Day
Lainan päivä

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
Bibliopride

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

Library Ireland Week


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