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JANUARY Month National Mentoring Month Get Organized Month High Tech Month
6
10
Week National Thank Your Customers Week
Day 1 14 15 18 25
New Year Day Organize Your Home Day MLK Birthday World Relgion Day Better Business Communcations Day
28
National Fun at Work Day
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FEBRUARY Month National Time Management Month Black History Month
Week 9
15
Random Acts of Kindness
Day 1 2 4 4
National Freedom Day GroundHog Day Roas Parks Day (celebrated in CA and OH) World Cancer Day
12
Lincoln & Darwin's Birthday
14 15 16 18 20
Race Relations Day Susan B. Anthony Birthday President's Day Battery Day World Social Justice Day
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MARCH Week
Month National Women's History Month
1
7
International Ideas Month
15
21
Universal Human Beings Sunshine In The Government
Day 2
Read Across America Day
4 4 6
National Grammar Day International Ask A Question Day Employee Appreciation Day
8 13
International Women's Day Daylight Savings Time Begins
13 14 16
Digital Learning Day Pi Day Freedom of Information Day
20
First Day of Spring
21 22 27 28
International Day for the Elimination of Recial Discrimination World Water Day Earth Hour (8:00PM-9:00PM) Earth Hour (8:00PM-9:00PM)
Reference
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/the me.asp#.VL13PUfF81I
http://www.digitallearningday.org
APRIL
Stress Awareness Month
5
12
Week Explore Your Career Options Week
School Library Month
12
18
National Volunteer Week
13
Poetry Month
12
18
National Library Week
14
Month
Day 7
ASPCA Day National Bookmobile Day 150 Anniverssary of Lincoln's Assasination
1
Reference
http://www.ala.org/bookmobiles http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm
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Pride Month
25
29
14
2
Volunteer Week Preservation Week (runs into May)
26 3 13
10 17
Spring Break Reads Tricky Citations
20 21
17
http://www.ala.org/preservationweek http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/e vents/pw http://www.libraries.wright.edu/community/ou tofthebox/2015/04/27/its-time-to-celebrateBen & Jerry's Free Cone Day preservation-week-2015/ Day of Silence (LGBT Alliance) Patriots Day/Marathon http://www.ala.org/nlw Monday http://ala-apa.org/nlwd National Library Workers Day
22
Earth Day World Book and Copyright Day/Shakespeare's birth & death day
23
MAY
Month Mental Health Month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Get Caught Reading Month
1
7
2
8
4
8
Week Choose Privacy Week National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week Virtual Library Legislative Day
1
Day May Day
1
International Worker's Day
3
Public Radio Day
3 5 8
World Press Freedom Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Day World Red Cross Day
15 15
International Day of Families Brandeis Commencement World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
21
22 JUNE Month Safety Month Effective Communications Month Pride Month
6
12
Week National Headache Awareness Week
Reference
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/wor ld-press-freedom-day
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/wor ld-day-cultural-diversity-dialogue
Neighbor Day Day
19
Juneteenth
21 23 12
Summer Begins Public Service Day Anne Frank Day
14 17
Race Unity Day Bunker Hill Day
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JULY Week
Month
4 15
Day Independence Day World Youth Day
26
ADA Day
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AUGUST Month What Will Be Your Legacy Month
Week 7
15
Assistance Dog Week
Day 23
Senior Citizens Day
2
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26
National Safe At Home Week
12
International Youth Day
19
World Humanitarian Day International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Equality Day Brandeis Classes Begin
23 26 27
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/wor ld-humanitarian-day
SEPTEMBER Month Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15-Oct15) Library Card Sign-up Month
1
7
27
3
Week International Enthusiasim Week Banned Books Week (runs into Oct)
Day 1
Labor Day
4 8 11 30
Family Day International Literacy Day 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Banned Websites Awareness Day
10
Brandeis Day
27
Brandeis Day
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OCTOBER Month Work and Family Month Strategic Planning Month
3 5
9 9
18
24
Week Mental Illness Awareness Week 17 Customer Service Week 24 National Friend's of Libraries Week 30
National Cyber Security Month
Day Reference World Day for Eradication of Poverty Day Make a Difference Day Ask an Archivist Day http://www2.archivists.org/initiatives/america #askanarchivist n-archives-month
31
Halloween
LGBT History Month American Archives Month Arts and Humanities Month
NOVEMBER Month Native American (National American Indian) Heritage Month National Entrepreneurship Month Natioinal Career Development Month
Week 15
20
16
20
Day
National Education Week International Educaton Week
6
Daylight Savings Time Ends
11
Veteran's Day
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17 National Entrepreneurship Day 18 GIS Day International Women's 18 Entrepreneurship Day 19
Family Volunteer Day
25
Thanksgiving
30
Computer Security Day
http://www.nea.org/grants/19823.htm
DECEMBER Week
Month 11
18
Finals
Day World AIDS Day
1
3
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International Day of Disabled Persons Human Rights Day Brandeis Classes End Brandeis Study Day Bill of Rights Day Winter Begins Christmas New Year's Eve
3 10 10 10 15 21 25 31
Sources (check annually)
http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/anti-bias-education/c/calendar-of-observances.html http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks http://www.kuder.com/2015/01/education-career-development-observances-2015/ http://www.emotionscards.com/locations.html http://www.nea.org/grants/19823.htm http://www.noblenet.org/annual-observances/ http://icalshare.com/calendars/4129/preview http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=2015&country=1&hol=8519551&holm=1&df=1 http://www.preservationaction.org/advocacy-week/ http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks http://www.partnershipforglobaljustice.com/un-observances.html Google Keywords awareness observances social justice observances education observances higher education observances library observances technology observances
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