This is National Library Week: Free Access

National Library Week will be observed this week April 11-17, 2010 with the theme, "Communities thrive @ your library®."

National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.

Lots of announcements will be in the blog this week. To start the week off, ProQuest is celebrating National Library Week with us by providing free access this week to some of their most popular online resources at http://www.proquest.com/go/celebrate.

-- CultureGramsTM explore the world's cultures with local experts that document the history, customs, government, and daily life in multimedia reports on over 200 countries.

-- eLibrary(R) this easy to use resource brings together content about in-demand subjects from millions of multimedia-rich, global resources.

-- ProQuest(R) African American Heritage brings together records critical to African American family history research and connects users to a community of research experts.

-- ProQuest Historical NewspapersTM - Black Newspapers experience history firsthand via continuous runs of the following full-image titles: The Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, and New York Amsterdam News.

This is a good time to stock up on some resources for teachers to use in preparing for next semester courses or for students looking for research material.