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National Library Outreach Day

Every year on Wednesday, April 14, the library rolls out to meet its neighbors. National Library Outreach Day honors the librarians, bookmobiles, and pop-up programs that carry books and kindness far beyond the branch walls, reaching people who cannot easily come to the library. In 2027, the celebration lands on Wednesday, April 14, right in the middle of National Library Week.

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Wednesday, April 14Every year on April 14

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Roots: Created as National Bookmobile Day by the American Library Association, the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services, and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries; renamed National Library Outreach Day in 2021 to honor every form of outreach.
Hashtag: #NationalLibraryOutreachDay

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3 ways to celebrate

AT HOME

Get your card working

Download your library's app, browse the digital catalog, and place a hold for curbside pickup or ask about homebound delivery for someone who needs it.

WITH FRIENDS

Visit a bookmobile stop

Look up your library's bookmobile schedule, gather friends at a stop, check out something unexpected, and chat with the outreach staff who make it roll.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Speak up for outreach

Send a thank-you note to your library's outreach team or tell a community leader how library outreach helps your town, because funded outreach reaches further.

Plan ahead

National Library Outreach Day is observed on April 14 every year. Here is where it lands for the next ten years, handy for planners, marketers and party people.

2026Tue, Apr 14this year

2027Wed, Apr 14

2028Fri, Apr 14

2029Sat, Apr 14

2030Sun, Apr 14

2031Mon, Apr 14

2032Wed, Apr 14

2033Thu, Apr 14

2034Fri, Apr 14

2035Sat, Apr 14

2036Mon, Apr 14

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Fast facts

1951Brooklyn's first bookmobile, the 1951 Library on Wheels, carried 2,500 volumes with 6 librarians and made 19 regular neighborhood stops, bringing free library service to areas no branch yet reached.

Wave at a bookmobile, thank your library's outreach staff, or sign a homebound neighbor up for book delivery.