April 2024 Library News & Events

Burbank Public Library
A Note from the Director
hours & locations
April brings the annual celebration of National Library
Week, which this year is April 7-13. Libraries continue to
meet essential needs for residents of communities across
the country. The week celebrates the ways in which
libraries build community, open doors, and help people
explore the world through stories.
Within National Library Week, several key aspects of
libraries are recognized through one-day observations.
Elizabeth Goldman
Library Services Director
Burbank Central Library
110 N. Glenoaks Blvd.
818-238-5600
Monday - Thursday
Friday & Saturday
Sunday
10 am - 9 pm
10 am - 6 pm
Closed
Spark! Digital Media Lab
burbanklibrary.org/spark
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Buena Vista Branch
300 N. Buena Vista St.
818-238-5620
Monday - Thursday
Friday & Saturday
Sunday
1 - 5 pm
11 am - 3 pm
Closed
11 am - 3 pm
1 - 5 pm
1 - 5 pm
10 am - 9 pm
10 am - 6 pm
1 - 5 pm
These include:
• Monday, April 8, is Right to Read Day. This more recent addition recognizes
the growth in challenges to free and open access to materials on all topics.
From 2020 to 2023, the number of attempts to ban materials at public and
school libraries grew from 223 to 4,240, driven by political divisions across
the country. Right to Read Day celebrates libraries as places that fight
against censorship and restricted access.
• Tuesday, April 9, is National Library Workers Day. The libraries collections,
programs, and services would not be possible without the employees who
put such careful thought and effort into making Burbank’s libraries the
libraries that the people of Burbank need. Much of the staff’s work is behind
the scenes and unheralded, but it’s value is clear in your everyday experience.
• Wednesday, April 10, is National Library Outreach Day. While we do not
have a bookmobile in Burbank, we work through community partners to
get books, programs, and services into the hands of people where they are,
whether schools, residences, or other settings.
• Thursday, April 11, is Take Action for Libraries Day, encouraging people to
advocate for their library at the local, state, or national level. This may be
an opportunity to contact the Burbank City Council about the value you
see in a new Central Library or to write to your state or federal officials
encouraging them to support free access to information and reading.
Burbank Public Library was established in 1913, just two years after the
City was founded. It’s easy to take for granted what has always been
there, well-resourced and freely available. National Library Week offers
a reminder to celebrate our good fortune and yet also make an effort to
ensure what we have enjoyed is there for future generations.
Elizabeth
Northwest Branch
3323 W. Victory Blvd.
818-238-5640
Monday
12 - 6 pm
Tuesday
12 - 8 pm
Wednesday & Thursday 12 - 6 pm
Friday & Saturday
Closed
Sunday
10 am - 2 pm
Library Closed
Monday, April 1 Dolores Huerta Day
burbanklibrary.org/about/branches
Friends of the Burbank Public Library Pop Up Sale
One Day Only!
12 - 4 pm Saturday, April 6
Burbank Central Library
2 nd floor auditorium
Don’t miss the great selection of children’s
books, new and used fiction & nonfiction
books, and DVDs & CDs at bargain prices.
FRIENDS
of the
BURBANK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Since 1980
burbanklibrary.org/friends