National Library Week
April 10, 2015
UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
UT Tyler to Celebrate National Library Week April 12-18
April 10, 2015
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)
April 10, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler will celebrate National Library Week April 12 – 18. The Robert R. Muntz Library will sponsor special events for the occasion, Jeanne Standley, executive director, announced.
As part of “Swap Swipe Share,” the UT Tyler community and visitors are encouraged to trade, take or add a book to the designated table located on the library’s first floor. In addition, a public “Poetry Slam” will be 4:30 – 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16 in the library’s living room. During this friendly competition with the use of poetic words, faculty and staff will judge UT Tyler student participants.
“This week, the Robert R. Muntz Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week – a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers,” said Alma Ravenell, UT Tyler public services librarian. “We hope that these events will appeal to our library patrons and make for a fun celebration.”
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is an observance sponsored each April by the American Library Association and libraries across the country.
The Robert R. Muntz Library serves The University of Texas at Tyler and the surrounding community by providing technology, print and electronic resources, study spaces, events, informational displays, instruction and assistance to library patrons.
Regular library hours are 7:30 a.m. – midnight Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. – midnight Sunday.
For more information, call 903.566.5731 or visit http://library.uttyler.edu.
One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.