Sample of Annual calendar Activity

S.No	Event	Proposed Months/ Periodicity	Activities
01	International Children’s Book Day (02 April)	April	Ø Exhibition, Book review writing competition, Discussions
02	AmbedkarJayanti (14 April)	Aprial	Ø Exhibition of books on or by Dr B.R.Ambedkar
03	World Book and Copyright Day (23 April)	April	Ø Exhibitions, Literary competitions, Meet the author programmes
04	Functional Activities	April	Ø Stock verification Ø Library Orientation sessions Ø Preparation of Book Issue Cards Ø iv) Constitution of Library Committee and Reader’s Club Ø v.         v)   Preparation of the list of books/documents recommended for condemnation/weeding out. Ø vi)  Issue of books for Class Libraries Ø Final reminder of overdue books Ø vivii.            Preparation of list of books for binding
05	Inauguration of Reader’s Club	April	Ø Beginning of Reader’s Club activities for the session
06	Functional Activities	May-June	Ø Preparation and display of list of defaulters Ø Auction of written off books Ø Submission of defaulter’s list to the office. Ø Data collection for updating the member database Ø v.            Preparation of Library/ ID Cards
07	Functional Activities	July	Ø Starting the circulation of books Ø Meeting of Library Committee Ø Meeting of Reader’s Club Ø iv.            Meeting of Class library Book selection Committee Ø Library stock verification Ø Starting of Library Circulation Ø v.            Renewal of subscription to periodicals Ø vi.            Publication of Library Bulletin/Newsletter Ø Setting of Library Ø Arranging of Library books as per subject wise Ø Reviewing of Procuring of Newspapers and Magazines Ø Developing of Hanging Library.
08	Harry Potter Birthday celebration (31 July)	July	Ø HP Quiz, Writing Birthday wishes, Book talk, HP Book jacket designing, Assembly programmes, Exhibition of HP books
09	MunshiPremchand Day           (31 July)	July	Ø Exhibition of books by MunshiPremchand and related competitions
10	Functional Activities	August	Ø Preparation of book suggestion/recommendation lists Ø ii.            Selection of books by visiting the local book shops by the Committee members
11	Hiroshima Day (6 August)	August	Ø Remembering the victims, “Against War” exhibition
12	Independence Day (15 Aug.)	August	Ø Exhibition of books on freedom struggle
13	Functional Activities	September	Ø Issue of books to class libraries (2) Ø Career Development Programme Ø iii.            Meeting of Library Committee
14	Teacher’s Day (5 Sept.)	September	Ø Exhibition of books on or by Dr S.Radhakrishnan
15	Hindi Fortnight	September	Ø Exhibition of popular Hindi books in the library and related competitions
16	Functional Activities	October	Ø Publication of Library Bulletin/Newsletter Ø ii.            Preparation and display of list of defaulters
17	Gandhi Jayanthi (2 Oct.)	October	Ø Exhibition of books on or by Mahatma Gandhi and Non violence
18	U.N.Day (24 Oct.)	October	Ø Exhibition of books on United Nations and other International organisations
19	National unity day 31stoct	October	Ø Exhibition of books on or by SardarVallabhai Patel
19	International School Library Day (ISLD) & Month	October	Ø Talk by an eminent (local) TGT (LIS) and other Activities, Ø “Smart Web Searcher” competition
20	Functional Activities	November	Ø User awareness programmes for Teachers Ø ii.            Information literacy sessions
21	Children’s Day (14 Nov.)	November	Ø Exhibition of books on or by Jawaharlal Nehru, Competitions
22	National Education Day         (11 Nov.)	November	Ø Exhibition of books on or by Dr  Abdul Kalam Azaad, Essay writing, newspaper reading competitions
23	National Library Week (3rd Week of November)	November	Ø Exhibition of rare books in the library Ø Competitions: Book review , Storytelling , Book reading ,Literary quiz, Designing Bookmarks , Assembly programmes , “Find the book”, Library cultural programmes, etc
24	Indira Gandhi’s Birthday (19 Nov.)	November	Ø Exhibition of books on Indira Gandhi and other Indian Prime Ministers
25	Functional Activities	December	Ø ii.            Organizing programmes for class Libraries Ø iii.            Issue of books to class libraries (3)
26	Army Flag Day (7 Dec.)	December	Ø Exhibition of books on Indian Army and warfare
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27	Functional Activities	January	Ø Publication of Library Bulletin/Newsletter Ø User awareness programme on Exam oriented resources in the Library Ø iii.            Exhibition of Multimedia CD/DVDS
28	Republic Day (26 January)	January	Ø Exhibition of books on “India: Society and constitution”
29	Martyr’s Day (30 January)	January	Ø Exhibition of books on or by freedom fighters
30	National Youth Day (12 Jan.)	January	Ø Display of Books on  or by Swami Vivekananda
31	Functional Activities	February	Ø Returning of class library books Ø Reminders to defaulters Ø Stopping the circulation of books to students Ø iv.            Meeting of Library Committee
32	Safer Internet Day (7 Feb.)	February	Ø Online/cyber safety workshops, talks, exhibitions, etc
33	Functional Activities	March	Ø Stock verification
34	Ø Other routine functional activities
35	Book Fairs	03 times a year	Ø In collaboration with external agencies
36	Preparation of Library statistics	Quarterly	Ø As per the Library Policy
37	Checking of Library note books	Regularly	Ø Class VI-IX
38	Display of New Arrival List	Regularly	Ø As and when needed
39	Retro conversion of documents	Regularly	Ø As and when needed and parallel to other activities.
40	Disposal of old newspapers and magazines	Quarterly	Ø As per the rules
41	Books/document selection and accessioning	As and when needed	Ø Acquisition of resources shall be a dynamic activity and followed under the supervision of Library Committee
42	Screening of VCDs	Once in a month	Ø Screening of Educational and issue based VCDs for primary children
43	Reader’s Club activities	Whole academic year	Ø Seminars, Exhibitions, displays, competitions, Meet the Author, Book discussions
44	Know your Library Programmes (Library orientation)	Once in a month	Ø Tour to the library to understand its resources and activities
45	Library Blogs, Digital library	Regularly	Ø Updating and maintenance
46	Best Reader Awards	Once in an year	Ø For best library users from each class. Distributed on the Annual Day function