Thank you to those of you who joined in the Love Your Library at Barnes & Noble Event!
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What: "Love Your Library" Fundraiser for Connecticut Libraries When: Friday, December 2 & Saturday, December 3, 2005 Where: Barnes & Noble Stores (CT, MA, RI) How: Shop with a Love Your Library voucher Why: To Support Connecticut Libraries |
Still need Holiday Book Suggestions? Let Librarians be your guide to the best books for holiday giving - Link to Connecticut Library Consortium's annual guide to holiday book giving!
If you didn't join in the festivities this year, here's what you missed: Pre-Event KICKOFF Thursday, December 1st: Author of the children's holiday book Has Anyone Seen Christmas?
Anne Margaret Lewis; Dr. Bernie Siegel spoke about & signed his newest book at Barnes & Noble, North Haven; Donald & Renee Bains, co-authors of Murder, She Wrote spoke at the Danbury store... and much, much more...
The Connecticut Library Association, Connecticut Library Consortium and the Connecticut State Library are partnering with Barnes & Noble Booksellers to Love Your Library this holiday season in a special fundraiser that will support a service used by all Connecticut libraries - the Connecticut Digital Library (aka, iCONN). iCONN is the “go to” spot for free & fast database access for libraries, schools, universities and all of Connecticut’s citizens. Since its inception in 2001, iCONN users have conducted over 30 million searches of iCONN databases. Love Your Library will help support this core library resource.
On Friday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 3rd, Barnes & Noble will donate from 15% to 25% of every sale at Connecticut and select out-of-state store locations to Connecticut's libraries via the iCONN program! To qualify, purchases must be accompanied by a Love Your Library voucher.
The fundraiser will also feature opportunities for Barnes & Noble shoppers to contribute purchases directly to Barnes & Noble area libraries' collections. Events will be planned at selected Barnes & Noble locations in conjunction with Love Your Library days.
Love Your Library vouchers and promotional materials are being designed and will be available online at Connecticut library websites (see www.loveyourlibrary.com). They will be distributed to all public libraries in the state electronically and via ConnectiCar this October. The voucher will also appear on the back of this year's "Children's Books for Holiday Giving" brochure, which will be available online and in person at your local Connecticut library. For more information, contact the Project Coordinators.
The Love Your Library program is not applicable to purchases made through barnesandnoble.com. Educators' discounts are not applicable in conjunction with the program. Coffee shop and gift card sales cannot be included in sales. College stores are not included in the participating Barnes & Noble locations.
Please invite your patrons, students, colleagues, family and friends to "Love their Libraries" by shopping at Barnes & Noble stores on December 2nd and 3rd. Libraries will benefit - and thus, so will they!
Love Your Library Posters! in Adobe PDF file format - 11x17" for your convenience...
Additional store information (including hours & addresses) is available at the participating stores page.