DMC to kick off National Library Week with treats

Del Mar libraries will host numerous activities all week

Del Mar College libraries may be less quiet than usual the week of April 9-12. Coloring, board games, a scavenger hunt and more are on the agenda as DMC celebrates National Library Week.

“In past years, they would plaster every window on the first floor with READ posters, and that was mostly all they did for a while,” said Sally Bickley, head of Reference Services at the White Library. “But we realized that we have a lot to offer and that we don’t reach every student.”

Starting April 9, there will be a Library Week Kickoff with the reading of the proclamation of Del Mar College Library Week followed by free cake. The libraries plan to have different events all week at each campus including adult coloring books, open mic poetry, physical and online scavenger hunts and more.

On March 6, the Board of Regents and administration of Del Mar College signed a proclamation for April 8-14 to be Del Mar College Library Week.

According to Bickley, the libraries got the inspiration to add these celebration events this year from Cody Gregg, dean of Learning Resources.

“He has a history at his library of having a big celebration for National Library Week and we just said, ‘Ok, we can do that.’” Bickley Said.

Giant Jenga will be on East Campus April 9-10 and move to West Campus April 11-12. East Campus will also have a video game session from 4-8 p.m. April 11 on the fourth floor of the White Library. There will also be a weeklong online scavenger hunt to help students become familiar with Canvas.

The library hopes to have students who have never been to library before as well as returning students to join in the celebration of National Library Week.

“The goals for me are to bring more students into the library, celebrate all the things the library has to offer students, and to inform them about the services that we have,” Bickley said.

April 9

East Campus:

• Library Week Kickoff (RM 514 Cake @ 10:30am)
• Adult Coloring (5^th floor all day)
• Board Games (2^nd floor 1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Giant Jenga (1^st floor 1-9pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

West Campus:

• Library Week Kickoff (Cake @ 2:30pm)
• Adult Coloring (all day)
• Board Games (1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

April 10

East Campus:

• Adult Coloring (5^th floor all day)
• Board Games (2^nd floor 1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Giant Jenga (1^st floor 1-9pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

West Campus:

• Adult Coloring (all day)
• Board Games (1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

April 11

East Campus:

• Adult Coloring (5^th floor all day)
• Board Games (2^nd floor 1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Video Games (RM 416 4-8pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

West Campus:

• Adult Coloring (all day)
• Board Games (1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Giant Jenga (1-9pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

April 12

East Campus:

• Adult Coloring (5^th floor all day)
• Board Games (2^nd floor 1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Poetry Open Mic (RM 514 @ 7pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (DMC Libraries Facebook page for more info)

West Campus:

• Adult Coloring (all day)
• Board Games (1-9pm)
• Canvas Scavenger Hunt (Link on Canvas Homepage)
• Giant Jenga (1-9pm)
• Physical Scavenger Hunt (Visit ‘DMC Libraries’ Facebook page for more info)