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National Libraries Day
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<p>National Libraries Day is an annual event in the UK dedicated to the celebration of libraries and librarians. The inaugural event was held on 4 February 2012. </p><p>To celebrate National Libraries Day, events including author talks and competitions are organised across the country by local authorities, universities, other providers of library services and local community groups. </p><p><a href="/facts/Channel_4/qosXcrpc">Channel 4</a>'s Culture Editor, Matthew Cain, described the 2012 National Libraries Day as "most important" due to the "serious concern about the future for libraries". </p><p><a href="/facts/Children%2527s_Laureate/G3xsYuhC">Children's Laureate</a> <a href="/facts/Julia_Donaldson/xwPEwVTL">Julia Donaldson</a> released a poem to mark the day, adding that if we "lose libraries, we would lose readers and we would become a less literate country". </p><p>The 2013 event was scheduled to take place on 9 February 2013. </p>