Heritage Month Celebrations

About the Program

Category: Libraries (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

The San Bernardino County Library’s Heritage Month Celebrations are designed to celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans throughout history. Our goal is to embrace the diversity in our communities and be representative our customers and staff. We have accomplished this by creating book displays at our thirty two branch libraries designed to highlight the educational and historical contributions of people within the heritage month, developing a stronger book collection of local history and historical figures, and hosting events at our large libraries that celebrate the diversity of people living in our community. Our Heritage Month Celebrations include: Black History Month (February), Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May), Women’s History Month (March), Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), and American Indian Heritage Month (November). Through these events we have built partnerships with local organizations, businesses, community groups, cities, and nonprofit organizations. We have been able to increase event participation by effective planning and marketing of our events.