Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Get your books out and start reading, because its National Library Week! Lana Shovlin of The Lincoln Library, stopped by The WTAX Morning News Watch to discuss this important week!

What is National Library Week all about?

“I would love to start with how important libraries are to the communities that they are in and to everyone in those communities. National Library Week is a week to really focus on that. 
And all the awesome things that libraries provide for us.” 

What are some events we could expect, at the Lincoln Library?

“We have things going on all week that I’m excited to talk to you about. 
Today is the national right to Read Day. And so, we want people to be aware of how important it is your freedom to read whatever you want, what books you want. And, you know, there’s a lot of people that are out there that don’t believe that we should have the freedom to read those books, that there should be certain books that are pulled off shelves and we are encouraging people to challenge that”

Tell us about your Book Mobile.

“Our bookmobile that we’ve recently acquired and that has improved our outreach that we have at the library. 
We do so much with not just people that come into the library, but, you know, we go out into the community. So, we go into assisted living centers, and we have people that, you know, say what books they want, we bring those books to their doorstep.”