Celebrate the 8th Annual #LibraryShelfie Day with Us!

As we're sure you were reminded by the circles and exclamation points you drew on the January 27 date of you calendar,—it's #LibraryShelfie day! Every year on the fourth Wednesday of January, library staff, readers, and book lovers share selfies of themselves in front of library shelves. It's a small, but fun way to show off beautiful books and share your love of libraries and the written word. If you're not able to be inside a library this year, don't let that stop you—let's see those home libraries!

Below you can see some of our wonderful NYPL staff members showing off the shelves at their branch library or at home. To see more, you can follow along with the fun on Instagram and Twitter. Have your own to share? Tag your photo on social media with #LibraryShelfie. We even have fun speech bubble props for you to print out and use in your photos. Here's one in grayscale and another in color.