Several events are scheduled at NDSU’s Main Library to celebrate National Library Week.

Author and hiking enthusiast Susan Wefald is scheduled to give a presentation on her book, “Spectacular North Dakota Hikes – Bring the Dog,” Monday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Weber Reading Room. The Institute for Regional Studies published the book, and a representative will be on hand with books for purchase.

A North Dakota Public Service Commissioner for 16 years, Wefald now enjoys exploring the state on hikes with her husband, Bob, and their three-year-old Goldendoodle, Sandy. She serves on the North Dakota Humanities Council, the AARP State Advisory Council, Board Development Committee of the Dakota Horizons Girl Scout Council and is a violinist in the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony.

The New Librarians Gala is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. New librarians will give brief presentations about their areas of expertise.

The presentation schedule is:

• Trista Raezer, archivist: 11 a.m. and noon

• Chris Martin, access services librarian: 11:10 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.

• Beth Twomey, educational services librarian: 11:20 a.m. and 12:20 p.m.

• Megan Browndorf, social sciences librarian: 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

• Nicole Mattson, NDSU Libraries website webmaster: 11:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. 

In addition, demonstrations of the new NDSU Libraries website are scheduled for Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m.-noon. Mattson, the site webmaster, will lead the demonstrations the in the Weber Reading Room. Refreshments will be served.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.