A successful school library depends on thoughtful planning all year long. Download the K-12 School Library Planning Calendar to organize year-round responsibilities and keep important library work on track. This practical, month-by-month guide helps school librarians and library leaders plan for school library operations, collection development, circulation, inventory, reporting, budgeting, programming, and year-end activities.

Use the calendar to organize seasonal priorities, pace large projects, and make informed decisions about your collection and library operations. Its recommendations are flexible guidelines, not a one-size-fits-all schedule, so you can adapt them to your district calendar, staffing model, reporting deadlines, budget cycle, school year, and local priorities. Some tasks may be more relevant in a different month at your school.

You don’t have to use Follett Destiny® Library Manager to make use of this calendar. If you use Destiny Library Manager, you’ll also find relevant report paths, helpful articles, and sample prompts for the embedded AI Assistant. The calendar can be used with any library management system as a planning tool, a starting point for a site- or district-specific checklist, or a framework for setting monthly priorities.