Celebrate Library Card Sign Up Month!

Library's have lots of cool weeks and celebrations. September is "National Library Card Sign Up Month."

Did you know many public libraries have no age restriction on getting a child a library card? Some let you do it at birth, others when the child can sign his name. (The guidelines are different for every library.) Some even have promotional things to make it even more exciting, like getting a picture taken with a very first library card.

Why is a library card so important? Books and reading open up worlds of knowledge, information and imagination. Libraries are places to engage us, educate us and even entertain us. It really is amazing what you can find and do at the library. And sure, you can go to the library and do many of these things without a library card. But the card is a ticket to more.

The public library has countless books to choose from. Even the smallest library can get books from other libraries through inter-library loan. These books can supplement even the best stocked personal library. Providing an abundance of books for children encourages them to want to read.


Some libraries do fun things as an incentive to sign up in September. Check out your local library this month and see all the wonderful things a library card can bring you and your family.

If your library is doing somethings special this month to celebrate, please comment and add a link.

Get your library cards today!