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September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! According to ALA (the American Libary Association)<\/a> this year, Disney\u2019s the Incredibles are Library Card Sign-up Month honorary chairs, helping to promote the value of a library card and bring attention to the many ways libraries and librarians transform lives and communities through education.\u00a0 Today’s Libraries offer so much more than books.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Students can find a quiet place to do homework while accessing free wifi as well as taking advantage of the free online databases and reference books. Those that are in need of reading practice can join a book club and meet new people interested in the same type of books. Up and coming makers can visit a maker space and brush up on coding, 3D print something they design, produce a video or podcast, and meet other makers. If they have younger siblings, there is always something going on in the children’s room for them from crafts to read-alouds\u00a0to interactive activities.\u00a0 Special programs take place throughout the week and on weekends.<\/p>\n Libraries have special library cards for teachers. A teacher card allows teachers to check out more than the normal amount of books as well as allowing them more time to return the books. Book kits\u00a0with ready-made\u00a0activities for students are also available. Don’t forget about the greatest resource of all – librarians who know all about the newest book releases and how to find up to date information on any subject! You can even bring your whole class for a visit to the Altadeena Public Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n Some libraries are offering special programs during September.\u00a0Lisle Library District<\/a> patrons in Illinois can present their library cards and receive discounts and promotions from local businesses and organizations. The Selbyville Public Library<\/a> in Delaware is offering a fine-free card to children ages 5 and younger.\u00a0 The New Providence Memorial Library<\/a> in New Jersey is having giveaways and offering free replacement library cards to those that haven’t used their cards in a while.\u00a0 \u00a0The Literacy Coalition of Merced County, Merced County Office of Education, and the Merced County Library<\/a> in California are teaming up to get a library card into the hands of every Head Start student.<\/p>\n This September contact your local library and check out what they are offering. There is something there for everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! According to ALA (the American Libary Association) this year, Disney\u2019s the Incredibles are Library Card Sign-up Month honorary chairs, helping to promote the value of a library card and bring attention to the many ways libraries and librarians transform lives and communities through education.\u00a0 Today’s Libraries offer … read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[134,133,132,75],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-library-media","tag-library","tag-library-card","tag-library-month","tag-school-library","post_format-post-format-image"],"modified_by":"Karen Streeter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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<\/a>As you can see, today’s libraries are no longer just a\u00a0 quiet place to read and study (although they do still maintain spaces that are also meant for that). Help to promote libraries to your students and other teachers by encouraging them to visit their local library and signup for a library card.<\/p>\n