September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!!!  

Your library is not the same as it was for your grandpa 

(or even your mom and dad). Your library is better!

It ‘s CONNECTED to the world of reading and information! 

Here are 36 ways to use your library card to access

the actual and virtual resources of your school library.

 36 Ways to Use Your Library Card

1. Get to know your librarian.

2. Learn about local candidates for office.

3. Reserve the latest mystery.

4. Learn to navigate the Web.

5. Prepare your resume.

6. Attend a lecture, workshop, or poetry reading.

7. Hear a local author reading his/her latest novel.

8. Join a book discussion group.

9. Get homework help or complete assignments after school.

10.Look up all kinds of health information.

11.Research the purchase of a new car.

12.Trek to another planet in a Sci-Fi novel.

13.Shop at the school book fair.

14.Research your term paper.

15.Borrow the summer reading titles

16.Learn about the history of your city or town.

17.Borrow an audiobook.

18.See a new art exhibit.

19.Find a new recipe.

20.Ask for a recommended reading list for teens.

21.Get a book from interlibrary loan.

22.Download the latest news from CNN.

23.Read the latest fashion magazine.

24.Take a cybertour of an art museum.

25.Learn how to use a database or computerized catalog.

26.Take an Internet safety course.

27.Find the latest romance paperback.

28.Find a quiet spot, curl up with a book and enjoy.

29.Read short stories, full-text, online.

30.Find newspaper and magazine articles on specific topics.

31.Borrow books, or consult books on reserve, for research.

32.Access online encyclopedias without paying a fee.

33.Read today’s Boston Globe.

34.Read 100-old newspaper stories.

35.Read the latest issue of Sports Illustrated.