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 a 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 audio book
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 cyber tour 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 a specific topic
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 year old newspaper stories
35. Read the latest issue of Sports Illustrated
36. Join the new Friends of the Library