Library Card Sign-up Month 2009

September is Library Card Sign-up Month - a time to remind parents and kids that a library card is the most important school supply of all.

WNBA Star and Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker named Honorary Chair of Library Card Sign-up Month [Read more]

[Member of the press? Visit here to access the Library Card Sign-up Month Press Kit.]

For more information on Honorary Chair Candace Parker visit her Web site.

Download Print PSA
(pdf 1.87 MB)

To download: Right click (Windows) or option-click (MAC) on the links above and choose "Save Target As" to save it.  Note the location of the file.

Free customization: Have your library's own logo added to the PSA. Please send a print quality logo file (hi-res jpg or tif, or vector eps), your library name and url (if applicable) and we will generate the custom PSA for you (in pdf format) within 1-2 weeks. Files should be sent to: ala[at]atigraphics[dot]com.

Download Radio PSAs

More Americans
(mp3 -:15)

Sign-up for the "smartest card"
(mp3 -:20)

Free resources
(mp3 -:30)

Most important school supply
(mp3 -:30)

To download: right click (Windows) or option-click (MAC) on the links above and choose "Save Target As" to save it.  Note the location of the file.

These files open with QuickTime (free download).

Additional tools:

Sample press release - English

Sample letter-to-the-editor - English

Sample proclamation - English

Radio public service announcement (PSAs) scripts - English

52 Ways to Use Your Library Card - English

"Smartest Card" logos:
Created by PLA and the Campaign for America’s Libraries, the "Smartest Card" campaign was developed in 2004 to promote the library card as the important card in every wallet.

To download: right click (Windows) or option-click (MAC) on the links above and choose "Save Target As" to save it.  Note the location of the file.

 

Download giant "Smartest Card"

A Dozen Ways to Use the Giant "Smartest Card" [pdf]

Download Library Card Sign-up Month Web badges

To download: right click (Windows) or option-click (MAC) on the links above and choose "Save Target As" to save it.  Note the location of the file.

Purchase "Smartest Card" merchandise from the Public Library Association's (PLA) Cafe Press store.

For more information check out the Library Card Sign-up Month Fact Sheet. 

Members of the media, please visit the Library Card Sign-up Month Press Kit.

Questions about Library Card Sign-up Month? Contact:

Megan McFarlane
Campaign coordinator
mmcfarlane@ala.org