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

Free promotional tools for libraries:

Cal Ripken, Jr. Honorary Chair of Library Chair Sign-up Month

Print PSAs:

Download Print PSA featuring Baseball Hall of Famer and Honorary Chair of Library Card Sign-up Month Cal Ripken, Jr. (PDF 2.12 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: libraries[at]atigraphics[dot]com.

 

Audio PSAs:

September is Library Card Sign-up Month
(:10 second MP3)

Sign up for the smartest card
(:15 second MP3)

Two-thirds of American have a library card
(:15 second MP3)

 

 

Digital PSAs:

Download digital PSA featuring Baseball Hall of Famer and Honorary Chair of Library Card Sign-up Month Cal Ripken, Jr. 

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.

 

Cal Ripken digital PSA

 

NEW!
Redesigned Smartest Card logos

Black & yellow
new smartest card logo - black and yellow

English:
eps/ jpg

Spanish:
eps/ jpg

Blue
new smartest card logo - blue

English:
eps/ jpg

Spanish:
eps/ jpg

Sample press release
(Word doc)
 - English

Sample PSA scripts
(Word doc)
  - English

Sample proclamation
(Word doc)
  - English

52 Ways to Use Your Library Card (Word doc)

Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.

Want to embed this slideshow on your library's website?
Visit http://www.flickrslideshow.com/ (URL of our Flickr group is http://www.flickr.com/groups/showusyourlibrarycard/).

 


 

Contact Us:

We'd like to hear what you have planned for Library Card Sign-up Month or answer your questions.

Megan McFarlane
Campaign coordinator
mmcfarlane@ala.org

For more information visit the
Campaign For America's Libraries

campaign for america's libraries

 

 


 

Library Champions logo

We would like to thank ALA Library Champions for supporting ALA’s efforts in raising public awareness for libraries and librarians. In particular, we would like to thank these two Champions for their enhanced level of support:

 

Dollar General literacy Foundation

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation

Dollar General Literacy Foundation for the American Dream Starts @ your library program
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation for the for the Smart Investing @ your library program 

http://americandreamtoolkit.org/

http://smartinvesting.ala.org/