Library Card Sign-up Month

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a time when the nation’s public libraries highlight the value of a library card. Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. It is a time when libraries nationwide join together to remind parents, caregivers, and students that signing up for a library card is the first step towards academic achievement and lifelong learning.

A library card provides free access to borrow books, magazines, DVDs, audiobooks, music, downloadable e-books, and more.  Milan Public Library also provides a spectrum of free services, including local history materials, research databases, help finding information, computer access, internet access, and programs for adults, teens, and children.

Although a library card is necessary to check out items from the library, resources at Milan Public Library are available to everyone in our community.  Information about eligibility for a library card and how to register for a card is available here.

This year’s Library Card Sign-Up Month Honorary Chair is Snoopy, the beagle featured in the Peanuts comic strip, calling attention to the supportive role libraries and library professionals play in the education, academic achievement, and development of children.   

Everyone who signs up for a library card in September will receive a fun Peanuts-themed item.  Join  us to celebrate again on October 1 with cake and other refreshments and activities at the library!

Libraries play an important role in the education and development of children. Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning.  The beginning of a new school year is a good time for children to get library cards and discover the opportunities available at the library.

Our library has recently initiated a student library card allowing free borrowing privileges to students enrolled in Milan Area Schools.  We welcome all students in our community to use our library to support their academic assignments and personal reading interests.  Stop by the library to study, use a computer, research a school assignment, or choose a new book to read.  See more information about the requirements of a student library card at our library here.

If you don't have a library card, stop by this month to sign up.  If you already have a card, stop by to use it and consider inviting a friend or neighbor to sign up for a card.

Fall youth programming at Milan Public Library begins this month with

• Tiny Tales (for 2- and 3-year-old children)
• Preschool Storytime 
• elementary book clubs (Book Buddies, Bookworms, and Chapter Chatters)
• Books and Bites for middle schoolers
• Teen/Tween Advisory Board meetings 
• and more.

Additional information and registration is available through the links above and at the library.
Our library also offers programs for adults; see information about a  Growing Your Own Garlic! program this month here.

We hope to see you at the library this month!

New TNT Newsletter

We have started a new monthly TNT (Teen & Tween) e-newsletter to provide information about programs and new books for 6th through 12th graders, library news, and more.

You may read this month's newsletter here and sign up to receive future newsletters here.

If you asked to receive the newsletter when you registered  for our Summer Reading Program, you should have received this newsletter by email on September 10.

If you did not receive the newsletter and would like to, please sign up here.

If you received emails about programs last year, but did not sign up for the newsletter this year, you will not receive emails.  The new newsletter is replacing the emails with program information from last year.  You will only receive the information if you sign up for the newsletter.

What would you like to see in future newsletters?  Let us know here.

If you would also like to receive the children's newsletter, you may sign up here.

Library Card Sign-up Month

September is Library Card Sign-up Month.  Our library has a variety of resources for school research as well as books and magazines to read for fun, CDs to listen to, and movies to watch.   The beginning of a new school year is a good time for you to get a library card and discover the opportunities available at the library.

To celebrate National Library Card Sign-up Month, Milan Public Library is offering a prize drawing for receiving and using library cards throughout the month. Entries may be earned for

• signing up for a new card
• renewing an expired card
• checking out items from the library (You may enter once each day you check out items.)
• checking out e-books or e-audiobooks (You may enter here once each day you check out e-books or e-audiobooks.)
• submitting a photograph of your library card for our display

Your library card can take you anywhere (through the books you read and movies you watch).  Where have you taken your library card?  

The library is creating a display of where our library cards have been. You are invited to take a picture of your library card at the park, at a coffee shop, or anywhere else interesting you have taken your card and submit the photo to the library for the display. Everyone who submits a photo will also receive an entry in the prize drawing. Enter at the library when you submit a photo to the library or here if you email a photo to us at info@milanlibrary.org.  See the photos in the display case at the library and here. 

Residents of the city of Milan, Augusta Township, and the parts of York Township and Pittsfield Township that are in Milan Area Schools are eligible for a free library card at Milan Public Library. Additional information about receiving and using a library card is available here.  

Milan Public Library participates in the MILibrary Card program, which offers library card holders the opportunity to check out items from other participating libraries in the state. Monroe County Library System also participates, so with a card from either library and a MILibrary Card sticker, individuals may check out items from both libraries. 

Although a library card is necessary to check out items from the library, resources at Milan Public Library are available to everyone in our community.

A library card is not required to read or research in the library, use computers, attend programs, and receive assistance from the library staff.

Milan Public Library provides programs for all ages. Fall programming for teens and tweens begins in September and includes Books and Bites for 6^th through 8^th grade students and a newly formed Teen/Tween Advisory Group. Additional information about youth programs is available through the links above and at www.milanlibrary.org/teens.

We hope to see you at the library this month!