September is Library Card Sign-Up Month

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The American Library Association (ALA) is celebrating September as Library Card Sign-Up Month, and your local library has plenty of resources to offer with every card. Library Card Sign-Up Month has existed since 1987. The then-Secretary of Education, William Bennett, called for a campaign to improve children's literacy nationwide, declaring that all “should obtain a library card and use it.” The National Commission on Libraries and Information Scienc