Library Card Sign-Up Month

Library Card Sign-Up Month started in 1987 with an announcement from the then United States Secretary of Education, William Bennett, that all children should sign up for a library card.

Description & History

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Library Card Sign-Up Month started in 1987 with an announcement from the then United States Secretary of Education, William Bennett, that all children should sign up for a library card. The 91´«Ã½ partnered with the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science with an $85,000 grant from the Reader’s Digest Foundation and kicked off the inaugural month with the theme, “The Best Gift You’ll Ever Give Your Child…A Library Card”.

Sponsors

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Skybound Entertainment & Hasboro

Overdrive, Sora, Libby, 91´«Ã½ Library Champions