September is “Library Card Sign-up Month.” Since 1987, Library Card Sign-Up Month has marked the start of the school year with a nationwide push to ensure everyone has access to their own library card.
Libraries across the U.S. serve their communities in creative ways through the use of library cards—from checking out bikes, tools, and musical instruments to offering cooking classes and even offering seed libraries for your own garden! At Fulton County Libraries, your card not only unlocks access to the full catalog of books for kids, teens and adults, but also:
- Digital library of e-books, audiobooks, learning tools, online research tools, and more!
- Meeting rooms
- Computers, WiFi and internet access
- Laptop check-out
- Partnership passes for discounts and free tickets to attractions in Atlanta, Macon and beyond including the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta History Center, Center for Puppetry Arts, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, Zoo Atlanta and more!
- Research assistance to meet all your needs from family genealogy, how to start a nonprofit or find foundation funding
- Programs and services for the whole family like storytime (at the library or stream from home)
Visit your library today and take advantage of the amazing ways libraries enrich our lives! Want to celebrate and help spread the word about Library Sign-up Month?
- Visit your local branch or sign up online to get your very own library card
- Invite your friends and family to sign up for their library card
- Join the “I Love Libraries” Challenge by trying something new at your library in September and sharing your experience. Everyone who participates will be entered into a drawing for exciting prizes!
- Follow and share on social media
- Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation: Facebook: @AFPLF | Instagram: @afplf_atl
- American Library Association: X (Twitter): @ALALibrary | Facebook: @AmericanLibraryAssociation | Instagram: @americanlibraryassociation | Threads: @americanlibraryassociation
- Fulton County Public Library System X (Twitter): @fulcolibrary | Facebook: @fulcopubliclibrary | Instagram: @fulcolibrary
- I Love Libraries: X (Twitter) @ILoveLibraries | Facebook @ILoveLibraries
