{"id":15268,"date":"2016-09-06T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=15268"},"modified":"2016-09-01T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T00:09:38","slug":"september-is-library-card-sign-up-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/september-is-library-card-sign-up-month\/","title":{"rendered":"September is Library Card Sign-up Month\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"libraryA library card is the coolest card \u2013<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s libraries are about more than books. They are creative educational spaces for learners from birth to high school and beyond. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the Paulding County Carnegie Library (PCCL) system joins with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to make sure that every student has the most import school supply of all \u2013 a free library card.<\/p>\n

Librarians provide important resources to families whose children are at the earliest stages of development, by teaching parents and caregivers the components of early literacy which help children develop the basic tools for school readiness. As of 2010, libraries in the United States offered more than 2.3 million children\u2019s programs. For the past few years, your county library system has loaned over 200,000 items.<\/p>\n

Older students can access high-speed Internet, digital tools and the opportunity to work with trained professionals on how to use them. Libraries also provide equity of access to digital tools and media, which has become increasingly important in high-poverty areas where students are less likely to have a computer or internet access in the home.<\/p>\n

Resources at any of the PCCL locations are available to anyone who has a library card.<\/p>\n

For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit any of the PCCL locations or call 419-399-2032.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A library card is the coolest card \u2013 Today\u2019s libraries are about more than books. They are creative educational spaces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2301],"tags":[175,5801,12,59],"class_list":["post-15268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-carnegie","tag-library-month","tag-ohio","tag-paulding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t