September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Started in 1987 by then Secretary of Education William Bennett, Library Card Sign-Up Month is a time to learn more about all the things you can do at your local library and to sign your kids or yourself up for a card. Celebrate with us by getting or renewing your Madison Public Library card. If you sign up in September you can take a picture with one of our BIG library cards at any location.
What can you do with a library card? We've compiled a list of 30 Things You Can Do With Your Library Card at Madison Public Library - one for every day of Library Card Sign-Up Month!
30 Things You Can Do With Your Library Card:
- Check out books
- Check out DVDs and Blu-Rays of popular movies and TV shows
- Use public computers
- Check out a laptop (in the library)
- Check out ebooks + audiobooks from home using Wisconsin’s Digital Library
- Find the right play for you in our many play spaces using our open-ended play materials
- Borrow vinyl records and a record player
- Check out magazines
- Check out video games
- Access business plans, market research and more with our online Business Resources hub
- Use a study room
- Check out Disc Golf Kits
- Check out a Birding Backpack
- Start a book club with a book club kit
- Check out DVD players
- Get 1-on-1 writing help on resumes, cover letters, applications, creative projects, and more from Madison Writing Assistance
- Get a BCycle community pass + helmet
- Visit other libraries in South Central Wisconsin to check out and return books
- Students can check out a graphing calculator
- Check out adaptive toys
- Educators can check out Maker Kits
- Educators can check out Early Childhood Stem Kits
- Read comics on ComicsPlus
- Try a craft or start a home project using one of 5 Fiskars Kits at Pinney Library
- Check out portable energy meters
- Watch over 30,000 movies, TV shows and documentaries through the Kanopy video streaming platform
- Read books in Spanish
- Visit a Dream Bus stop to check out books and movies
- Access our special collections such as World Languages, Art of the Picture Book Collection, and more!
- Get an Organization Library Card