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September Is National Library Card Sign Up Month
There are many different cards that you have in your wallet—credit cards, insurance cards, even a gift card. But do you have a library card?
There are many different cards that you have in your wallet—credit cards, insurance cards, even a gift card. But do you have a library card?
This September, East Brunswick Public Library joins libraries across the country in celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month. If you don’t have a library card, this is the perfect time to get one.
“For nearly fifty years, East Brunswick residents have been coming to the library to check out books, get their reference questions answered and attend events and programs,” said Jennifer Podolsky, library director, “But as a modern public library, we offer our library cardholders so many other great services.”
East Brunswick Public Library offers more than just traditional library materials. Some of the library’s most popular services include:
- Hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks, graphic novels and more available on demand from hoopl digital
- Health and wellness information from the consumer health librarians of the Just For The Health Of It program
- Access to over 150 popular magazines on your phone or tablet from the streaming service Zinio
- Business support and professional career services offered through the Business Resource Connection
- Digital video editing in the EBPlay Media Lab
- Borrow museum admission passes to museums like The Academy of Natural Sciences and Grounds for Sculpture
- Loanable technology like iPads and Chromebooks for children
“We’re lucky to have the support of the community and residents of the township, as well as the Friends of the East Brunswick Library and the East Brunswick Library Foundation. They allow us to provide so many different services and materials to the community,” added Podolsky.
East Brunswick Public Library cards are available to all individuals who reside or own property in East Brunswick Township. Residents applying for a library card can get one at the library in person during normal library hours with current proof of residency or a current tax bill on property owned.
In addition to using the library card at the East Brunswick Public Library, it can also be used at the twenty other libraries that are part of the Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium. A complete list of libraries can be found here.
As incentive for new library card holders, there will be a prize drawing for anyone who signs up for an East Brunswick Public Library card during the month of September courtesy of the East Brunswick Friends of the Library.
