library card signups

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Sevier County Public Library System wants to make sure that all children in Sevier County have the smartest card of all – a library card.  
Public library programming and books for children make a difference in the lives of students. By providing school-age children with engaging programs and amazing collections, students from all backgrounds become excited and enthusiastic readers.
For preschool children, the story time introducing great books to our children will resume at the Seymour Branch Library, 137 W. Macon Lane, on September 13 at 11 a.m.
“A library card has always been the most important school supply of all,” said K. C. Williams, System Director. “Today’s libraries are thriving technology hubs that millions rely as either their first or only choice for computer and Internet access.
“In doing so, libraries provide children with not only the tools to be literate, but information literate as well.  
“There’s a lot happening throughout the Sevier County Public Library System, and the best part for both children and parents – in these though economic times - is that it’s all free with a library card.”
 Getting a library card is easy.  Anyone from birth can get a library card; parents will need to sign for children under the age of 18. A current picture ID for adults with correct address is required to complete the registration.
Observed since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.  
For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit the the SCPLS Seymour Branch Library, (865) 573-0728, at 137 W. Macon Lane in Seymour or online at www.sevierlibrary.org.