the smartest card is @ your library

THE SMARTEST CARD IS @ YOUR LIBRARY®: GET IT, USE IT AT THE SEVIER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

(Sevier County, Tennessee) - September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Sevier County Public Library System wants to make sure that your child is among the two-thirds of Americans that carry the smartest card of all - a library card. 

Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning. A recent study by the American Library Association also showed that families use libraries to spend time together. Forty-four percent of survey respondents report taking their children to the library for this reason.

"A library card has always been the most important school supply of all," says K.C. Williams, SCPLS System Director. "Kids can come to the library to get homework help and check out books, as well as use the Internet to do research and get access to the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) and many other research databases. There's a lot happening at the Sevier County Public Library System."

    For more information on signing up your child for a library card, visit the Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS):

• Main Library, (865)453-3532 located at 321 Court Avenue
• Seymour Branch Library, (865)577-7511 located at 137 West Macon Lane
• Kodak Branch Library, (865)933-0078, located at 319 West Dumplin Valley Road.

Alternatively, to find more information about obtaining your own card for lifelong learning, see the library's Web site at http://www.sevierlibrary.org/.