1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogALSC Advocacy and Legislation Committeehttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/alsc-advocacy-and-legislation-committee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="58wxHqydZr"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2019/09/advocacy-and-the-library-card/">Advocacy and the Library Card</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2019/09/advocacy-and-the-library-card/embed/#?secret=58wxHqydZr" width="600" height="338" title="“Advocacy and the Library Card” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="58wxHqydZr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Happy Library Card Sign-Up Month! As Summer Reading winds down, we shift focus to signing children up for library cards while they head back to school. In past years, my coworkers and I participated in Library Card Sign-Up Month by visiting kindergarten classrooms to deliver library cards. This year our effort has stayed in-house. Some libraries roll out ad campaigns, focusing on library cards as an essential back to school accessory, while others give out free books or set up booths at local markets. Regardless of how your library participates, Library Card Sign-Up Month is an excellent time to advocate for the importance of a library card. Informing people about all of the resources they can access with their card is advocacy at its most basic. What other chance do we get to talk with people about how the library can personally help them? If you are looking for more...https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lcsum19-digital-social-EXTRAS-3-woody-instagram-share-300x300.jpg