Library Card Sign-Up Month Toolkit

Press Release Template

Use the press release template to share the benefits of a California public library card with local media. Feel free to customize with information and resources specific to your library.

Social Media Messages

The California State Library has created social media assets to help libraries across the state deliver consistent messaging about the services you provide to your communities. Use the following messages and the images below to share the value of getting a library card.

Use the hashtags — #LibraryCardSignUpMonth and #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll — so we build a large, recognizable online presence.

  • Libraries — The best place to be alone together. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Libraries are community hubs for accessing essential information and wraparound services for health and wellness. They connect people to each other and the information they need. Sign up for your library card today! #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • If it’s not at the library, it’s nowhere. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • It’s #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. A library card gets you free movies, records, e-books, even tools. #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Want to visit a state park? It’s easier and way cheaper with a library card. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Access job search resources, music lessons, career skills training and free language courses with your library card. Work or pleasure, a card starts the journey. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Libraries bring people together with fun and informative programs, workshops and activities all year round. Price of admission: Your free library card. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Children learn through play and kids learn early from library story times and preschool activities. Give them the gift of a library card. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesforAll
  • Running out of ideas to keep your children entertained? The library has you covered. This #LibraryCardSignUpMonth check out all the fun and informative activities at your local library. #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • Give your child’s education a boost this #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. Let their curiosity and imagination soar at your local library. #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • A California library card can help you get a diploma, train for a job, expand your child’s education, learn a new hobby and provide a lifetime of entertainment with free books, movies, music, eBooks, magazines and thousands of programs. Sign up for yours today. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll
  • More than 20 million Californians have a library card. There are thousands of reasons why. Join the party. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #CaliforniaLibrariesForAll

Social Media Graphics

Customize these graphics with your library’s logo and information to raise awareness of the benefits of having a library card.

Comic book image of super hero with the text, I'm Unstoppable with a Library Card!
Comic book style image of a super hero with the text, A Library Card is my Superpower!
Illustration of a young child reading books and imagining animals, places, and activities. Accompanying text reads, Get a library card! Your ticket to the knowledge of the world.

Feel free to also use any of the images on the Value of Libraries webpage.