Monday, April 23, 2007

30 Ways to Use Your Library Card


Libraries aren’t like they used to be –- now, they’re even better! Here are just 30 of the ways your library can enrich your life. Visit your library, and you’ll see the limitless opportunities that await you.

1. Plan your next vacation
2. Browse your favorite Web sites
3. Learn how to use a database or computer catalog
4. Reserve the latest mystery
5. Check out a DVD
6. Trace a long-lost friend
7. Learn about the history of your city or town
8. Prepare your resume
9. Get new ideas for redecorating your home
10. Attend a preschool story hour
11. Get the latest health information
12. Research the purchase of a new car
13. Trek to another planet in a science fiction novel
14. Learn the answer to a reference question
15. Research your term paper
16. Decide which computer to buy using a consumer guide
17. Check your stock portfolio
18. Borrow an audiobook for your next roadtrip
19. Use the library’s resources to create a new business plan
20. See an art exhibit
21. Find a recipe
22. Ask for recommended reading for teens
23. Make photocopies
24. Send or receive faxes
25. Get a book through interlibrary loan
26. Check out the latest fashion magazine
27. Get to know your librarian
28. Find the latest romance paperback
29. Find out the name of that old movie actor you saw on the late show
30. Find a quiet spot and curl up with a good book

The Abbeville County Library System
See us at our locations in
Abbeville, Calhoun Falls, and Donalds

Brought to you by
The Campaign for America’s Libraries

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