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The Smartest Card

What is the smartest card in your wallet? It’s a library card! The El Paso Public Library is joining libraries across the nation in observing September as National Library Card Sign-up Month. A time when we remind parents and students that the most important school supply of all is available only at your library. So come by any public library facility during September, get a library card, and check out what’s new.

Studies show that children who use libraries perform better in school and in life. Libraries contain all the information and resources necessary to complete even the most difficult homework assignments.

Library card of the El Paso Public Library

El Paso Public Library Library Card for Children

They are great places to spend time after school studying or just hanging out with friends. Libraries also teach responsibility, as the library card is often the very first card of privilege many of us carry.

What's the most imortant school supply of all? Its a library card! Get it...Use it... @ your library

Libraries are the people’s university! Thousands of El Pasoans use libraries to better their lives whether through independent study or through more traditional education such as English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, GED preparation, or citizenship classes. Libraries are less intimidating than more formal institutions of learning and thus attract people of all ages as well as people of all social and cultural backgrounds. No other institution offers communities and families so many different free activities and opportunities to succeed as does the public library.

A library card is easy to get. Simply visit any El Paso Public Library facility and bring a picture I.D. and proof of current residence.

Most cards are granted within the hour. A parent or guardian must accompany children younger than 14. El Paso Public Library cards are free to all residents of the State of Texas, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. See more information The cards are good for two years and may be renewed after that for another two years. For more information call you nearest branch library.