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Get Carded
What is Get Carded!?
Get Carded! is a library card campaign for middle and high schools in Multnomah County, presented by the Multnomah County Library School Corps. We want every student, faculty and staff member in the county to have a Multnomah County Library card.
A library card is the key to the fullest use of Multnomah County Library's information resources. In addition to being able to check out public library materials, students and teachers who have Multnomah County Library cards are able to access many of the library's databases (including The Oregonian, Teen Health and Wellness, World Book Encyclopedia, and Gale's Literature Resource Center) from school or home, place holds on Multnomah County Library materials, and use the Internet when they visit the public library.
Get Carded! will run from March 1 through April 16, 2010.
Get Carded! is made possible in part by The Library Foundation.
How can I sign up?
The 2010 Get Carded campaign is over, but School Corps will offer this program again in a few years.
Where do I send library card applications?
Turn in the applications to your school's Get Carded! coordinator. Coordinators can send completed library card applications to:
Multnomah County Library School Corps
205 NE Russell
Portland, OR 97212
Applications can also be dropped off at any Multnomah County Library branch. Remember that if students are under the age of 13, library card applications must be signed on the back by the student and parent before they are submitted.
What will I get?
Students and teachers who already have Multnomah County Library cards or who apply for them during Get Carded! will receive a coupon card with offers from the following area businesses:
- AMF Bowling Centers
- Ben and Jerry's
- Bridge City Comics
- Buffalo Exchange
- EXIT Real World
- Fat Straw
- HOTLIPS Pizza
- Oaks Park
- Papa's Pizza Parlor
The offers will be good for the month of May 2010. Coupon cards are not available at local libraries; they can only be earned through the School Corps program.
Other frequently asked questions
- What about students and teachers who already have cards?
They don't need to fill out applications. Just tally the number who have cards and give it to your school's Get Carded! coordinator, who will submit it to us. These students and teachers will also receive coupon cards. - What about students who have had cards but have lost them?
Have them fill out applications, and we will make them new cards. There is no charge. - What about students who live in another county?
Residents who live in Multnomah County Library's free service area can get cards through our reciprocal borrowing agreement. Residents of other areas would have to pay for cards, so they are ineligible for this program. - Is there anything like this for elementary school students?
Yes. The Great Library Card Adventure, a library card campaign for K-5 students, occurs every fall.
What were the results of Get Carded!?
We issued 670 library cards through Get Carded!, and more than 4000 students received discount cards.
