Tompkins County Public Library

Friday, April 10, 2015

Libraries, Family Reading Partnership Launch Baby’s First Library Card Program

Tompkins County Public Library, in collaboration with the Family Reading Partnership, has announced “Babies Belong at the Library,” a county-wide initiative to encourage an early love of reading and libraries by providing every baby born in Tompkins County with a free library card.

The program, which launches April 12, was developed by the Family Reading Partnership, TCPL, and librarians from Dryden, Groton, Lansing, Newfield and Trumansburg, in an effort to connect babies and parents with library resources and programs.  Parents are encouraged to make the library one of the first places they visit with their baby.

Infants born at Cayuga Medical Center will receive their “Baby’s First Library Card” along with a bag of reading-related resources provided by the Family Reading Partnership prior to being discharged from the hospital.  Families of babies born before April 12, babies born at home, or families adopting babies, can pick up their card and bag at any of the six libraries in Tompkins County.  Cards will be activated during the baby’s first library visit.

In celebration of their collaboration, all six libraries have also agreed to waive fines on all returned board books.


For more information about “Babies Belong at the Library” or other TCPL resources for babies, children and families, contact the Library’s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275.

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