Saint Paul Public Schools new initiative, Library Go, provides a library card for every student!
Lilead Fellow Leslie Yoder and Saint Paul Public Schools, together with the Saint Paul Public Library, launch Library Go, a program to provide free public library e-cards for all students.
Lilead Fellow Leslie Yoder, District Library Services Supervisor for Saint Paul Public Schools
Library Go is Saint Paul’s unique initiative to achieve the goals set forth by President
Obama’s ConnectED Library Challenge, announced in April 2015. The ConnectED Challenge called upon library leaders of all levels and district administrative officials to work together so that every child enrolled in a school could receive a library card.
Library Go utilizes e-cards, eliminating the need to memorize numbers a well as the potential privacy issues that come with physical cards. The program provides free online tools for students, including homework help and access to dozens of databases.
The Lilead Project