August is National Inventors' Month and three respected national organizations would like to give you FREE display materials for your library. Go to www.inventorsdigest.com to sign up for your FREE materials. We are trying to reach as many librarians as possible.

Inventors' Digest, along with the Academy of Applied Science and the UIA-USA, are actively reaching out to librarians through state organizations and local libraries and offering free display materials to use during National Inventors' Month, a month-long celebration of ingenuity. Some of the items in the display packet are posters, banners, invention factoids, and bookmarks containing quotes from famous inventors.

Last year, over 400 libraries set up wonderful displays, many of which were targeted to inventions developed in their own towns and cities.

Now in its 4th year, National Inventors' Month will shine the spotlight this August on those talented, brave individuals who dare to be blatantly creative, and whose accomplishments affect every facet of our lives. "Everyone knows about Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers," says Joanne Hayes-Rines, publisher of Inventors' Digest, "but how many people know that independent inventors have created such modern society-changing inventions as the ATM, the disposable diaper, the Nike shoe, the laser, the 56k modem, the cardiac pacemaker, and Velcro."

To request the material, check the website at www.inventorsdigest.com and clink on National Inventors' Month - August. Click the box, "Librarian: Click here to order a free display for your library." Fill in the appropriate information. The materials will be sent in early July.

- Joanne Hayes-Rines, Publisher
Inventors' Digest