I live in a small suburban city and next to much bigger cities. Our library is small and has agreements with the larger cities around us. I'm grateful for that because my library rarely has the books I want to read. My library is great about ordering books from other libraries for me and even purchasing new releases based on their popularity. But I must admit I visit the other two bigger libraries the most.
Thank you so much for this information. We live in a van (no real permanent address) and have a podcast that requires research. Buying all of those research materials for the e-reader can get out-of-hand. This is a perfect solution!!
I had missed this post previously and read it today. Your writing style has great clarity and I learn something each time I read. Our local library is cooperatively aligned with the seven counties in the metro area. The new year brings with it inspiration to have a reading goal as you described. The county inter-library system transferred holds from other libraries and I am in the middle of a fiction sci-fi short story book as a result. Your Newsletter has "poked me" to take advantage of the services so thanks. We are fortunate in my area as the seven counties are reciprocal although I only have cards for my county and the two large metro counties. I occasionally use the WorldCat system for oddball books and unusual reequests. I have been able to get books from libraries through that cooperative network. I bet that lots of library systems grant access to WorldCat to their users and it can help you find most anything. Probably not eBooks though :)
The limit does not exist.
Who knew you could join out-of-state libraries!
I live in a small suburban city and next to much bigger cities. Our library is small and has agreements with the larger cities around us. I'm grateful for that because my library rarely has the books I want to read. My library is great about ordering books from other libraries for me and even purchasing new releases based on their popularity. But I must admit I visit the other two bigger libraries the most.
I use 2 libraries without fees….one local and one county…but no out of state
Thank you so much for this information. We live in a van (no real permanent address) and have a podcast that requires research. Buying all of those research materials for the e-reader can get out-of-hand. This is a perfect solution!!
I had missed this post previously and read it today. Your writing style has great clarity and I learn something each time I read. Our local library is cooperatively aligned with the seven counties in the metro area. The new year brings with it inspiration to have a reading goal as you described. The county inter-library system transferred holds from other libraries and I am in the middle of a fiction sci-fi short story book as a result. Your Newsletter has "poked me" to take advantage of the services so thanks. We are fortunate in my area as the seven counties are reciprocal although I only have cards for my county and the two large metro counties. I occasionally use the WorldCat system for oddball books and unusual reequests. I have been able to get books from libraries through that cooperative network. I bet that lots of library systems grant access to WorldCat to their users and it can help you find most anything. Probably not eBooks though :)