Quoting Michael Loo to Bill Swisher on 06-15-19 08:01 <=-

Libraries are wonderful places*...lots and lots of DVD's available for

(snip)

*Which is why I belong to the one here in Anchorage and the one in Lake Havasu. I pay property taxes in both places.

Until last year I paid property taxes in Maryland,
but as there's no property any more, I guess I don't
qualify for the public library there - it's not like
they'd kick me out and the horse I rode in, but it
would be sort of taking advantage of the system if
I took out books there.

They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular
visitors... possibly based on whether one has a currnt library card elsewhere...

California is a diferent question -
you waltz in, and if you aren't a resident, you
pay $5 for a lifetime card (if you lose the card,
it's a buck to replace). I showed the librarian
my handicap placard, and the fee got waived.

That's a nice setup... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Michael Loo <=-

They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular visitors... possibly based on whether one has a currnt library card elsewhere...

I can't recall what the requirement was for Anchorage, but I do have a drivers license/voter ID with my address on them. As to Lake Havasu, they wanted a utility bill/property tax statement. The town is full of snowbirds, so the local government is very aware of us. No computer connection between the two systems that I can see, except the on-line software is the same brand (slightly
different interface, but not much). Ebooks are delivered to my gmail account by both systems, and the Kindle handles it from there. As long as I have WiFi access, anywhere on the planet I suspect, it did work from Europe a while back.
GDPR has raised the possibility of obstacles though. It's an EU creation so I ran into it in France/Luxembourg, but not Switzerland/Liechtenstein, and I can't recall about Andorra but I think it's included, out of courtesy if nothing else.

I say Anchorage, but it's really a state-wide library system. Our population isn't that large afterall. I've checked out material from Fairbanks to Juneau and points in-between. Reserve it on-line and it's shipped to the little library about a mile from me for pickup, they send me an email telling me it's there.


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