• Re: libraries was: 534 et

    From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to BILL SWISHER on Friday, July 05, 2019 15:09:00
    Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 06-30-19 07:34 <=-
    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 current 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.

    And apparently doesn't do anything to make you feel special... ;)

    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.

    Guess that works out well for you... :)

    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.

    Guess it's going to be trial and error now... :)

    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.

    That's a nice system... and understandable tha tit could be
    state-wide.... :)

    ttyl neb

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