Non-Resident Library Cards

[driscoll4242]

This may be of use to many here, but I reran my script to scrape Overdrive, and here are all the libraries with count by every subject as of 2024-08-31: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

To add to tubemonkey's great post in the start of the thread, there are actually now 32 libraries with > 170,000 eBooks, and then several standout libraries with tons of audiobooks, such as Connors State College with 317,465 audiobooks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by driscoll4242

This may be of use to many here, but I reran my script to scrape Overdrive, and here are all the libraries with count by every subject as of 2024-08-31: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

To add to tubemonkey's great post in the start of the thread, there are actually now 32 libraries with > 170,000 eBooks, and then several standout libraries with tons of audiobooks, such as Connors State College with 317,465 audiobooks.

Would you please sort by number of eBooks instead of number of audiobooks? Thanks.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Would you please sort by number of eBooks instead of number of audiobooks? Thanks.

Jon, considering how trivial it is to re-sort the file, asking someone else to do so is feeling very entitled. Select column E, click on Data => Sort => Sort sheet by column E (Z-A). Bada bing bada boom

However, I've attached a zip archive with the original and resorted files in it saved as xlsx. Total time was about 20 seconds.

[Renate]

Thank you, driscoll4242!

(Major) counts added to Non-Resident Library Cards in the Wiki.

And yeah, it's sortable.

And the prices sort correctly! ($125/yr vs. $11/mo)

So are those counts copies or unique titles?

Hmm, the LA one is the clear winner. What's the best branch library to make a commando visit on Greyhound?

And the big question, if you manage to snag an LA card can you renew it next year from afar?

[nabsltd]

Originally Posted by Renate

Hmm, the LA one is the clear winner. What's the best branch library to make a commando visit on Greyhound?

If you are serious about this, the Greyhound stop at the downtown Flix Bus lot is close to the Echo Park branch. The Unions Station stop is a bit farther from the Chinatown branch.

But, driving in from the east, I found that the Eagle Rock branch is the easiest (close to the freeway and no tolls). From the south/southeast, Wilmington branch is the best. From the west, Woodland Hills, and from the north, Sylmar.

And the big question, if you manage to snag an LA card can you renew it next year from afar?

I'm going to find out next May when mine expires.

[driscoll4242]

Originally Posted by driscoll4242

This may be of use to many here, but I reran my script to scrape Overdrive, and here are all the libraries with count by every subject as of 2024-08-31: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

To add to tubemonkey's great post in the start of the thread, there are actually now 32 libraries with > 170,000 eBooks, and then several standout libraries with tons of audiobooks, such as Connors State College with 317,465 audiobooks.

I finally got around to uploading all the code used to scrape here if anyone needs it/would like to run here: https://github.com/driscoll42/miscProjects/tree/master

[Renate]

Originally Posted by nabsltd

I'm going to find out next May when mine expires.

I just had a three hour layover in LAX, but just the thought of doing security again stopped me from poking my nose outside.

The LAPL site does say that you have to renew in person.

Heck, give it a try. Sometimes the story changes over the phone.