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Non-Resident Library Cards
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While the emphasis of this thread is to discuss out-of-state/country non-resident library cards, feel free to discuss anything related to libraries in general, such as borrowing strategies and downloading issues. If you run across libraries that aren't listed here, please post them. I'll then add them to the lists below and flesh out pertinent links and other key details. Index
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Non-Resident Library Cards -- updated 07 August 2024
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OverDrive Collection Sizes -- updated 23 July 2024
Largest Libraries -- updated 23 July 2024
over 100K ebooks
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Thanks, tm, for pulling this all together.
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Wow, this is an amazing thread! Thanks for aggregating.
I haven’t had Stark Library for long but it works fine in my Libby and the 20 checkouts / 30 holds limit is extremely generous. I keep tapping out my local library cards that only have 10 holds per card. |
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I don't usually use libraries, so I could be wrong about this--maybe bibliocommons is actually tied to Overdrive, somehow? If it's not, though, it may be worth mentioning for those who have a Kobo reader and were hoping to access books borrowed from there on their Kobos without downloading and loading through ADE. Shari |
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It looks like you can add the Washington County (Oregon) Cooperative Library Services system to this list. They have an option for $140 to get access to the e-library and physical books.
Library site: https://www.wccls.org/ Info on Card Types: https://www.wccls.org/types-library-cards Overdrive: https://wccls.overdrive.com/ 82,391 epubs 85,748 kindle 36,245 mp3s I also checked Seattle, WA and King County, WA. You can get cards for either of these if you live within the state (with a few exceptions). I don't see a general out-of-area option for them though. There is also the Oregon Digital Library Consortium that MANY Oregon libraries are part of. There are probably several libraries that offer access to non-resident members, I only looked at a couple till I found one, there may be others at lower prices. Hood River Library - $80/year Library: https://hoodriverlibrary.org/ Get a card: https://hoodriverlibrary.org/get-a-library-card/ Overdrive: https://library2go.overdrive.com/ 35,811 epub 32,151 kindle 17,695 mp3s Last edited by Dazrin; 07-28-2022 at 07:02 PM. Reason: Added Hood River |
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Ohio's Stark Library is switching from Overdrive to the Libby app in 2023. I find this library to be awesome when I've compared it to others. 20 loans, 30 Holds, 21 day loans, and 152,258 Kindle format books.
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![]() As to Seattle and King County, we're primarily looking at reciprocal borrowing. Though Seattle does offer a non-res card for $85, but only for those living within the state. BTW, Seattle and King County are 2 of the 6 libraries I belong to. |
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While the emphasis of this thread is to discuss non-resident library cards, feel free to discuss anything related to libraries in general, such as borrowing strategies and downloading issues.
Before getting a non-res card, check to see if your library has reciprocal borrowing agreements with neighboring libraries. These agreements allow you to get free cards form other libraries and they might have better collections than your library. |
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Multnomah County does have Hoopla available too. For Hood River, I would move that to one of the Library Systems in the 2nd post. It is part of the Oregon Digital Library Consortium (Library 2 Go) and doesn't have its own digital library. There are a lot of libraries in this system: https://library2go.overdrive.com/support/members I was supposed to be in Seattle all this week for work and my family was going to come with me to avoid the heat. Unfortunately it fell through at the last minute on Monday. We have had temperatures in the low 100s and upper 90s all week down here in Portland. YUCK! It's supposed to be this way through Sunday. |
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It listed "streaming movies, music, comics, TV and more" with no mention of books, so I didn't include it. Quite a few libraries have Hoopla, but only for video, music, and comics. It appears books are too expensive. Three of my libraries have Hoopla, but not for books.
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Yes, yes it is. Fortunately, we have AC. Unfortunately, it doesn't keep up at these temps but it's something. That's 100% why the family was going to come with me on my trip. |
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