10-10-2012, 08:17 PM | #31 |
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Once an applicant submits the online application for BPL, they send an email with an electronic version of the nonresident card, complete with barcode number and instructions for creating a pin number, paying the card fee (credit card only) and submitting State I.D. for verification. They offer the options of faxing or emailing a copy of I.D. (I simply took a photo of my driver's license and emailed that).
The email further states that, "You will have full access to the Library 3 days after payment and I.D. are verified". Actually, the whole process probably took less than an hour before I was checking out titles (15 out at a time, 10 for hold). They're mailing my actual library card separately. |
10-10-2012, 08:48 PM | #32 | |
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Anyone who lives, works or attends school in New York State is eligible for a NYPL card. There could be many such cards around. I was wondering how they "link" the cards. Is it automatic or only in person? |
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I suppose that, in theory, they could ask for ID, or they could do a computer check to see if you had any outstanding Brooklyn fines, at which time your New Jersey address might show.
Someone like you or me, from fairly nearby out of state, could try it. However, I have no plans to be in New York until late January. Quote:
Brooklyn and Queens residents are still welcome to apply for a New York Public Library card. Additionally, as a courtesy to other New York City library users, Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Library cardholders may use their existing card, once it is linked to The New York Public Library. Visit any NYPL location in person to link your card. |
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OK, that's pretty far-reaching, but FWIW, none of the libraries in my state allow 'linking' from one city to another. All privileges are free, but one has to apply in person at every single library across the state. |
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It seems both Brooklyn and NYPL have similar policies and systems. According to the NYPL's website, all temporary cards have 7 digits. The permanent ones have 11 which you receive after validation. This you did by email. NYPL allows this also.
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When you go to an out of county Pennsylvania library, and take out books for the first time, they either give you one of their cards, or link your out of county bar code into their system. In my experience, if they link your home library card, it will not work for Overdrive in their county. But if they give you one of their cards, it will almost always work for Overdrive. New York State is a little different. They have no general guarantee that every state resident can use every public library, even for paper books. I have no idea whether a linked Queens or Brooklyn card would allow borrowing New York Public Library eBooks. Is there any New York City resident here who can easily check? |
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Does anyone know if a non-resident card (another country) allows for full
access to the ebooks at Brooklyn Library? I've written and asked them but so far there's no reply. I'm really keen to get a membership at one of these libraries before they decide to withdraw them to non-residents, which seems to be happening in some cases. |
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I just called the Brooklyn Public Library for you and they informed me their non-resident memberships are limited to the U.S. only.
Sorry. |
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Not an ebook.....but another perk to the Free Library of Philadelphia is their "freegal" music service. You can download, and save to your computer 3 free songs a week from the sony catalog. They have all kinds of music, including current hits
checkout the link under music downloads http://search.freelibrary.org/digitalmedia.cfm Use your FLP card and pin Last edited by brdwygurl; 10-13-2012 at 04:19 PM. Reason: spelling |
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DianNC thanks so much for phoning the Brooklyn Library for me ., it was very nice of you to do so And SteveEisenberg I emailed them about the full use of their ebooks about 4 days ago.
Now I am really really confused. Their website indeed allows for international members and this is the response I had to an earlier email I sent them a week or so ago - "Thank you for your interest in obtaining a Brooklyn Public Library Card. We accept international request but they are done through our Circulation Department. " Then they went on to explain what to send them, which is as has been posted above. It seems there could be a lack of communication within the library itself ,I don't know. Or - gulp - they are about to do what Singapore Library has just done, withdraw the international membership. Could be I'm on another horse that's bolting. Anyway I'll email them again and try to get some clarification. |
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Good luck. From the website info, it sounds as if she may have been wrong |
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Did you notice the Freading service? FLP (and my local library) offer this and apparently you get 2 tokens a month to "rent" books with (Adobe DRM EPUB and PDF). Looks like most of the books cost 1 or 2 credits although I saw several Dilbert books that were 4. It's unclear if the credits expire at the end of the month or you can build them up. I got a Dilbert book with my FLP credits. Once I get my PIN from my local one I should be able to tell more. Update: Figured out my local library's PIN and logged into both Freegal and Freading with it. Looks like Freading is run by the same people as Freegal. I have 5 credits on that Freading account, but since this is the first time I've logged in there, I'm not sure if those are built up or new (I've been a patron of this library since January 2011). Update 2: Updated the post to indicate that the tokens aren't used to "purchase" the book, but more to "rent" it. From the FAQ: Quote:
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I'm also waiting for answer from Brooklyn, and checking other libraries. Katel have you by any chance tried Houston library?
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