[Sydney's Mom]

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

Sydney's Mom please check with them to see if they allow you to get a library card because you work in the city. It's like that in Ontario, Canada and is my understanding it's like that with other locations as well. I don't know them all obviously though & perhaps Chicago is different.

It's worth checking out. Our libraries ask that you bring in a paystub showing your work address or a business card with the work address on it then you're good to go. If you work in the city then you are contributing to that city through payroll taxes.

I just looked at the site & it doesn't seem like they offer cards for people that work in the city. Interesting! But they do offer use of the CPL if you have a card from a reciprocal library. Maybe you could look into that.

http://www.chipublib.org/howto/library_card.php

Here's the link to the list of reciprocal libraries and maybe yours is on there. +++ fingers crossed for you.

http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cp...ocalborrow.php

Thanks, Shopaholic, but there is no city tax in Chicago. Libraries get revenue from property tax, and since I don't own any property in Chicago, I can't get a resident card. I already have a reciprocal card - that is what they decided no longer works for ebooks.

I appreciate all the help, but I understand why I can't use CPL, and I am sure a lot of other Mobilreaders are dissapointed with this trend (I see Minn went the same way). Since publishers hate ebooks at libraries even more than pbooks, I am concerned about the future of libraries as we move closer and closer to a completely digital age. Of course we won't get there for some time, but it is coming.

This is just a love letter to Chicago Public Library. Anyone who is a resident should get a library book and look at their ebook offerings - they are great!