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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
When I moved to the area, I did have to pay for my library card because the small subdivision I was in was juuuust outside city limits, so I wasn't taxed for library use. I had to pay 15 dollars a year and then 20 a year. Eventually that was rolled into a water tax and I now pay 6 dollars a month for the library use. Some libraries don't have an ILL fee; some do. The Austin library (right next to mine) doesn't so long as they get the books from their MUCH larger group of libraries. The 2.50 basically covers the cost of the library mailing the book to/from.
It's still the best deal going. The only inconvenience is that the book has to go back when it has to go back and I can't re-check it. So that means getting it read or the 2.50 is a waste. But I can live with that. It's still a pretty darn good bargain.
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My parents were cheapskates, and the city library really didn't like us folks who live "out in the county." They still don't really like us, but it'd look bad if they cancelled the current program that lets kids who go to school in the city get city cards.