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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Chicago Public Library cut off reciprocal ebook borrowing several years ago. They said it took too much of the librarians' time to deal with all the issues. And even if I paid as a nonresident, I couldn't get access to ebooks. I got the impression that the librarians were fighting for their lives, and they needed to please their patrons, not people who pay a pittance to gain access. For example, I can join the CPL as a nonresident for $100-I currently pay almost $500 through my property taxes to gain access to my local library.
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I don't really care too much about the georestrictions issue - but I would be annoyed if I couldn't get e-books because they were going to non-resident cardholders rather than to the people whose property taxes are going to support the library (and I only pay $200).