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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh
I've gotten some Miles Davis, Brubeck, Hot Tuna, Joe Bonamossa - it's a nice benefit - I'm glad Cincinnati finally instituted a digital card without requiring in-person appearance. None of my other 8 library systems are offering Freegal yet. Cincy also has the best digital magazine setup, even loaning stuff like TV Guide...
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Hmmm . . . . I wonder if they will issue a library card to a non-resident (for a fee, of course) to someone like me? Someone compiled a list, located somewhere on this (MobileRead) site, of libraries that do that, but I've forgotten where it's located. I'll try to dig it up, if someone expresses interest in it. Some of the libraries
may give out cards free to anyone, I dunno. But they would be few and far between.
Of course, a person's best bet is to find libraries which have a "reciprocal agreement" with other libraries. All of such libraries that I'm aware of are in adjoining counties (the most common situation. at least) to a person's county of residence. In some rare cases, reciprocal agreements may extend statewide, or at least regionally, I dunno. The downside to me having the one card from a library, that has a reciprocal agreement with my library, is that I have to physically visit a branch in that other county once a year to get the card renewed (the trip to the closest branch takes about 40 minutes; issuance of the new card takes about 30 seconds).
Thanks for the names of the musicians. I don't recognize any of the names except Miles', and possibly Joe's. But once I check the discography of the two or three other ones, I'll probably recognize several songs that they wrote and/or performed. Of course, one or more of those artists might be one-hit wonders . . . .