Possible reasons why people use elibrary cards to which they’re not entitled, whether by residence or fee-paying.
- They’ve still got cards tied to a former residence, so why not? They’ll let them lapse when they expire, but in the meantime….
- Because they didn’t think it through; it seemed essentially cost-free to the issuer.
- Because they’re broke.
- Because the libraries they’re entitled to use by residence are poor and they weren’t aware of fee-paying alternatives.
- Because they can.
Anyone else?