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Originally Posted by issybird
Stark Library's denial of access to OverDrive is getting very old.
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I really don't understand a library that charges for a non-resident library card and then says "oh, yeah, you can't use this card for anything that doesn't require your physical presence". Maybe it makes sense for a city right near the state border, with a lot of people who come into the city for work or play. In the case of employment, though, many libraries will give you a free card if you work in the area they service, even if you don't live in that area.
Even before eBooks, though, I suspect the number of people who wanted to check out physical materials from a library where they were considered "out of area" was pretty small. If a library had something special you needed for research, it likely wasn't circulating, so you had to read while in the building, so didn't need a card.