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Old 09-04-2009, 04:04 PM   #27
thomman
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Where in the world do libraries charge entry fees? That's a concept I've not come across before. In the UK, libraries are funded by the tax-payer, but are then completely free to use.
I know many countries where they do have entry fee (not property tax - a formal library entry/membership fee). In US, it is, as Xenophon said, not an entry fee, but a valid photo id proving that you live in the service area. So if your local library does not have a tie-up with overdrive/netlibrary to checkout ebooks, you are out of luck(other than a few online versions - as documented at the mobile read wiki)
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