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Originally Posted by patrickt
I'm neither a librarian nor a systems analyst but why should on-line libraries be restricted geographically. Why should there be a co-op where library users from dozens of cities all share the same on-line resources?
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Because it's a really good idea and a way to share resources! (I mean, that's a reason why they _shouldn't_ be restricted, at least within the same general political jurisdiction. In the specific case of British Columbia, it also means that patrons of public libraries in the more remote rural areas have access to the same e-book collection as patrons of the big-city libraries.