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Thanks a lot, xendula. I'll have a look now.
Austin, Brooklyn, or Philadelphia.. Difficult.. |
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BTW, I still can't find any French books on the Quebec site. What you sent me is their page toggled in French view vs. English view. I guess I need to know which of the systems have them, as they list a whole bunch of diffent databases, but for most you need a log-in, before you can see the collection. Ovdrive only shows the same 7 French books all libraries have in French: the H. potter series. Still looking... |
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12-09-2012, 12:59 PM | #51 |
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For me it's Brooklyn. 100% sure. I just looked up some stuff, and they have tons of books about this. This is going to be very funny. I thought Austin might be cooler. I always wanted to be a nice cowboy.
But now it's going to Brooklyn.. When I click this in Québec, I can see some frankophone books, and the page is in french. But this might depend on your computer system or internet settings, in Belgium or Switzerland they always try (and always fail) to give you "your" version automatically. So, I can see fascinating books like this one, but when I click on it, they want me to login to the system. So, obviously they have frankophone books there. Somehow.. |
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Mine offers 7, 14, 21
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You can certainly express interest in longer check-out times. When I worked at the library, they would consider patron input. |
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Most of the libraries in Washington have reciprocal borrowing, so your first step is to get a library card from your "home library". Then start getting cards from reciprocal libraries. The borrowing process is strictly online; but every so often, you need to actually visit a library in order to renew your card. |
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Yes; that's why I do it.
Here are the libraries I use most and the size of their ebook collections:
For comparison, here are the collections of a few other popular ones:
The primary advantage for multiple cards is being on multiple waiting lists. Then when it becomes available at one, I cancel the others. Additionally, some libraries carry books the others don't. |
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As an evil and greedy foreigner, I'd like to have the largest US-american libary, of course. I'd like to know if there's an even larger libary than Brooklyn available for foreigners. Austin isn't availble anymore for foreigners, I checked that. You need to be there in person.. Spoiler:
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To find out how large a particular library's ebook collection is, go to its OverDrive page and look at the options on the side. Under eBooks or Collections, look for "View all eBooks" and click it. Then near the top (just above the first book) look for "Search results". It'll say 1 -10 of xxxxx. That's the number of ebooks that library has. You can also filter your results by genre. Don't forget, some libraries have better collections of ebooks you're interested in than others; so the most ebooks isn't always the best option. |
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So jealous of Seattle!! I so want a Seattle card now!
The multiple waiting lists is why I have several as well, and the fact that there are some books only one of the libraries will carry. |
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