| ▲ | redwood 6 hours ago |
| Today I learned that Queens has a public library system that predated the consolidated New York City library system and fiercely fought to maintain independence rather than come under the control of a Manhattan-based system |
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| ▲ | justusthane 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Additionally, a Queens library card is available to anyone world-wide for $50 annually. I have a membership in Canada to access their digital library. |
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| ▲ | rsstack 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Brooklyn too. (Bronx and Staten Island being served only by NYPL, the “Manhattan” one) |
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| ▲ | lelandfe 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | And the consequence of this is that I have to get three different library cards haha. | | |
| ▲ | rsstack 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Another consequence is that on the Libby app you have better chances to find something available, and each one’s limits are separate! | |
| ▲ | PLenz 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The tbree systems in NYC also serve the entire state, not just the city. Any NYS resident can get a card at each. I do and use the e book systems for all at the same time even though I rarely go into the city these days. | | |
| ▲ | mixdup 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Seems that even as three separate systems, they'd at least just let a card from any of them work at all three. Or issue a single unified card and let that be the only point of commonality between them, if all other operations being independent is important to them Kind of like how many regions will have a unified transit payment card, even if it covers a half dozen completely independent adjacent transit systems |
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