-=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 06-30-19  07:34 <=-
 -=> Quoting Nancy Backus to Michael Loo <=-
 
 NB> They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular
 NB> visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card
 NB> elsewhere... 
 BS> 
 BS> I can't recall what the requirement was for Anchorage, but I do have a
 BS> drivers license/voter ID with my address on them.  As to Lake Havasu,
 BS> they wanted a utility bill/property tax statement.  The town is full of
 BS> snowbirds, so the local government is very aware of us. 

And apparently doesn't do anything to make you feel special... 

 BS> No computer connection between the two systems that I can see, except
 BS> the on-line software is the same brand (slightly different interface,
 BS> but not much).  Ebooks are delivered to my gmail account by both
 BS> systems, and the Kindle handles it from there. 

Guess that works out well for you...  

 BS> As long as I have WiFi access, anywhere on the planet I suspect, it
 BS> did work from Europe a while back. GDPR has raised the possibility
 BS> of obstacles though.  It's an EU creation so I ran into it in France/
 BS> Luxembourg, but not Switzerland/Liechtenstein, and I can't recall
 BS> about Andorra but I think it's included, out of courtesy if nothing
 BS> else.

Guess it's going to be trial and error now... 

 BS> I say Anchorage, but it's really a state-wide library system.  Our
 BS> population isn't that large afterall.  I've checked out material from
 BS> Fairbanks to Juneau and points in-between.  Reserve it on-line and it's
 BS> shipped to the little library about a mile from me for pickup, they
 BS> send me an email telling me it's there.

That's a nice system... and understandable tha tit could be 
state-wide....  

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