library card services

[sidcharles]

looking for some motor-head books to read without buying or unable to get through your inter-library loan system?

try eBooks from a digital service to which your library offers free membership.

my local one offers Hoopla & another which i forgot. but it's pretty much a common thing.

get a card, find your card, read a free book from home!

Hoopla (digital media service) - Wikipedia

List of 10 Digital Library Services Companies in the US

[Ace-Garageguy]

"Read"? What's "read"? And this "book" thing you speak of???

[rattle can man]

Another benefit is that some libraries have "Tech labs" with 3d printers that you can use for a fee. I have completed the on-line course for my library, but haven't benn in to print anything yet.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

6 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

"Read"? What's "read"? And this "book" thing you speak of???

Must be some stramge new language 

[TarheelRick]

7 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

"Read"? What's "read"? And this "book" thing you speak of???

Oh now, come on. You know, that is what you do when you glance at an instruction sheet before throwing it away.

[bobss396]

My son is dating a librarian. I'm impressed with the array of services they provide, including 3D printing. You need to go to your local one and ask.

[Mike 1017]

I use the Free Libby AP which is connected to different libraries. I listen to Audio Books while I am building. I am not sure; I think you have to read books with a Kindle. 

Good luck

Mike

[peteski]

Good to see that libraries in the 21 Century are keeping up with the current technological advancements.  I still have my local library card somewhere.

[mcs1056]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

Good to see that libraries in the 21 Century are keeping up with the current technological advancements.  I still have my local library card somewhere.

Is that card...as is my Social Security card...signed by a nine-year-old version of the current adult?

[rattle can man]

our library is doing its best to stay current. they have computer course as well as the "tech lab" you can use the computers in the lab for various things once you complete their courses. Even a midweek farmer's market!

[peteski]

7 hours ago, mcs1056 said:

Is that card...as is my Social Security card...signed by a nine-year-old version of the current adult?

Not quite.  It is actually a more modern plastic card.  I got that one when I moved in 1992. Still pretty old.  The town library back then was in a small single story building. Now it's a large modern multi-story building, while the original  structure is used as a town's tax collector office.  Also funny that you mentioned the SS card.  Just the other day I was looking at that card made of cardboard, with a signature that looks nothing like my current one.

[Bugatti Fan]

Bill said 'Read ! What's read ?'

Isn't it what we do to understand the posts on here.?   Lol.     Well maybe understand some of them !

[Mark]

Next time I get a day off during the week, I should get back to the downtown main branch library.  I think the last time I was there was during a job search at least twenty years ago.  Further back, I remember going through microfilm of old newspapers, for a project where I had to write a report about the big local, national, and world news events from the day I was born. 

Hopefully they haven't remodeled it...neat Kennedy-era building with lots of wood paneling, high ceilings, reminds me of back in the day when all those things seemed to be better cared for and maintained.  It looks like how old guys expect a library to look...

[sidcharles]

as bobss396 mentioned, 3D printers are all the rage.

 

a lot of libraries have a MakerSpace which will guide you along the path of using one of these gizmos.

[slusher]

On 7/10/2025 at 10:43 AM, mcs1056 said:

Is that card...as is my Social Security card...signed by a nine-year-old version of the current adult?

I signed mine when I was 9 and still have it my dad got it for me…