My sister lives overseas and wants to use someone's library card from the states too, but the problem with that is:
I can only check out 10 e-books on my online account at a time
I actually use my account all the time and am usually maxed out on checkouts
When I checkout a book online I have it set up to deliver to my kindle via my amazon account and devices - idk how it would work if someone else using the account wanted to check out a book - would they have to remember to redirect the kindle delivery to their amazon account and kindle device every time?
What you want is someone who uses their library card for physical checkouts only but doesn't use the downloadable catalog at all. Idk anyone who fits this description - maybe an older person who doesn't use the downloadable catalog?
This. I have considered setting up my mother, who lives in a small city with limited library resources, to use my big city library account for ebooks, Kanopy and Hoopla, but I couldn’t figure out a good way that wouldn’t cramp my personal library using style.
Some libraries allow non-resident memberships for a fee.
Mine does but at the exclusion of access to the digital assets which is the whole point of getting it for my mother.
That is just plain silly, because a non-resident is going to want digital not paper copies. Or else they are discouraging non-resident memberships.
The non resident cards are intended for people who live in the counties surrounding the city, who do not pay municipal property taxes that pay for the library, hence the fees, but can still walk into a library when in town and pick up books. It is not intended for people in another province, country etc.
According to the website, the license for most electronic products are purchased for the city residents only, and it sounds like it is with the agreement with the companies providing the electronic assets (like Kanopy, Hoopla, etc.) as much as anything else.
