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From: (Susan Petersen in Northern California)
Subject: Re: [Godfrey Lib-H] Re: Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:03:27 +0000


Joan,

Here in CA, at least, the libraries are run by the county or city. In most cases you have to be a resident of THAT county or city. Alameda County allows anyone living, working or attending school in CA to have a card. The catch, as it were, you have to show up in person to get that card.

Also the small town I live in doesn't have ancestry or HeritageQuest. We are part of the Sacramento system, but another lister informs me Sac doesn't have them either.

There is a library and hour away that has them, but I need to check their residency policy.

Susan
Sutter County, CA

Susan
Sutter County, CA
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>
> In a message dated 6/10/2006 1:32:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> It would seem to me some arrangement could be made for elderly and/or
> disabled researchers to have library cards if a group could petition
> the city officials to allow the libraries over which they have
> jurisdiction to accept a written application for ea. person wanting a
> library card.
>
>
> The one thing I'm not grasping is -- aren't the local county libraries a
> part of the state library system? Couldn't someone meet the "in person" test
> at
> any library in the system?
>
> Joan
>
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