Do you normally seek read-alikes, or do you usually prefer significantly different books?

https://ocls.org/using-library/types-cards/what-are-types-cards/

Fee cards are available to anyone residing outside of our service area.

Privileges:

• Access to our circulating material on the shelf
• Remote access to databases
• Ability to take free technology classes in person or online
• Access to computer use in any of our locations
• Ability to place holds on ebooks
• Ability to place holds on items
• Reserve a meeting room or Main Library study room
• Access to Melrose Center computers and resources (access credentials for Studios, Simulators, and Fab Lab equipment required)

Fee cards are non-refundable and are available for 3 months ($75) or for one year ($125).

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https://card.ocls.org/using-library/purchase-a-fee-card

Purchase a Fee Card

Once you submit this application a card and bill will be sent to you. You can pay online by creating a PIN for yourself or by stopping in any one of our locations. Please note that fee cards are non-refundable. Once the payment is received and processed your library card will be activated.

If you're a resident of California, you can get a free card from most library systems in the state if you visit in person to pick up a card. Physical cards almost always have better privileges than eCards; and last longer before requiring renewal.

It's possible to pick up a good number of cards by completing one of the following runs, which include as many different library systems with branches as close to the others in the run as possible.

Expect to be able to complete 1 run per day, about 4 hours each, spending about 10 minutes at each library to get the card. On Saturdays, libraries have limited hours. On weekdays on which libraries are open, you have to deal with directional rush hour traffic that can slow you down so badly that your day may as well be over.

Check in advance not only for hours but also for closures due to holidays, staff trainings, events, renovations, and other causes.

Pre-register online with as many library systems as possible. Saving librarian typing time adds up over the course of a run.

Bring your CA Driver's License and proof of address (the License alone works on most, but not all, library systems). Check each system or branch library's website for acceptable documents, which often include utility and credit card bills. If necessary, you may be able to use your vehicle registration for this purpose.

"The big one" that everyone talks about on Libby is the Los Angeles Public Library system, the city card.

‽ = This system is only available on this run.

405 Drive

• OC Public Libraries › Los Alamitos/Rossmoor
• Long Beach Public Library ‽ › Los Altos Neighborhood Library
• Southern California Digital Library › Signal Hill Public Library
• “SoCal Swarm” › Torrance Public Library - Southeast
• Los Angeles Public Library › Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Library
• Los Angeles County Library › Lomita Library
• Palos Verdes Library District ‽ › Peninsula Center Library
• Inglewood Public Library ‽ › Crenshaw-Imperial
• Santa Monica Public Library ‽ › Pico Branch

Hillside Ride

• Irvine Public Library ‽ › Katie Wheeler Branch
• OC Public Libraries › Tustin Library
• Santa Ana Public Library ‽ › Delhi Branch
• "SoCal Swarm" › Buena Park Library District
• Fullerton Public Library ‽ (self system)
• Southern California Digital Library › Placentia Library District
• Yorba Linda Public Library ‽ (self system)
• Los Angeles County Library › Diamond Bar Library
• San Bernardino County Library ‽ › James S. Thalman Chino Hills Branch
• Riverside Public Library ‽ › La Sierra Branch

Valley Rally

• Los Angeles Public Library › Woodland Hills Branch Library (start of run option)
• City of Thousand Oaks Library ‽ › Newbury Park Branch Library
• "SoCal Swarm" › Camarillo Public Library
• Oxnard Library ‽ › Oxnard Main Library
• (optional: Ventura County Library › Saticoy Branch, which is not on Libby but you pass right by it so you may as well get it)
• Black Gold Cooperative Library System ‽ › Blanchard Community Library
• City of Santa Clarita Public Library ‽ › Valencia Branch
• Los Angeles County Library › Stevenson Ranch Library
• Burbank Public Library ‽ › Burbank Central Library
• Pasadena Public Library ‽ › San Rafael Branch
• Los Angeles Public Library › Arroyo Seco Branch Library (end of run option)
• Southern California Digital Library › South Pasadena Public Library