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Saving Money with Your Public Library

Written on: March 4th, 2010 by: in Blog Posts

This story caught our attention recently- all the way from Massachusetts’ Cape Gazette:

A library card can be a real money-saver, according to University of Delaware Cooperative Extension educators. A family that spends $12 for two DVD rentals, $6.99 for a paperback and $27 for the reference book a child needs for school in a month could be spending more than $500 a year unnecessarily.
“Don’t give up reading or movies; rather, discover all the free offerings that are as close as your local library,” says Maria Pippidis, a family and consumer science educator with University of Delaware Cooperative Extension. “A library card saves you from pulling those other cards – debit and credit cards – out of your wallet,” notes Pippidis. “If you haven’t been in a public library lately, you may not know about the wide range of print, audio and video items that can be checked out, free of charge.”

You can read the rest of the story on the newspaper’s website, but here’s the end of the article:

“Best of all, the price of admission can’t be beat,” says Pippidis. “Anyone can visit a Delaware library and take advantage of the programs and services. To check an item out, all you need is a library card, which is free with proof of residency. Once you start pulling out your library card, you’ll find yourself using those other cards in your wallet less often.”

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