Politics & Government

Santa Clara County Library Cards Now $80

Library cards held by non-residents of the Santa Clara County Library District won't work on July 1. There are ways of getting a card, including paying the $80 fee, but first of all, don't rush, if you don't need to check out anything right away.

For many patrons of the —and any of the seven other libraries in the Santa Clara County Library district—things will be changing, big-time, on Friday.

An $80 library card fee—with certain exceptions—goes into effect Friday for non-residents of the district who want to check out materials from the county library district.

The library board voted April 28 to charge a fee for the first time in the history of the library district, and the county librarian cited dwindling state contributions.

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"It's a whole new ballgame," said Jane Cronkhite, the community librarian at Los Altos Library, where usage by non-resident from Palo Alto and Mountain View is high.

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