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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agothey do want your passport to sign you up for the library system
Interesting. Here, a lot (most?) people don’t have passports, so they don’t even mention that as a valid form of ID to get a library card. All they want here is two proofs of address (utility bills work) so they know you live in the library’s jurisdiction, and they don’t record that anywhere AFAIK. In fact, if you have a library card from a different jurisdiction, you can generally continue using it, and if it expires, you generally just need to go in and ask them to renew (no proof of current residency needed in most libraries).
I guess libraries work a bit different here vs where you live.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
By “passport” I meant “the universal ID everyone has”, maybe it’s named differently where you are.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Ah, we call that a “state ID.” I can use it to travel between states in the US, but I can’t use it to travel outside the country. Most people just have a driver’s license, which is a state ID + driving endorsement. I didn’t get a state ID until I got my driver’s license, but I definitely had a library card before then (I think I used my school ID).
A passport, however, is issued by the federal government, is used almost exclusively for international travel, and must be renewed every 10 years (5 if you’re under 18).
Even then, most libraries don’t need a government issued ID, they just need picture ID and an address, and they don’t record it anywhere, they just want to make sure you do, in fact, live in the city you’re applying for a library card in (i.e. you didn’t just steal someone else’s mail).