In a message of , Donna Ransdell (1:202/211) writes: 
 >public library. The only alternative, I suppose, is ILL - but even that 
gets 
  >expensive. (Sometimes it is actually cheaper to buy the book!) Anyone have 
 >any ideas on this?
Are you in a support group?  Some have libraries made up of the no longer 
needed, or as joint purchases out of dues or fund raisers.  Others with 
newsletters have want-to-read ads.  Our group just made a $750 combined 
purchase from the John Holt catalog - which got us a 20% discount and no 
shipping fees.  We had a show and tell day first to see other people's copies 
of books we might wish to purchase, or to trade or to coordinate with (if you 
get x then I'll buy y.) 
Also, are there other libraries you can use?  We have systems in Wisconsin.  
I'm in a 4 county system and my card is good at any library in the system 
even though it is a city of Neenah card.  I can also read in the local 
university libraries, or find a title there, get an item request card from my 
public library and check the one item out of the university library.  The 
private library sells townsperson cards for $25/year so that I can check lots 
of things out in a year's time.
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