On a mailing list last week someone mentioned they had a subscription to the university library of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. It turns out that Dutch universities offer outsiders access to their libraries. The conditions may vary, I don’t know.

Utrecht University being nearest to us, I checked out if they offer a similar service. They do. Registering with them as an outsider is free, and that provides access to their digital and physical collections on-site. They also have a paid subscription that allows lending books.

I registered for a subscription last weekend, and yesterday visited the university library to take the needed administrative steps and pay. I now have a library card.
On-site you log in into the university’s wifi network, with your library ID, and then have access to their digital collections.

I look forward to exploring how this can aid my reading and work.

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