Pierce County Library System
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"How has your Pierce County Library System made a difference in your life?" See how people answer the question in these videos:

• We Love Pierce County Library 1
• We Love Pierce County Library 2

• “My library card unlocks a whole world of learning for my family!”
• “It is like going shopping for free! My family loves the library.... they are like family!”
• “I love reading and learning. What better way to do both without breaking the bank.”
• “My library card is my permanent ticket to get a bunch of FREE education and entertainment:)”

What do you like about your Pierce County Library card? Share on the Library's blog, Twitter or Facebook page!

People like the services available with a free library card during these economic times.

• “When I needed to take a license for a boiler test, the library had the books I needed to pass the test. I’m retired now and download audiobooks and e-books to my iPad2 all of the time. I am 65 years old and have had a library card from the time I was in the third or fourth grade.” -- Lawrence Becker
• "The microfilm reader at Lakewood Library has a digital capacity to copy this rare microfilm to a flash drive, a technology I did not know existed--neither did my professional techie son." -- Ruth Peterson
• "My family has always struggled to pay rent and have food on the table, so we've never had the money to buy a computer. The library gives me access to information and entertainment that would otherwise be unavailable due to our low income." -- Jason Rogers
• "I need the library to easily get books that my online school cannot mail to me in time, and I also enjoy using the library to get informative DVDs on topics I'm studying, since it can sometimes be difficult learning only by text." -- Felicia Kolhage
• "Libraries offer so many things that are helpful to me for school and job searching. I check out books for my daughter or movies. Having audiobooks on my phone has made downloading even easier." Kristin Wilcox
• "Free access to so many great reads!" -- Melody Scott
• "Downloading free music!" -- Gail Henricksen
• "Fabulous thing, a library card. Just picked up three new books, downloaded ebook yesterday, transfer to iPod for audio today, and was forgiven for thinking I'd returned a book when I actually had it in my car. What's not to like!!!!!" -- Becky Bianco
• "Being able to find books and electronic material online." -- Karen H Grew
• "Audiobooks, audiobooks, audiobooks! Whether it's CDs or digital, I love having classic books like "To Kill a Mockingbird" read to me." -- Sara Waters
• "Movies and online use!!" -- Marcie Mckee-Laudadio
• "The graphics on it." -- Carolyn Snyder
• "That I'm able to use it online." -- Christina Welsh
• "Overdrive on my phone!!" -- Jessica Reed
• "Perhaps the question should be, what *don't* I like about my library card? But then, I'd have nothing to say. ;)" -- Abbie Anderson