I am a former school librarian and I use the public library ALL the time. I order books from all over the state practically. I have a card for my local area consortium. Another library consortium card and the BPL (Boston). If they don't have what I want (I am also our guild librarianand we just ordered 16 NEW titles)-and no they weren't MY choices--I ask the guild members to make suggestions). I will order from Amazon(usually used to save $) I always have books on hold and love getting the call to pick them up. I am about half a mile away and they joke about how fast my husband picks them up for me!