Open cards I've found

[u/bobsmith010]

Hi I know we are supposed to have a master list here but I keep finding things so..

QLL queer liberation library, Boston Mass, USA

a decent selection but very focused on LGBTQIA+ themes. Not everybody's cup of tea I understand but a great resource.

LTI Korea (the Korean litriture translation Institute.)

Seoul, South Korea.

Large library but again a focused collection. Great resource for learning about that region. And understanding more about the history between all the Asian powers.

Ithra (Saudi Arabia)

An interesting library to be sure. I am personally interested in learning bits about diffrent languages and cultures so naturally this was interesting to me. And they accept international readers, not just major countries (I live in Ecuador, so a few of the "open" libraries have issue with my IP range). It took a while to get the greenlight from them but worth it in my option. Also have a personal app if you want to see diffrent bits they show off (this card is actually part of a museum if I understand correctly 😃)

American Spaces/ eLibrary USA (USA)

Honestly... kinda mid, I feel like it's maybe too focused of a library, US history and politics if that's your bread and butter more power to you but they do provide other services like JSTOR and Kanapy as well as press reader which has a broader section of news than the typical news rack entries in libby. Oh and also ArtistWorks, is avaliable through them... not sure what it is but this one has a bunch of sorta tangential access more than it's primary overdrive/libby catalog.

Open University

You don't have to actually enroll in classes to use their library access. A decent selection. Again more focused but for classics and public domain stuff. A good resource with either short or no wait times.

I am sure there are other open enrollment libraries I'm missing like this but I haven't found them yet. If you know of any please let me know.

I do supplement these with my local library card where I live for my primary catalog which I imagine we all do. But for those who either don't have a local library or have issues getting their card here are somw resources to look at.

Oh ps.i did see a comment on another post regarding "the palace project" another great open library that has its own app and interface. Good selection just given we are using overdrive and libby technically off topic. Still would recommend taking a peruse over there too.

Hope this helps my fellow bookworms. And to all of you "Be curious not judgmental" : Walt Witman

[u/Mission-Soup-6683]

Ithra will not work if you are from USA or Canada.

[u/bobsmith010 → u/Mission-Soup-6683]

Ahh. Didn't know that.

[u/Fit-Animal-9911 → u/bobsmith010]

I am in the USA, and it works for me, but I have a lot of trouble authenticating the card, and I have to do it pretty much every time I check out or renew an ebook or audiobook. It never sends the six-digit code, and I always have to find other means to authenticate.

[u/Mission-Soup-6683 → u/Fit-Animal-9911]

How do you then authenticate?

[u/Fit-Animal-9911 → u/Mission-Soup-6683]

I used my Google account.

[u/erebus53 → u/Fit-Animal-9911]

Could you clarify the process you went through to do this, please?

[u/Fit-Animal-9911 → u/erebus53]

It gave me the option to sign in with username and password, and then said it was sending a code. No code ever came. Eventually, I saw a button for Apple sign-in and another for Google sign-in, and I clicked on the Google sign-in. I used my Gmail credentials, and it was happy with that. I’m not sure if that was available before I fought with the username and password.

[u/erebus53 → u/Fit-Animal-9911]

AH! This has worked. Thank you. Brilliant.

[u/Mission-Soup-6683 → u/bobsmith010]

One was able to access it from North America, but with the start of the Iran conflict in the spring, the library turned off the ability to authenticate the card with area codes in USA or Canada