What’s your library worth to you? Maybe more than you think.

Check out this list of some of the many services BCLS provides to our card holders free-of-charge vs. what they can cost you through other pay services. Many of these pay services you may be currently using or have used in the past.

BCLS Free Services                                                Pay Services

Kanopy Streaming Video                                            Netflix - $15 a month

OverDrive + Hoopla Audiobooks                                 Audible - $15 a month

OverDrive + Hoopla eBooks                                       Kindle eBooks - $10-$15 a title

BCLS Hardcover Bestsellers                                      Hardcover Bestsellers - $15-$25 a piece

BCLS Popular Children’s Books                                 Popular Children’s Books - $10-20 a piece

Ancestry Library Edition (In-library only)                     Ancestry.Com - $25 a month

Consumer Reports Online                                          CR digital subscription - $10 a month

Value Line/Morningstar Investment                            Morningstar/Value Line - $250/$500 a year

Brainfuse Online live tutors                                        Sylvan Learning Tutoring - $40 an hour

Mango Language Learning program                          Rosetta Stone Languages - $12 a month

OverDrive + In-House Magazines                              Popular Magazines - $5 an issue

In addition to all of these potential savings, your library card provides you access to discount tickets for museums, parks, campgrounds, and many other indoor/outdoor activities through the Michigan Activity Pass program.

BCLS offers all of this and also the great in-person customer service we provide in our branch buildings and at all of our programs and events.

For a fun way to explore what your library is worth to you, visit this website to calculate your savings.