In article <4a820953$1@news.povray.org>,
Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:18:28 -0400, Daniel Bastos wrote:
>
>> In article <4a819c66@news.povray.org>, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>>> I'd believe that.  Libraries are funded by taxpayer dollars, so if
>>> you're not a taxpayer, you typically would have to pay for a card (or
>>> just not be allowed to use the resources).
>> 
>> By the way, in Princeton's case, they didn't ask whether I was from
>> Jersey or anywhere. They simply said that if I was not a tuition payer,
>> then I needed to pay some 300 dollars per semester for library access.
>
> That makes sense, since a portion of tuition would go to fund the library 
> and its collection.

Hm. Are you saying that it makes sense for one to use a library if and
only if one can afford its price? (Or only in the Princeton's case? In
which case, why is Princeton special?)

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