I live in upstate NY (Rochester)(near the lake, not outside of NY City) and our library system is by county, fortunately I live in a large county and is the "big" county in the area. Thanks for the info everyone has passed along about borrowing e-books from the library. It's one of the reasons I am going to be a getting a Nook.
It is so annoying how they'll only have one book in a series, with no apparent rhyme or reason. Probably has something to do with purchasing packages.