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Originally Posted by DNSB
I was looking at the 2018 annual report from one local library. Over the last 4 years the number of pbook checkouts (2015-2018) has dropped while the number ebook checkouts has climbed. Oddly, pbooks show a drop in adult and youth checkouts but an increase in the use of in-library resources.
We might want to meander into the realm of audiobooks where Audible has a policy of no library sales. For one local library, this meant the speaker at their grand opening of their new building had none of her audiobooks available in the library.
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Are there multiple companies that produce audiobooks? My library has lots & continues to increase their audiobooks availability.
"My" library also have a row of computers for people to use & another row of computers that is "for browsing the catalogues". At my local library, last I saw, was 2 self checkout stations for pbooks; each station had 3 spots for the people to do the checkout via card & pin.
Also the storage space has been lowered for the pbooks but DVDs/CDs had more space allocated. Streaming doesn't work for Classical Music or Operas as they seem to be just segments, chopped up.