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Eagle Public Library reports record circulation, shifts vendors after Baker & Taylor exit
Summary
Library staff told trustees the system closed the year with 758,000 combined physical and digital checkouts and described an industry disruption after longtime distributor Baker & Taylor went out of business; the library plans to move most standing orders to Ingram with Amazon as a contingency.
Eagle Public Library staff told the Board of Trustees on Oct. 15 that the library closed its fiscal year with 758,000 combined digital and physical items checked out, and that the library is changing how it buys books after distributor Baker & Taylor ceased operations.
Library staff said the circulation figure — described at the meeting as “by far the busiest year that we’ve had” — reflects both digital and physical items. The staff presentation included an infographic summarizing the totals.
The staff report then turned to publisher and distributor relationships. “Baker and Taylor, the library's principal vendor of print materials, is going…
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