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Director outlines digital resources, Libby usage trends and plans for Spanish-language acquisitions

5843002 · September 23, 2025
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Corey Bridal reviewed the library's digital offerings (Libby, Kanopy, ancestry.com) and reported usage trends and outreach efforts, including a longstanding program that gives a free book to every kindergartner and a possible grant to send staff or district representatives to the Guadalajara Book Fair to buy Spanish-language materials.

Library Director Corey Bridal gave a summary of the library's digital services and usage trends. She identified Libby as the library's largest digital expense and said circulation has shifted over the past five years from more ebook checkouts to proportionally more eaudiobook checkouts. Bridal said the library's physical-circulation figures and e-material checkouts are tracked separately and that recent annual figures approximate 30,000 physical…

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