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Sno-Isle Libraries: digital checkouts rise, hold limits tightened; Lake Stevens branch to offer dementia ‘memory care kits’ and move to new building on schedule
Summary
Sno-Isle Libraries staff summarized 2024/2023 circulation figures, explained recent reductions in Libby/OverDrive hold limits to control costs, outlined a partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association to create nine memory care kits for the Lake Stevens branch, and gave a construction update for the new Lake Stevens library (15–18 months; target:春
Antoinette, representing Sno-Isle Libraries staff, presented the 2024 community report and highlighted circulation trends and new services for the Lake Stevens branch.
Antoinette said physical checkouts at the district level remained essentially flat between 2023 and 2024 at about 3,360,000 items, while digital checkouts rose from 4,480,000 in 2023 to 5,240,000 in 2024. She explained a recent change to the Libby/OverDrive hold policy: the library district reduced the number of holds a patron can place on digital items (the presenter said the limit was reduced from 20 to 10) to keep costs manageable because OverDrive’s licensing model can force the library to automatically purchase additional digital copies when holds hit platform thresholds. Antoinette said libraries are…
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