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Library board caps Hoopla checkouts after surge in digital use
Summary
The Churchill County Library Board of Trustees voted to cap Hoopla checkouts at 15 per user per month and set per-item caps for audiobooks and ebooks after staff reported rising per-month costs and heavy local use; the library director will return with 30 days of updated data.
The Churchill County Library Board of Trustees voted to limit Hoopla digital checkouts to 15 items per user per month and to cap audiobooks at $2.84 and ebooks at $1.99 per checkout, starting May 1, to curb rapidly rising digital spending.
Library Director Kathy (name on record only as Kathy) told trustees, “Hoopla is an amazing service that we offer,” but added it “is unsustainable for a very long period of time because of costs.” She told the board the library spent about $3,100 on Hoopla in March and reported about 1,343 “instant” Hoopla circulations that month. Kathy said the library has roughly $11,000 in one‑time…
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