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Norwood trustees flag inconsistent counting of electronic resources; library trims Hoopla collection
Summary
Library staff told trustees that inconsistent methods for counting digital resource use make year‑to‑year comparisons unreliable and that the library removed more than 260,000 titles from its Hoopla collection after review for collection development compliance.
Clayton, speaking for library staff, told the Board of Library Trustees that the annual report highlighted dramatic year‑over‑year changes in children’s programming but also raised concerns about how electronic resource use is counted across platforms. He said inconsistent counting methods — for example counting searches in one database versus title accesses in another — make apples‑to‑apples comparisons difficult…
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