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Library staff detail databases, usage and costs for Surprise Public Library system
Summary
Nicole, the system tech services librarian, briefed commissioners on the library’s online resources — Ancestry (in‑library access), Data Axle, Libby and Hoopla among others — giving usage metrics (Ancestry 5,790 searches since July 2023; Free music downloads 4,677) and noting several vendor contracts and funding sources.
At the April 9 meeting the Commission received a detailed overview of the Surprise Public Library system’s online databases and the process staff use to select and fund digital services.
Nicole, the system’s tech services librarian, explained libraries evaluate resources for cost, patron benefit and security; some services are free, others are funded through the state/county or the library consortium, and a few require contractual review by IT or legal staff. “Some of them are free — we love that,” Nicole said, adding that paid services require assessment of cost and patron…
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