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    <h1>Libraries</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
  (date 2025-06-25)
  (category <a href="../../notes.html">culture</a>)
  (status <span class="status-growing">growing</span>)
  (confidence certain)
  (importance 9)
  (tags personal libraries reading-lists))
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    <p class="preview">a list of resources offered by libraries, databases, courses, news, ect.</p>
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<h2>On Libraries</h2>
<p>There are aprox. 120,000 public libraries in the United States. Public Library Outlets outnumber McDonalds by about 3 to 1. Pre-pandemic, libraries
in the U.S. received more than <strong>1.25 billion visits</strong> annually in 2019. That dropped to <strong>671 million</strong> in 2022, a roughly 46% decline in visits.
In 2012, public libraries circulated over <strong>2.3 billion</strong> items, including books, DVDs, and audiobooks. By 2022, that number had dropped to <strong>1.4 billion</strong>, a 39% decline.
One of the most important resources to communities are going underutilized, and that is a great shame.
This post is a guide for the person who wants to get the mostt out of their local library. I will try my best for comprehensive coverage of libraries, their resources, and how
to access them.</p>
<h2>Digital Media (eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies, Music, ect.)</h2>
<h3>Libby (OverDrive)</h3>
<p>A digital lending platform (via the Media on Demand consortium) offering a large collection of popular titles.
Patrons can borrow eBooks, audiobooks, comics, and magazines with their library card.</p>
<h3>Hoopla</h3>
<p>An on-demand digital media service with instant access – no waits – to a broad selection of titles.
Patrons can stream or download content across multiple genres and media formats.</p>
<h3>Kanopy</h3>
<h3>Comics Plus</h3>
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