At the Annual Membership meeting in May, usage stats during the pandemic for Wisconsin's Digital Library were shared. An update of those stats, through June 2020, has been compiled.
The WPLC has seen checkouts increased by 23% from February to a peak in April. While May and June checkouts are lower than April, they remain higher than before the pandemic.
Both new users and unique users have increased as well.
The full stats with charts can be found here.
Did you miss out on the WPLC Annual Membership meeting last week, on April 29th??
Don't fret! You can view a recording of the meeting here: https://www.wils.org/WPLC/Recordings/WPLC%20Annual%20Membership%20Meeting%202020.mp4
Slides from the meeting can be found here: https://wplc.info/sites/wplc.info/files/WPLC%20Annual%20Membership%20Meeting%202020%20Slides.pdf
Wisconsin students are now able to log into Wisconsin’s Digital Library from the OverDrive school app, Sora, using a public library card. This feature is available without any action on the part of the public library and the users are subject to the circulation and checkout limits of Wisconsin’s Digital Library. The public library will receive credit for any circulation of those owned materials.
