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Ebooks at Chicago Public Libraries Nearly Doubling in Popularity and More From CPL Budget Hearing

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From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Chicago Public Library patrons are downloading nearly twice as many e-books, audio books, videos and music than they did a year ago, fueling the need to license more materials to satisfy demand, a top mayoral aide said Thursday.

Library Commissioner Brian Bannon said items downloaded from the city’s website still represent only 3.2 percent of the 7.35 million items circulated through Sept. 30.

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Testifying Thursday at City Council budget hearings, Bannon also disclosed that Chicago’s first library amnesty in 20 years returned 101,301 overdue items worth $2 million to the shelves and welcomed back 37,509 patrons who’d “stopped coming” for fear of getting caught.

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