Oklahoma: Tulsa Libraries See Fewer Visits as E-Traffic, Circulation Rise

From Tulsa World:

The increase of e-book holdings and new policies aimed at “reducing barriers” at the Tulsa City-County Library are among the reasons people are making fewer physical visits to their branches, library CEO Gary Shaffer said.
Year-to-date traffic numbers presented to the library commission last month show that — excluding the closed Central Library and the newly opened Librarium — the system’s 23 permanent sites have seen traffic decrease by about 4 percent so far this fiscal year.
The numbers, reflecting data through December, show that there were nearly 60,000 fewer visits to the 23 branches than during the same six-month period last year.

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