eChanges Beginning September 1, 2024
Beginning Sunday, September 1, 2024 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County libraries are making the following changes to Libby and hoopla:
- Reducing Libby holds from 20 to 10 at a time
- Reducing Libby borrows from 20 to 10 at a time
- Reducing hoopla borrows from 15 to 5 per month
- Requiring PIN authentication to the Libby sign-in process
While the vast majority of patrons will not be impacted by these changes, we know there will be interest in why we need to reduce holds and check-outs. Below are a Staff FAQ and two patron brochures to help explain changes and answer questions that may come up.
Publishers continually adjust their library purchasing models for eMaterials. This page will be updated with information for library staff, including highlights to share with patrons.
Article — March 17, 2020, Publishers Weekly
Macmillan Abandons Library E-book Embargo
Article — March 6, 2020, Publishers Weekly
“Is Macmillan Reconsidering…”
Website post — Oct. 30, 2019, by John Sargent of Macmillan
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Email — September 21, 2019, by Wanda Brown, President of ALA.
With petition #eBooksForAll:
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Newsletter article — Sept. 5, 2019, by Mary Lee Hart of Northland:
Macmillan Ebooks and Libraries
Website post — July 31, 2019, by Laurence Deutsch of American Library Association:
ALA News
Email — July 25, 2019, by Cathi Alloway of Schlow Centre Region Library:
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PDF — July 2019, by John Sargent of Macmillan
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Email — July 9, 2019, by Hilary Lackner-Lewis of CLP:
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Email — June 19, 2019, by Overdrive, with link to video of CEO Steve Potash:
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