Though the number of visitors is slowly ticking back up after the early 2020 shutdown, overall visitors are still way down at both the Cleveland Public Library and Cuyahoga County Public Library.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 did something that had never really happened in 154 years: It closed the doors of the Cleveland Public Library.
The county system recorded nearly 3 million visits in 2022, compared to roughly 5 million visits in 2019, according to library records and Chief Communications and External Relations Officer Hallie Rich. The types of materials that patrons want to borrow have also changed, with a much heavier preference for e-books and other digital media, like audiobooks, and music or video streaming.
Those changing preferences mean the county library has had to rethink the way it buys books and expands its collection, because digital materials are far more expensive than physical books. A physical novel may cost $14, but digital licenses for the same book may range from $70 to $90, and often expire after a few years, or so many checkouts.
For the Cuyahoga County Public Library, helping patrons bridge the digital divide has become an even higher priority post-pandemic, Rich said. The library recently sought and won funding from the Federal Communications Commission to help residents sign up for a federal program offering affordable broadband. It also offers a popular digital literacy training program for people in need of sharpening their internet skills, she said.
Rich emphasized the importance of such offerings and the social connections they provide, in light of the U.S. Surgeon General’s May 3The county library system is on-track to close out 2023 with as many – or possibly more – author events than it hosted in pre-pandemic years, she said.
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