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That's not a stupid question at all, and the answer is good news - YES, your use of our digital/streaming collections helps our numbers!

Both Libby and Hoopla give us numbers on checkouts that we include in our report to the state library every year (Anonymous numbers! We can see how many times a title has circulated but we don't know who is checking out what.)

Going to a library in person is, of course, great, but we're under no illusions that everyone can physically get to us. Don't feel guilty about being a digital-only user - you are not alone by a long shot. That's why we have those collections!

Of course, if you want to help your library even more here are three neat things you can do that probably don't require setting foot in a building (they don't for us, but your library may vary):

New Post has been published on https://www.aneddoticamagazine.com/the-uncensored-library-virtual-library-inside-minecraft/

The Uncensored Library: virtual library inside Minecraft

The digital home of press freedom

One of our most ambitious projects to date, The Uncensored Library is a virtual library, built inside of Minecraft to overcome censorship. In countries without press freedom, where websites are blocked, Minecraft is still accessible. We used this loophole to build The Uncensored Library. The library is filled with books, containing articles that were censored in their country of origin. Through this project, censored articles become uncensored books in Minecraft.

If you haven't tried out Libby and Hoopla, then you're only getting the tip of the iceberg on the library's offerings! Libby and Hoopla have thousands of books that we can't fit in the library! Plus, they're open 24/7/365. The library is always open on Libby and Hoopla.

[Animated gif: A stylized lighthouse in dark blues, with a flashing, star-like spotlight; a dark blue silhouette of a masted boat is immediately to its left.  The background is a paler blue, scattered with small white stars.  Text on the left reads, “Find your place at the library”; text in a dark blue horizontal stripe at the bottom reads, “Celebrate National Library Week/ April 19-25, 2020″.  The logos of the American Library Association, Library Champions, and Libraries Transform immediately follow.]

It’s National Library Week, and we wish we could celebrate it with our students in person.  But we’re still here, and so are you, even if we’re separated by the necessity of sheltering in place. While you wrap up your semester, we’re here to support you with virtual chat assistance, email help, video tutorials, research guides, and more electronic resources than you can shake a stick at, should you be inclined to do so.  (After all, they do say it’s important to keep active during lockdown.)

Turkish artist uses AI to share historical Ottoman archives