Yesterday’s Butler Eagle reported the Butler County Federated Library System has been forced to limit use of popular digital borrowing system Hoopla.

A limit reduction in permitted borrows per month is the result of increased usage across the library system’s nine public libraries.

When a library cardholder borrows digital media — such as movies, TV shows, e-books, audiobooks and digital comic books — the library system pays Hoopla each time an item is checked out, regardless of which location is the borrower’s home library.

Hoopla’s increasing popularity, its usage within the library system has doubled since last year, has led the cost to the library system to increase, pushing over budget just over halfway through the year.

The library is asking for donations to help allow it to cont

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