In this installment of the "Did You Know?" series from WPLC, we want to spotlight some information that library staff might be able to use with patrons who have questions related to long wait times, especially in Wisconsin's Digital Library/Libby.
“Why is the wait time so long for the book I want to read?”
“Why are books #1-5 in this series available, but #6-10 are missing?”
“Why can’t the library just buy ebooks from Amazon like I can?”
With over 350,000 copies of digital audio, ebooks and magazines and 9 million checkouts in 2024, it’s no exaggeration that Wisconsin’s Digital Library gets its read on! Wisconsin’s Digital Library is unique relative to other national shared digital collections in that the selection process is decentralized and shared by Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) member librarians.
The next major release of Libby will introduce a new feature called Content Controls.
Content Controls allow users to configure what library content appears in Libby, for themselves or for their family, based on the intended audience for each book, audiobook, and magazine in the library collection.
This feature is optional. When content controls are in effect, they apply to every library in the user’s Libby app.
