Hoopla, one of the digital lending services allowing libraries to offer ebooks and other digital content, has helped drive the unassuming library ebook to success in over 1,600 public library systems. As a result, the promise of public service that libraries are built on can become even more relevant to an online generation. Hoopla is the digital arm of Midwest Tape, a lending service that has helped stock libraries with physical media like DVDs and audiobooks since it's 1989 founding by Jeff Jankowski and John Eldred. Hoopla is currently available in over 1,600 public library systems and over 6,000 individual locations across the U.S. and Canada. Better yet, digital lending services can counter the brain-numbing effects of a constantly churning newsfeed-driven information economy.

Source: Forbes March 24, 2018 15:56 UTC