Libraries that offer hoopla have access to more than 1.5 million titles that their patrons can borrow at any time, with no holds. Incorporating hoopla records into your online catalog allows you to leverage your complete library collection to meet community needs, creating an environment that will most effectively decrease patron wait times, increase patron satisfaction, and maximize your library’s budget for title acquisitions.
Advantages of Increasing Collection Discoverability
- Increase awareness of library services
- Drive down patron-driven acquisition costs by reducing interlibrary loan costs and avoiding purchase of duplicate titles
- Reduce patron wait time for desired titles
- Serve the diverse needs of your community by increasing patron and staff visibility to more than 365,000 DEI titles
- Improve accessibility of children’s content for all ages to help support early literacy
- Connect with multiethnic communities through discovery of titles in more than 115 languages
- Showcase the depth and breadth of your digital collection, including both frontlist and backlist titles
- Amplify access to emerging and independent authors and creators
- Draw in new patrons
