How many times have you heard “I didn’t know the library had that”? Incorporating Hoopla records into your online catalog helps patrons and staff easily discover those titles. Providing easier access to Hoopla content allows libraries to:
- Improve patron experience through shorter wait times for in-demand titles
- Showcase the depth and breadth of your digital collection, including frontlist and backlist titles
- Support early literacy through better accessibility of more than 320,000 juvenile titles
- Expand community reach by enhancing visibility of more than 365,000 DEI titles and content in more than 115 languages
- Manage budgets more effectively through greater data transparency
The Power of Hoopla Instant
Libraries that offer Hoopla Instant provide immediate and equitable access to more than two million titles that patrons can borrow and enjoy—access that is boosted by loading records for the collection.
Hoopla offers two easy and efficient methods of record delivery:
Keep Hoopla Flex Records Up to Date
As a key component for one copy/one user collections, MARC records ensure added visibility for curated titles, many of which are temporary licenses. Hoopla Flex records help users discover new and older releases, optimizing your spend by increasing your license utilization while reducing waitlists and leading to greater patron satisfaction.
Keeping your catalog up to date with the newest Hoopla Flex title information is easier than ever. The Hoopla MARC system will:
- Offer improved records that include your library’s unique ID in the URL for future analytics reporting, as well as new fields for synopsis, narrator (for audiobooks), and subject headings that improve the search function
- Perform daily checks for Hoopla Flex purchases and license expirations
- Create add and removal files, upload the files to the SFTP server, and send via email, separating files by metered and perpetual per format
- Send one record per active title ID, reflecting each license type, regardless of number of purchased copies
- Automate requested customized record edits
Start with either a full catalog refresh—including a record for every active license—or with an incremental set of records. The choice is yours!
See how adding MARC records improved patron experience at Westminster Library in Colorado:
