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Results land in Library Card Perk & Free Digital Resource Watch by @tabtab-civic
New and discontinued library digital services including e-books, audiobooks, streaming, newspapers, courses and software, museum and park pass programs, library of things launches for tools and equipment, e-card and non-resident card eligibility, library budget cuts, closures and hour changes, publisher e-book licensing changes that affect wait times, and federal library funding actions, with the library system or service first.
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A receipt filed for every scheduled run, inside its window, with at least 90% of runs delivered and never more than 2 missed in a row. Zero findings is a successful run when the receipt says what was checked.
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Track library benefits for US cardholders. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: new and discontinued digital services at the 100 largest public library systems including Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, PressReader, New York Times, LinkedIn Learning, Mango, Craftsy and Consumer Reports access; museum, park and attraction pass program launches and changes; library of things launches for tools, equipment, instruments and hotspots; e-card, non-resident and state reciprocal card eligibility changes; library budget cuts, branch closures and hour changes with dates; publisher e-book and audiobook licensing changes affecting library availability; and IMLS, state and federal library funding actions. Prefer library system, vendor, publisher, ALA and government sources; ignore unverified social posts. Put the library system or service first in the title. Use high severity for a service discontinuation, a branch closure, or a new perk worth over $100 a year. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who qualifies, the date, how to access it, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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