(13 May 2022) Readers have to wait over a year to borrow electronic books from public libraries as demand surged during their prolonged closure during the fifth Covid-19 wave, according to the Ombudsman yesterday.
Overall use of seven e-book collections in public libraries rose significantly by more than 250 percent, from about 960,000 times in 2019 to about 3.4 million times in 2020.
As expected, the waiting lists for some of the more popular e-books were extremely long, with readers having to expect a months- or even years-long wait before they can borrow the item.
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