(18 Oct 2023) A new service that increases the availability of e-books at public libraries has led to a nearly 80 percent increase in borrowing in the first month since it was implemented, the Ministry of Culture said yesterday.
From last month, people are allowed to borrow 10 e-books from public libraries at a time, and the same e-book can be lent to an unlimited number of readers.
Prior to the new service, the number of times each public library could lend an e-book per month was limited and there was a limit on how many times the same e-book could be lent at once.
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