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<p>I am phasing them out as they appear on the weeding list and am no longer purchasing new audiobooks. </p>
<p>Two years ago, I made a display comparing the different types of audiobooks, and polled patrons about their preferred audiobook format. Libby/Hoopla were strongly preferred over physical audiobooks. I don't think I saved the survey results, unfortunately.</p>
<p>- Christina at Bucyrus</p>
<p>On 2026-06-10 09:37, Jodi Noel via OPLINLIST wrote:</p>
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<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">I am curious to know if other libraries are growing their audio book collections or phasing them out.</div>
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