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Local lawmaker introduces bill to reducing e-book digital costs

A local lawmaker has introduced a bill to reducing e-book digital costs to better support Connecticut’s libraries.  Newtown Senator Tony Hwang says libraries are facing ever-increasing budgetary shortfalls, but are important community cornerstones and resources.  A public hearing was held on the bill and lawmakers heard about the challenges libraries face to balance providing virtual and in person visitors with cutting edge materials.  Hwang says Connecticut public libraries now receive an average of only 1-point-15 percent of municipal budgets to provide needed services to the communities they serve. According to the State Library, the cost to obtain an eBook license is twice what it costs to purchase a hardcover copy of the same resource and these licenses often expire after a set period of time or number of uses. An audio version that can be accessed by those with vision or other reading impairments, can be 4x greater still.

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