Genevieve Luthy

Absolutely.

Yes.

For libraries, we do pay a platform fee to be able to host titles on that platform.

And we do pay for the titles that we purchase.

But yeah, absolutely.

For patrons, it's free with your library card.

So I have a team of selectors who I actually have a manager of digital resources as well, who would be making decisions about the Libby platform, for example.

And then we have a team of selectors who are selecting the content, but that's both in digital content and print material.

They're making all the choices about what books and audio books we should buy.

That's a great question.

So there's all libraries and Calgary Public Library have what's called a collections policy.

So that talks about what we provide to the community.

And so in our collections policy, we have selection criteria.

Those are the things that we look at when we're deciding what to purchase.

And I would say for something, especially when we're making selection decisions in Libby, one of the biggest things that we have to, one of the biggest selection criteria is availability.

So you're probably aware that not everything that's available on something like Amazon is available for libraries to purchase in Libby.

For example, Project Hail Mary, which is popular right now, that audiobook is an Audible exclusive.

So the libraries can't purchase it.

Exactly.

Yeah.