Jacob Shymanski

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Of course.

So I only mentioned just a few of the numbers that were made available in that press release in January.

Can you share with us the rest?

Because they're also super impressive.

Wow, 20,000.

Okay, what kind of programs are we talking about here?

And most public libraries do host programs like these.

Is 20,000 people showing up for these programs a high number if you compare them to other public libraries in Canada, if you have a picture of what it looks like?

You're almost more like a community center than this pure church of literacy community.

17.5 million checkouts in 2025.

That's across all the branches of the Calgary Public Library.

Is that a normal number?

Because to me, I was absolutely blown away.

I couldn't picture it.

That's an insane amount of numbers.

Put some perspective on this, please.

Can you talk about Libby?

For the people who don't know, how can you use Libby to check out books through your public library?

Okay, but the interesting thing is from the user perspective of somebody who has a Calgary Public Library card, but this is the same process for other public libraries across the country.