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Cincinnati Public Library prepared to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines Share Updated: 8:32 PM EST Jan 28, 2021 Share Updated: 8:32 PM EST Jan 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ON THIS PANDEMIC. REPORTER: AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO GET COVID VACCINES INTO PEOPLE’S ARMS AS QUICK THE POSSIBLE WE NEED TO BE USING , EVERY WEAPON WE HAVE IN OUR ARSENAL. AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE A STRANGE PARTNER, THE PUBLI LIBRARY HAS A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH HAMILTON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REGARDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE. >> IT’S ACTUALLY WHAT WE DO IN THE LIB...

1:05 Schools are also relying heavily on e-books during remote and hybrid education. Digital reading platform OverDrive reports an 80% increase worldwide in school e-book and audiobook usage. The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library saw dramatic increases in e-book and e-audiobook usage over the past eight years, but Holbrook Sample, chief technology and logistics officer, says usage spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. "Year-over-year in November, for e-books themselves, we were up 23% and digital audiobooks were (a) 10-12% increase year-over-year," says Sample. "We've definitely s...