<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>My disappointment as a Freegal user was that so many of their selections were knock-offs of the originals. Or cuts made by the original artists, but not the cut released to the broader public. Sometimes I liked these better, but I still wanted the official version. On the other hand, it <em>is </em>free.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>At the same time, I don't sense that our patrons use Freegal very much. I am in the process of trying to get usage stats, but haven't gotten very far on that yet. I'm basing this mostly on the fact that I've never had a question about Freegal, but maybe that's only a testament to its ease of use???</div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><span style="font-family:'georgia' , serif;font-size:13pt"><em>Deb Hemmye</em></span><br><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:11pt">Library Director</span><br><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:11pt">Huntington Woods Public Library</span><br><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:11pt">26415 Scotia Road</span><br><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:11pt">Huntington Woods, MI 48070</span><br><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:11pt">248-543-9720, ext. 686</span></div></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Winter, Donna" <dwinter@livoniapubliclibrary.org><br><b>To: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org>, "Turbok, Joseph" <jturbok@sccl.lib.mi.us><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, August 8, 2022 12:55:25 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] Thoughts on Freegal?<br></div><div><br><style style="display:none">/*<![CDATA[*/P {
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Please reply to the list. I'd be interested in hearing feedback on this service too.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Turbok, Joseph via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 8, 2022 12:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'michlib-l@mcls.org' <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Thoughts on Freegal?</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Would any libraries with Freegal be willing to share their thoughts and/or concerns with the service? I am interested in possibly pushing for more digital resources at our library and was interested in other libraries’ experience. </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Joseph Turbok</span>- Senior Librarian for Adult Services<span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">St. Clair County Library - Main Library<br>
210 McMorran Blvd.<br>
Port Huron, Michigan 48060</span></p>
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