Staff said ebook and audiobook contracts from a few suppliers continue to inflate costs—sometimes three to eight times the physical price—and described rolling out e‑library cards to schools so students access digital collections through district accounts.

Library staff told the county board they completed a systemwide upgrade from 1 gigabit to 10 gigabits of internet capacity at the end of June, funded roughly two‑thirds by federal E‑Rate grants and improving both library and county fiber ring capabilities.