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Streaming Movies at the Public Library

  • Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. It works similarly to Netflix: Through an app on a tablet or a browser on a personal computer, users can peruse dozens of movies and click on a film to “borrow” it. The content starts streaming, for free.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. It works similarly to Netflix: Through an app on a tablet or a browser on a personal computer, users can peruse dozens of movies and click on a film to “borrow” it. The content starts streaming, for free.
    AP Photo
  • Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo in the DVD shelving area of the library. Libraries are “meeting patrons where they want to access content,” said Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, which is using the service called Hoopla.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo in the DVD shelving area of the library. Libraries are “meeting patrons where they want to access content,” said Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, which is using the service called Hoopla.
    AP Photo
  • Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. While libraries are already loaning e-books, the move to streaming is part of a larger shift for them to remain relevant in a digital world where more people are using tablets and smartphones.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. While libraries are already loaning e-books, the move to streaming is part of a larger shift for them to remain relevant in a digital world where more people are using tablets and smartphones.
    AP Photo
  • Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries in the DVD shelving area of the library. The service, from Ohio-based Midwest Tape, LLC, is also being used in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Topeka, Kan., and several others towns and cities nationwide. Hoopla launched in full in May with 20 library systems.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries in the DVD shelving area of the library. The service, from Ohio-based Midwest Tape, LLC, is also being used in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Topeka, Kan., and several others towns and cities nationwide. Hoopla launched in full in May with 20 library systems.
    AP Photo
  • Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo outside the library as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. As of early September, there are about 220,000 people using the app, said Michael Manon, Hoopla’s brand manager. The goal is to reach 100 library systems by year’s end.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo outside the library as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. As of early September, there are about 220,000 people using the app, said Michael Manon, Hoopla’s brand manager. The goal is to reach 100 library systems by year’s end.
    AP Photo
  • Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. Libraries have always been a source of audiovisual entertainment. A 2012 Pew Research Center survey found that among patrons 16 years old and older, 40 percent visited libraries to borrow movies. Another 16 percent borrowed music.
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    Streaming Movies at the Public Library

    Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. Libraries have always been a source of audiovisual entertainment. A 2012 Pew Research Center survey found that among patrons 16 years old and older, 40 percent visited libraries to borrow movies. Another 16 percent borrowed music.
    AP Photo
Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. It works similarly to Netflix: Through an app on a tablet or a browser on a personal computer, users can peruse dozens of movies and click on a film to “borrow” it. The content starts streaming, for free.
Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo in the DVD shelving area of the library. Libraries are “meeting patrons where they want to access content,” said Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, which is using the service called Hoopla.
Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. While libraries are already loaning e-books, the move to streaming is part of a larger shift for them to remain relevant in a digital world where more people are using tablets and smartphones.
Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries in the DVD shelving area of the library. The service, from Ohio-based Midwest Tape, LLC, is also being used in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Topeka, Kan., and several others towns and cities nationwide. Hoopla launched in full in May with 20 library systems.
Kirk Blankenship, Electronic Resources Librarian for Seattle Public Libraries, poses for a photo outside the library as he holds a tablet with the website for streaming-media company Hoopla. As of early September, there are about 220,000 people using the app, said Michael Manon, Hoopla’s brand manager. The goal is to reach 100 library systems by year’s end.
Jamie Koepnick-Herrera holds her daughter Paloma, 1 1/2, as they watch a video on the Seattle Public Library's Hoopla streaming media website. Libraries have always been a source of audiovisual entertainment. A 2012 Pew Research Center survey found that among patrons 16 years old and older, 40 percent visited libraries to borrow movies. Another 16 percent borrowed music.
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There’s a new source to stream movies and other digital content, and it’s not a tech company with tens of thousands of titles. It’s something more familiar, and might even be just down the street: the public library.

Often thought of as stodgy brick-and-mortar havens for bibliophiles, libraries are trying out a new service that allows patrons to check out streaming movies, music, TV shows and audiobooks from anywhere they want.


Reporting by Manuel Valdes, the Associated Press.