Hoopla Digital Makes Debut at Pflugerville Library

NORTH AUSTIN-PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- The Pflugerville Public Library is now offering its patrons Hoopla Digital, a streaming service yielding anytime access to hundreds of thousands of movies, music, eBooks, comics and other materials.

The library first announced its new Hoopla Digital offering on Jan. 8. As word spreads of the new service, people’s reactions befit the object of their excitement.

There’s a full-fledged hoopla over Hoopla.

And how could there not be with 24/7 access to more than 400,000 items?

The cool new offering piqued the interest of the Austin American-Statesman, which devoted substantial news space describing the Netflix-like service in a Thursday article.

Hoopla creator Jeff Jankowski said the service is akin to having round-the-clock access to a virtual librarian. Pflugerville Library Director Jennifer Coffey agreed with the assessment, while noting the cutting-edge technology in play.

“One of the reasons we wanted to go to Hoopla was because DVDs are really a format that will be going away,” she told the Statesman. “You can watch a movie, read a comic, read a book and all through the same application.”

The application is accessible through Amazon, Google Play and the Apple store to iOS and Android users. Hoopla Digital users also are able to access content by visiting the library’s website at www.hoopladigital.com.

It’s a brave new world at Pflugerville for lovers of all manner of streaming. And by most accounts, library patrons are relishing their newfound, technology-fueled freedom.