If you haven't borrowed an ebook from your local public library, it's time to catch up with the trend. For those readers who have borrowed an ebook, especially in the past year, you're part of a record-setting number of digital adoptees who are accessing new content and keeping their local communities supported with library usage. OverDrive, the leading supplies of digital … [Read more...] about 2018 Set New Records for Library eBook Lending
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Why Libraries Need to Adopt a Paid Membership Program for Country Wide Access to eBooks
Many libraries in the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia allow patrons to borrow digital ebooks. This is accomplished by the libraries making arrangements with Overdrive or 3M to facilitate the lending process and who provide the digital content. In order to borrow ebooks from the library, you need a valid library card and a four digit pin code. Not all libraries lend out digital … [Read more...] about Why Libraries Need to Adopt a Paid Membership Program for Country Wide Access to eBooks
3M, OverDrive Forge Ahead Providing Digital Content for Public Libraries
Two major companies involved in providing digital content and technology solutions to public libraries made announcements of new developments last week. 3M Library Systems, creators of cloud-based ebook lending and a library-specific e-reader device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of ebooks, audio books, and downloads to over 18,000 public libraries, … [Read more...] about 3M, OverDrive Forge Ahead Providing Digital Content for Public Libraries