The ability to stream all of my library’s digital content for students and staff to access on a range of personal devices–that’s my dream, writes Phil Goerner. At Douglas County (CO) Libraries they’ve made it a reality.
Making the Shift: A School Librarian Considers the Douglas County Ebook Model
May 2, 2012 By 2 Comments
LexisNexis Partners with OverDrive To Debut Digital Library
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LexisNexis announced an agreement with OverDrive to create the LexisNexis Digital Library on April 23. Available now on a limited basis for “select pilot customers,” LexisNexis spokesperson Marc Osborn told LJ, it will be available broadly early in the third quarter of 2012. OverDrive will create and customize a website for each law firm or [...]
A Primer on Ebooks for Libraries Just Starting With Downloadable Media
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
(Library Journal is presenting a series of articles, Exploring Ebook Options, that takes an indepth look at some of the ebook platforms that are now in the marketplace. Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 and Freading from Library Ideas have already been profiled. This story provides an environmental scan.) By Sue Polanka According to a survey [...]
OverDrive Data Shows Majority Still Like To Browse the Virtual Shelves
April 17, 2012 By 3 Comments
OverDrive released its first “Big Data” report at the London Book Fair, a snapshot of the library ebook platform’s March traffic. In that single month, more than 5 million visitors viewed 146 million pages in 12.6 million visits to OverDrive’s digital catalog, the company reported. On average, more than 408,000 visitors each day viewed 11.6 [...]
OverDrive to Share eBook Data at London Fair
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Digital content distributor OverDrive will debut the first of a series of “Big Data” reports at the London Book Fair, running April 16-18. The report, which will be shared with participating libraries and publishers, analyses data from the company’s network of 18,000 public and school libraries. It includes information about eBook and digital audiobook title [...]
Freading, the Ebook Sibling of Freegal, Shows Signs of Rapid Growth
April 2, 2012 By 4 Comments
The Freading ebook platform has only been live for about three months, but it is already showing a fairly rapid rate of growth, thanks in part to its low fees and the immediate access it gives libraries to a collection of about 20,000 ebooks on a multi-user, simultaneous basis.
Harry Potter Digital Checkouts Start Thursday
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Harry Potter ebooks will be ready for checkout starting Thursday. In addition, OverDrive has extended the 10 percent library discount on Harry Potter titles through April 30, 2012.
OverDrive Suspends Pre-ordering of Harry Potter Ebooks
March 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
Ebook distributor OverDrive suspended pre-sales of Harry Potter ebooks and digital audio books this week, pulling cover images from library databases that had already pre-ordered the books for its April 30 launch.
Boopsie Approaches Integration in Its Own Way; New Competitor Emerges at PLA | PLA 2012
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The integration of ebook providers’ platforms with library ILSs was a big topic at the PLA conference in Philadelphia last week, with the 3M/Polaris integration leading the way. However, the Boopsie mobile app already accomplishes, in its own way, some of the goals of such an integration, particularly a simple and quick user experience without jumping interfaces.
Ebook Providers, ILS Vendors Move Rapidly to Remove Friction From E-Lending; OverDrive APIs Coming in April | PLA 2012
March 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Even as anxious publishers are hoping to increase friction in the ebook lending experience, librarians have been clamoring for vendors of integrated library systems (ILS) to make e-lending a unified, sleek experience. Rather than navigating their patrons away from the library’s web presence to Balkanized, often commercial, third-party platforms, each with a different discovery and delivery experience, librarians have been demanding a single, easy-to-use, easy-to-search platform — an integration of the ILS with ebook vendor platforms.
