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Create a customised digital e-lending academic library with OverDrive®

Make your customised digital library available anytime, anywhere with your selection of titles from top publishers you know and trust.

Support students, faculty and staff on campus or working remotely with ebooks and audiobooks from your institution’s own digital library. Build a customised ebook and audiobook collection that fits your budget and institution’s academic mission from OverDrive’s unrivalled catalogue of nearly two million (and still growing) titles from thousands of premier publishers.

OverDrive is the cost-effective digital library solution for tertiary institutions, both big and small.

You can build a digital collection that meets the unique needs of your institution.

This OverDrive digital catalogue covers virtually all areas of study and includes popular publishers and many bestsellers. OverDrive is constantly working with new and existing publishers to add titles to the catalogue.

What technology is needed to use OverDrive?

For Android and iOS users, OverDrive recommends using their free Libby app. With this app, users can browse the library’s collection, borrow titles, download them and read or listen. Students on Windows and Mac computers do not need to install any software. They can browse the customised collection and enjoy titles right in their web browsers.

OverDrive has a lot of options for users with differing technology needs: Tablets (Android, iOS, Windows tablets, Fire tablets) * Smartphones (Android, iOS) * Chromebooks * Windows and Mac computers * MP3 players.

 

It's easy with the Libby app!

The Libby reading app, is designed for readers rs to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from your library.

LIBBY is downloadable for free for Google Play or App Store. Your students will easily be able to access and manage their eBook lending with LIBBY