The library is setting up a subscription to Overdrive, a digital distributor of downloadable eBooks and audiobooks. This subscription will allow you to download and listen to audiobooks using your mp3 player. It will also allow you to download and read eBooks on an eBook reader or your TabletPC. Unfortunately, Kindle owners are out of luck because Amazon will not allow content on Kindles that is not provided from their marketplace.
eBooks are not new to the library but the ability to download them onto an eBook reader will be. The library currently subscribes to two different collections of eBooks (NetLibrary and ACLS Humanities E-Book Project) but these books are only available online and cannot be downloaded onto different devices.
The next step in the library’s subscription to Overdrive is to create a collection of audiobooks and eBooks to make available to everyone. To ensure we choose the right materials, the librarians ask that you fill out this short survey to help us create a better collection.