We’re pleased to announce that Library Anywhere, our mobile product, now has one-click access to OverDrive!
- You can add a search OverDrive button to your Library Anywhere homepage. This doesn’t take you out to OverDrive mobile as a regular external link would, but runs the search within Library Anywhere—giving you search results and book detail pages.
It will pass you into OverDrive when you reach the point where you need to enter your account information to download the book, request it, etc.
- You can also include a “do this search on OverDrive” link on the catalog’s search results page in Library Anywhere—so if you search “the help” in your regular catalog in Library Anywhere, it will ask you if you want to try that same search on OverDrive.
Want to see it live? Try a search on one of the following Library Anywhere libraries:
- Lackawanna County Library System (try the “eBooks and eAudio” link on the homepage to get right into OverDrive)
- Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service
- Adelaide City Council Libraries
- Mountain View Public Library
- Portland Public Library
- Dover Public Library
The goal is to tie the OverDrive catalog together with the regular OPAC in a more seamless way. This is a FREE upgrade, available to any Library Anywhere subscriber. As is always the case, any eBooks that already have records in your regular catalog already have working links out to the digital content—this is an addition to that.
If you’re interested in adding OverDrive to your existing Library Anywhere subscription, just email abby@librarything.com
About Library Anywhere
Library Anywhere is the mobile catalog and homepage for over 200 libraries and library systems worldwide. Browse for libraries using Library Anywhere by simply clicking the … menu within Library Anywhere and choose “Select a Library”. Read more about Library Anywhere here.
To order Library Anywhere, or get a free trial, call 877 340-2400, or email Peder.Christensen@bowker.com. You can also email questions to Abby@librarything.com.
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Webinars are scheduled for every Tuesday at either 10am or 2pm EST. Sign up for one today and I’ll tell you everything you ever wanted to know, and more, I promise. Click here to register. On the Browse Meetings page, search for LibraryThing to see a listing of all upcoming webinars.
