Sentences with phrase «overdrive library catalog»

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Companies like OverDrive and 3M Library System work to offer the largest catalogs of content, the most seamless patron experiences, and the most support in terms of technology and taking some of the circulation tasks off the backs of the already stretched - thin library staff.

While Smashwords has been the powerhouse pioneer for indie authors in its agreement with OverDrive to allow libraries to access the Smashwords catalog, there is still a stigma in place that blocks libraries from seeing this catalog as a viable option for ebook content.

«This past year was a breakthrough year for libraries offering their readers anytime, anywhere access to their digital catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, Director of Partner Services at OverDrive.

OverDrive's Roku channel will have all the audiobooks and Streaming Video catalog that the libraries have been fed by OverDrive.

At the same time, the company incorporated better search features that let students recommend specific titles from the OverDrive catalog for their school libraries to make available.

OverDrive, the world's largest provider of digital content to academic and public libraries, announced a new partnership today that will increase its catalog of offered titles, specifically in key areas of business, science, and research.

Digital content provider OverDrive made a monumental announcement today in saying that Macmillan has made its entire ebook catalog available for the first time for lending through OverDrive's school library partners.

In the United States over 95 % of libraries have an e-book catalog and according to the most recent Overdrive figures, they do business with 90 % of them.

Overdrive is developing a new solution called the cost - per - checkout (CPC) model that allows libraries to make available a supplier's entire catalog of titles, but only incur a charge when a user borrows a title.

I recently uploaded my whole catalog to Overdrive, which sells ebooks and audiobooks to libraries.

OverDrive is the leading digital distribution platform, supplying the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to 38,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.

No, not all libraries who rely on OverDrive's catalog to supply ebooks for their patrons can have the same content.

OverDrive currently hosts «virtual libraries» in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, and partnerships with publishers like Cloudary in China and Kodansha in Japan enrich OverDrive's catalog with popular content for readers in Asia and beyond.

In addition to the ability for OverDrive members around the world to access these Japanese - language ebooks, the formation of OverDrive Japan means that the Japanese library market can now benefit from OverDrive's one million title catalog.

This action will search the entire OverDrive catalog of hundreds of thousands titles available to that library or school.

OverDrive, a leading distributor of digital content to libraries for patron use, announced today that the 22,000 libraries and schools it partners with generated nearly three billion views of catalog page content in its database of over one million titles among the 192 million registered user logins last year.

According to a press release on the program, «OverDrive offers libraries and schools the industry's largest and most complete eBook catalog, including Kindle eBooks from more than 800 publishers.

OverDrive «s CEO Steve Potash was on hand at this year's Digital Book World conference and took a few minutes to talk to Good e-Reader about the buzz surrounding ePub this year and about their recent release of data concerning the massive growth of users connecting to library content through the OverDrive catalog.

But this agreement will enable indie authors to offer their books as part of OverDrive's one million - plus title catalog, allowing libraries that option to find and stock the ebooks.

Libraries have access to OverDrive's catalog of nearly 2 million titles in audiobook, eBook, music and video formats from more than 2,000 suppliers, spanning nearly every genre.

OverDrive will be unveiling some enhancements to its current catalog in the coming year, including streaming video technology, and new APIs that enable libraries to fully integrate digital and print catalogs.

There's a bit of a war between library wholesalers: Overdrive, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and now Smashwords over who has the «biggest» catalog to offer.

Smashwords has successfully convinced Overdrive that there is value with their catalog of 300,000 eBooks, 200,000 of which are available to libraries.

All of the Big Six publishers who had previously allowed their titles to be borrowed through OverDrive's catalog to public libraries pulled their digital editions in 2011 amid concerns about ebook piracy and the interests of the authors.

«This spike in library lending of eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video is the result of the tremendous efforts of thousands of librarians, as well as significant ease - of - use improvements including seamless integration with library catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's Director of Partner Services.

New opportunities through periodical platforms like Next Issue, PressReader, and Zinio, as well as ebook catalogs through Freading, Boopsie, and Smashwords» unprecedented distribution agreement with OverDrive have meant that not only do libraries have options for providing relevant formats to their patrons, but they also have competitive choices that can lead to better budget options.

According to OverDrive, the Media Station «enables libraries to showcase to the millions of in - library patrons their entire OverDrive digital catalog, including eBooks, audiobooks, music and video.

With this agreement in place, OverDrive can now take steps towards making OverDrive's catalog of digital content available in China to libraries and retailers.

This title will be prominently displayed on the OverDrive - powered library websites, and discoverable through the libraries» catalogs.

Additionally, by working with online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BooksAMillion, and more through OverDrive's affiliates network, libraries can actually profit by earning credits when their patrons opt to purchase a title that they found by browsing the WIN catalog.

OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive's catalog, claiming that it had «security concerns.»

As with other OMC apps, you can save the link to your library's OverDrive catalog under «Get Books.»

«Public libraries offer for lending a small fraction of publishers» eBook or audiobook catalogs,» said Erica Lazzaro, OverDrive Director of Publisher Relations.

OverDrive's catalog for libraries reached record levels, topping 4 million titles in more than 100 languages.

Not having an ISBN number will hinder your ability to get your e-book in the public library or listed in the Overdrive catalog.

In addition, OverDrive has developed a number of additional tools for libraries to augment this growth, including API integration with library websites and catalogs, digital book clubs, and the recently launched Libby app.

OverDrive libraries add to their collections from a catalog of over 2 million eBooks, audiobooks, and videos.

Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the world's leading multichannel digital distributor, building a digital catalog of more than 1 million in - copyright titles and supplying 22,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.

To borrow the BLR title, your users will simply log in to your digital collection and the eBook will be prominently displayed on your OverDrive - powered website and discoverable through the digital library catalog.

You don't understand this, because you don't understand how ACS, Overdrive, and 3M work, don't understand the bane of DRM and proprietary format, don't understand cataloging and integration with ONIX and MARC, don't understand how licenses work, don't understand the importance of consortia, and don't understand that indie authors trying to work within the current system (s) are screwing libraries the same way big publishers are.

OverDrive is the leading global digital distribution platform, supplying the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, music and streaming video to 30,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.

OverDrive makes those eBooks available to a catalog system available to libraries all over the planet, so that any library in OverDrive's network, should it choose to do so, can order copies of your eBook and distribute it to its patrons.

More than 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide rely on OverDrive and our catalog of nearly 3 million digital titles available from 5,000 publishers.

Conceivably, this adoption of DRM - free content will mean greater access for indie authors in the future to submit their works for e-book lending libraries, but despite the effort and interest in bringing more content to the libraries OverDrive is keeping a tight control over the quality of works in its catalog.

Notable events have included its kick - off in New York City's Central Park and the Library of Congress's National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Patrons who visit the traveling ebook library can sample content from OverDrive's catalog of over one million titles, as well as streaming audio and video, audiobook downloads, and more.

With the upcoming full launch of OverDrive's WIN platform, the process of integrating these new titles into a libraries catalog will be even more streamlined, as there will no longer be any frustration over ensuring the correct format was purchased by the library.

Some of those numbers can be attributed to the work that OverDrive has done on its WIN catalog of titles, which stands for «Want It Now,» not usually a sentiment that is associated with library patrons.

More than 15,000 public and university libraries acquire patron access to ebooks and audio downloads through OverDrive's catalog, and Penguin reiterated the decision it made several months ago when it announced that it would no longer allow new titles to be placed in OverDrive's catalog.

The hospitality industry, the higher education sector, libraries, and even hospitals have taken to using digital magazines to reach the client base they're most interested in, and companies like PressReader and OverDrive «s digital periodicals catalog have helped make this possible.

At this year's BookExpo America event, OverDrive CEO Steve Potash had some high praise for Hachette's recent embracing of library lending, making 100 % of its catalog available to all public and school libraries who partner for digital content.