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The network provides library patrons with access to check out and return items at member libraries, [4] interlibrary loans through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners' Commonwealth Catalog, [5] [6] mobile app access, [7] and access to electronic collections (including OverDrive).
OverDrive, Inc. is a worldwide digital distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, public libraries , K–12 schools, colleges, universities, corporations, legal industries, and formerly retailers.
Many of those libraries use Rakuten OverDrive, which provides ebook access to about 43,000 libraries and schools in 76 countries. [2] Overdrive is the only eLending service that works with the Amazon Kindle, but that functionality is limited to U.S. library readers only. [3] E-book lending is different from physical book lending.
The Great River Regional Library (GRRL) website provides access to the library's catalog, digital collections, research databases, as well as information about free programs and events. The library's catalog contains over 300,000 books and over 500,000 items total throughout the library's system.
It is a product of OverDrive, Inc. The app uses a user's library card number to connect to the user's library account and check out ebooks. Once books are checked out, the app serves as an ebook reader. [2] A reviewer for Literary Review of Canada praised Libby's management of reading data, including books read and books in queue for reading. [3]
In addition to circulating over 5 million books, audio books, music CDs and DVDs in 2010, [1] the Arapahoe Library District’s website provides access to the library catalog, downloadable audio books, over 40 research databases, and advisory services. The library ranked sixth in Hennen's American Public Library Ratings in 2008.
OverDrive Media Console supports a variety of formats, including EPUB and PDF for reading, and MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) for listening. [5] WMA content is only supported on the Windows version of the OverDrive Media Console, [ 6 ] which dramatically reduces the number of titles available on other operating systems.
Newer generations of library catalog systems, typically called discovery systems (or a discovery layer), are distinguished from earlier OPACs by their use of more sophisticated search technologies, including relevancy ranking and faceted search, as well as features aimed at greater user interaction and participation with the system, including tagging and reviews.