Digital Johnson County expands e-book options for local libraries

Beginning today, the North Liberty Community  Library will join forces with Coralville and Iowa City public libraries  to offer combined e-book and digital audiobook collections through OverDrive to area residents.
OverDrive is a digital service that allows library users to borrow and enjoy e-books and audiobooks from their library’s digital collection, anytime and anywhere. By combining digital collections, Coralville, Iowa City, and North Liberty library users will have access to more than 9,000 e-books and 5,000 audiobook titles.
“Given the layout of our communities, many Johnson County library users have multiple library cards,” says Anne Mangano, coordinator of collections for the Iowa City Public Library. “In order to better meet their needs, and increase the number of digital items available to them, we decided to share our resources, forming Digital Johnson County. It doesn’t matter if you live in Coralville, Iowa City, or North Liberty, you have access to the same collection.”
OverDrive is a free library service, but patrons must live in Coralville, Hills, Iowa City, Lone Tree, North Liberty, University Heights, or rural Johnson County and have a library card from their home library in order to use it. Library users can read or listen to OverDrive books using a web browser. No special software or downloads required. Users can also download the OverDrive app, which is available for Windows, Android, Apple, Kindle, and Nook.
Patrons interested in learning more about e-books and audiobooks can stop by or call the North Liberty Community Library to make an appointment with Technology Librarian Janet Lubben for help with e-content. Patrons can also attend the Iowa City Public Library’s Stop Tech Help from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays and noon to 4 p.m. every Tuesday, or seek help at the Coralville Public Library Reference Desk.
For more information about Digital Johnson County  in North Liberty, call the North Liberty Community Library at (319) 626-5701.

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