Difficult device? Overdrive can help!

Recently I taught a training on using difficult devices with Overdrive: the GOOD (Android and iOS devices), the BAD (Kindle Fire & Nook HD), and the UGLY (Nook Color, Nook Black & White, and MP3 players). If you missed it, or if you need to brush up the next time someone comes to the library with one of these more difficult devices, or if you have one yourself – Overdrive Help Pages are here to the rescue! Start at their “Device Profile” page and go from there for constantly updated, step-by-step instructions for accessing Overdrive (and Libby, if available) on a wide variety of devices.

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https://help.overdrive.com/customer/en/portal/articles#devices

Heather Auman
Western Allegheny Community Library

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Just never got started with OverDrive?

Why not try it now?

While diving in and just plain using OverDrive yourself to request, borrow, read, and return items is probably the best way to learn it, there are free webcasts available that can help to introduce you to it and/or Libby:

https://resources.overdrive.com/library/staff-training/#live-webcasts

There are several tabs for different subjects — some are upcoming live webcasts, but most are recorded and can be viewed at any time.  The webcasts generally range from 10 to 30 minutes.

If you’re new to OverDrive, you can safely skip anything about Marketplace — it’s basically the store where libraries (or consortia) purchase titles for patrons to borrow.

Christy @ McKeesport

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RBdigital Announcement

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RBdigital wants everyone to know that the Zinio for Libraries app has been fully replaced by the RBdigital app. They sent out a new message this week to their users as a reminder that you should get rid of your old Zinio for Libraries app and download the RBdigital app.

The RBdigital app is available in the following places – for iOS, CLICK HERE; for Android, CLICK HERE; for Kindle Fire CLICK HERE. Please note that the RBdigital app is not available on the Kindle Paperwhite.

Remember that your user name and password will remain the same!

This change only relates to those using the mobile app – if you primarily read you magazines on a web browser you will not be affected.

RBdigital also wants its users to know that that the RBdigital app has just been enhanced!

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RBdigital now has even more types of content! You can now get audiobooks,eBooks, magazines, comics, videos, educational materials and more all through the RBdigital app!

 

-Adrianne

Northland Public Library

 

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