One of the most often requested updates to Overdrive’s app Libby is now available – to request titles not yet owned by your home library, right in the app! This update includes two features called “Deep Search” and “Notify Me.”
Deep Search allows you to discover titles that are not yet in your library’s collection. Expanded search results will show when:
· You search for something that returns no results, or
· Your search results contain fewer than 100 titles and you manually turn on a filter called “Deep Search.” Libby will then show results not owned by your home library.
You can also add a “Notify Me” tag to titles that are not in your library’s collection. If your library purchases a title you have tagged, you will get a notification with the option to borrow (if available) or place a hold on the new item.
Watch this video from Libby on how this updated feature works!
Please Note: Users who previously accessed a similar feature called “Recommend to Library” in the classic Overdrive app or website will note that this option will be ending in April 2023, along with the discontinuation of the classic Overdrive app. Be sure to update to the Libby app or link to https://libbyapp.com/library/acla to keep accessing your library’s collection and to use the new features available for title suggestions.
— Heather Auman, Western Allegheny Community Library
I love the Notify Me function! I use it to make sure I don’t miss new issues of magazines. 🙂