Sign up for a digital library card and save the trees
September provides a great deal to celebrate in the digital library world. As many librarians know, September is National Library Card Sign-up Month. This American Library Association-created celebration offers a great opportunity to inform your community about all the great services available to readers with…
Record number of new library patrons are using Instant Digital Card
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist With library buildings closed, hundreds of thousands of readers have gained free, secure access to ebooks and audiobooks in the last five weeks. Recently, we shared a story about how dozens of library systems began offering OverDrive’s Instant Digital…
Libraries are offering free digital library cards to homebound readers
Updated February 2023 Since launching our Instant Digital Card (IDC) service, over 1.5 million free library cards for Libby have been created! Instant Digital Card provides access to your library’s ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and more using just a valid phone number. In 2022 alone, over…
OverDrive Instant Digital Card is connecting (and re-connecting) Rochester Public Library to its community
Recently, we shared news that Rochester Public Library would be the pilot library in our Instant Digital Card (IDC) service connection with SirsiDynix. This partnership provides libraries who integrate the service an opportunity to sign-up new users with a full-access library card and not just…