Posted by Anne M on Monday, Jan 30, 2023
Attention, OverDrive app users!
At the end of April 2023, OverDrive will discontinue the OverDrive app. It is time to switch to Libby, OverDrive's newer app to browse, check out, and enjoy the Iowa City Public Library's eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazine collection. All of your loans, holds, and wish list items will carry over to Libby when you make the switch.
Give Libby a try!
Libby has some pretty nice features, including:
- A central bookshelf for all loans and holds
- Tags to categorize books however you'd like--you can even sync your OverDrive wish list into a tag
- Compatability with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Available in multiple languages.
- Customizable notifications for ready holds, new magazine issues, and more
Learn more about why OverDrive is making the switch and how to get started with Libby here: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/switchtolibby
No app? No problem.
If Libby isn't for you, you can always use your web browser to read eBooks and magazines or listen to audiobooks. You can login to your account through icpl.overdrive.com, check out a title, and choose "Read now in browser." Click here for more information on OverDrive Read.
Libby also has a web browser format. It has all the same great features as the app. Click here to access Libby for your browser.
Don't forget our other digital collections!
Find more eBooks and audiobooks, as well as movies, tv, comics, and music with hoopla.
Kanopy offers great documentaries, international films, classic movies, and more.
Missed a library program? Find them here with our own video streaming site: The Library Channel.
Enjoy your favorite local artists on our Local Music Project.
And of course, our online resources. From crafts to local history to Consumer Reports to your next read, find everything you need at ICPL.
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Anne Mangano has worked for the Iowa City Public Library since 2008, serving as the Collection Services Coordinator since 2013. In this position, she oversees ICPL's collection, including the selection, cataloging, processing, repair, and removal of materials, including the library's digital collections. Anne holds a Bachelor of...
In Valérie Perrin’s “Forgotten on Sunday,” Justine Neige, a 21-year old aide at a nursing home hardly knows anything about her family’s history. Raised by her grandparents (her mother and father died in a car crash), they never liked to talk about the past. If Justine doesn’t have a history, the residents of the nursing home help fill the gap. She loves to listen to their stories, reveling in their adventures, their past loves, and their careers. She is especially taken by Hélène Hel, who reveals that her lover disappeared sometime during World War II. Justine begins to record Hélène’s story, but in learning about regret and loss, she finds inspiration to confront what really happened to her parents. As always, Perrin surprises in her explorations of buried family secrets. -Anne M