Press ReleaseDigital Johnson County Expands eBook Options for Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty Libraries


Beginning July 1, the Coralville Public Library, Iowa City Public Library, and North Liberty Community Library will offer combined eBook and digital audiobook collections through OverDrive to area residents. digital_banner

OverDrive is a digital service that allows library users to borrow and enjoy eBooks 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 eBooks 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 your 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.

Persons interested in learning more about eBooks and audiobooks should attend the Iowa City Public Library’s Tech Help from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays and noon to 4 p.m. every Tuesday. North Liberty patrons can stop by or call the library to make an appointment with Technology Librarian Janet Lubben for help with e-content. Help is also available at the Coralville Public Library Reference Desk.

For more information about Digital Johnson County, call the Coralville Public Library at (319) 248-1850, the Iowa City Public Library at (319) 356-5200, or the North Liberty Community Library at (319) 626-5701.

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