One of our 30 posts in 30 days blogs, the National Library of Australia’s New Technologies Interest Group’s blog has a neat little post about ebooks today A book by any other name .
In the post, it mentioned being able to download ebooks from public libraries. It made me wonder how many Australian public libraries are offering this so far? Not *audiobooks*, but ebooks. And is everyone using Overdrive or is anyone using something else?
I already knew about
A quick sweep of my Twitter network revealed:
- Ashfield, Burwood, Canada Bay, Marrickville, Strathfield
- Melbourne Library Service ( I could only find a link to the downloadable audio books)
- Randwick
- Sutherland (I could only find a link to the downloadable audio books)
- Penrith (I could only find a link to the downloadable audio books)
Additions after original post:
Come to think of it, are any school libraries offering this service to their school communities? If not, what are the barriers? Would love to hear about this – and any other public libraries…surely there must be more?
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June 8, 2010 at 17:03
An excellent couple of questions I’ve pondered for a while. Formats for eReaders can be an issue too.
June 9, 2010 at 07:12
Ipswich library also offers ebooks through Overdrive. We have 5 kiosks where patrons can download books in the library as well as offering a download at home service.