Warsaw Library’s Popular OverDrive Electronic Collections
By Ann M. Zydek
Library Director
July 2021 was Earth’s hottest month on record.
This July, keep “cool” and explore the electronic collections at Warsaw Community Public Library. At warsawlibrary.org, review the eBook blog and ask questions, recommend titles, and find out what’s new or explore the guides and tutorials. Definitely try “Libby,” the popular library reading app from OverDrive, if you have not had the chance.
WCPL received an ARPA grant in the amount of $23,087 for digital content growth in response to community needs during COVID-19. This grant, used to help build the library’s OverDrive electronic collections, is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the America Rescue Plan Act, administered by the Indiana State Library. It was a great opportunity to add book and audiobook titles during a difficult time.
Additional titles were added when WCPL’s OverDrive consortium recently merged with other Indiana libraries to create one huge collection, the Indiana Digital Library. Now, OverDrive offers over 170,000 books, 42,000 audiobooks, and 4,000 magazines to enjoy. Items may be checked out for seven, 14, or 21 days. On the Libby app, OverDrive also provides unlimited access, one week at a time, to Craftsy, IndieFlix, Qello, and Great Courses.
“Craftsy” contains over 1,400 in-depth instructional video classes, covering 20 different creative passions from basic instruction to advanced techniques for fabric and yarn crafts, baking, drawing and much more.
Feed your curiosity with “IndieFlix.” Explore thought-provoking, well-known and undiscovered content. Stream thousands of full-length classic and contemporary feature films, award-winning shorts, world film festival favorites and documentaries and series from around the world.
Stream over 1,500 full “Qello” concerts and music documentaries. Explore over 250 unique courses from “The Great Courses Library Collection” designed to capture your curiosity from art to physics, taught by university professors and experts.
OverDrive’s latest acquisition is Kanopy, which may be accessed through both the Libby app or the original Kanopy app. Kanopy offers streaming movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and education videos to inspire, enrich and entertain.
If you need assistance installing the Libby app, please contact the reference desk at [email protected] or (574) 267-6011 option 4, or bring in your device with any needed app store passwords.