by Edward Hirst Rowan Public Library
Rowan Public Library is pleased to offer a new
service for our customers: free access to over seventy-five digital magazines
in full-color and a familiar magazine print layout. This service is made
possible through our partnership with Overdrive, our digital ebook supplier and
North Carolina Digital Library. For those who aren't familiar with OverDrive,
it is the platform used by Rowan Public Library to lend digital books the same
way we lend physical books. This can include items like audio books, ebooks, streaming
video and will soon include Nook Newsstand titles, one of the leading providers
of digital magazines. Rowan Public Library is a member of North Carolina
Digital Library, a consortium of libraries from across the state. Membership in
this consortium allows the library to offer a wider selection of materials at a
lower cost then we could on our own.
Library customers can check out these digital
magazines with a valid library card and PIN. Magazines can be read on a NOOK
tablet or by using the free NOOK Reading App available for a multitude of
smartphones and tablets. A free NOOK account is required and can be created at
www.barnesandnobles.com.
Titles that will be available for checkout include
the following favorites: Motor Trend, Bloomberg Business Week, Do It Yourself,
The Family Handyman, Newsweek, American History, Vanity Fair, Elle, Food
Network Magazine, Outside, and Wired. The titles never expire and don’t go away
until you delete them. There are never any overdue fines associated with
electronic titles.
Be sure to check out this great new resource from
Rowan Public Library.
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