NC Kids Digital Library

by Edward Hirst  Rowan Public Library

Children in North Carolina now have access to a new digital resource for books through the NC Kids Digital Library that can be found at: https://nckids.overdrive.com/ . This new resource recently became available in January. It was created through a unique partnership between the NCPLDA, (North Carolina Public Library Directors Association), the State of North Carolina, and eBook platform provider Overdrive. The North Carolina General Assembly provided $200,000 to the North Carolina State Library to work with the NCPLDA to make this statewide consortium available to the 85 regional, county and municipal libraries in North Carolina.

NC Kids Digital Library opened with a collection of 3029 eBooks, 689 audiobooks, and 37 streaming videos. 300 of the titles are available as simultaneous access, with no waiting for the title to become available. The free Overdrive app is available for popular IOS, Android, Kindle Fire tablets, and Windows and Mac computers. The app can be downloaded from  https://nckids.overdrive.com/ or http://app.overdrive.com/. Books can also be read or listened to in a web browser.

Users can choose to check out up to 5 titles for a period of 7 to 21 days. Titles can be returned earlier then the loan period if needed.

To sign in and checkout items from the NC Kids Digital Library click Sign In on the upper right side of the page.  Select “Rowan County Public Library” from the list of Libraries and enter your Rowan Public Library card number or Rowan-Salisbury School Student ID number and PIN.  Users can choose to check out up to 5 titles for a period of 7 to 21 days. Holds are not allowed on NC Digital Kids Library items.

Titles are available for Beginning Readers, Picture books, Comic books and others.