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Plus de plaisirs grâce à nos bibliothèques partenaires!

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OPL_BPO_Comms

Lundi 28 juin 2021

Cinq bibliothèques de l’Ontario partagent leurs collections numériques et enrichissent ce que vous pouvez lire et écouter. Les bibliothèques publiques de Burlington, Hamilton, London, Mississauga et Ottawa s’unissent pour partager leurs ressources avec vous. 

Avec votre carte de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa (BPO), vous avez maintenant accès aux livres numériques et audionumériques proposés sur OverDrive par ces bibliothèques. Vous devez d’abord chercher dans la collection OverDrive de la BPO, mais si le titre que vous voulez ne s’y trouve pas, vous pouvez le réserver et l’emprunter dans la collection OverDrive de ces autres bibliothèques. Les clients de la BPO auront la priorité pour les réservations dans la collection de la BPO, tout comme les clients des autres bibliothèques l’auront dans la leur. 

Jetez-y un œil! 

Consultez ces autres collections sur la page OverDrive de la BPO, sous « bibliothèques partenaires ». Si vous utilisez Libby, appuyez sur l’icône au bas de l’écran, puis dans votre liste de bibliothèques, sélectionnez « Ajouter une bibliothèque ». Vous verrez alors toutes les bibliothèques participantes. 

Pour en savoir plus, explorez les livres numériques et audionumériques sur OverDriveou consultez la page Encore plus de matériel à emprunter sur OverDrive. 

On vous souhaite beaucoup de plaisir avec les collections des bibliothèques partenaires! 

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Commentaires

Fabulous!

Soumis par Oughta à ven, 02/07/2021 - 21h35
I see a few ebooks I want to read that OPL doesn't have but other libraries do. Awesome!

Awesome but...

Soumis par Angélique à mar, 06/07/2021 - 16h34
That's really awesome to have even more choice, however I don't manage to make it work with my eReader (Kobo). On Liby, I can see my books from all libraries, but my Kobo doesn't get the ebooks from partner libraries :/ And I don't manage to make it work either using Adobe Digital Edition (DRM issue).

Re: Awesome but...

Soumis par OPL_BPO_Comms à ven, 09/07/2021 - 17h39
Thanks for letting us know about that issue, Angélique. We've shared this with the Content Services team, and they are looking into it for you. We'll get back to you as soon as there's more information.

Re: Awesome but...

Soumis par OPL_BPO_Comms à mar, 13/07/2021 - 15h08
Hello again Angélique, our colleagues in Content Services say to make sure you are logged in to the Library carrying the title you've borrowed, i.e. if you have something checked out from Hamilton's collection, whether from the website or Libby, log in to the Hamilton Public Library on your Kobo to download the title. Checkouts seem to only sync within each library's collection, but all downloaded titles show up in the same books tab, regardless of which library you're signed in to. Please let us know if this helps or if there are other issues.

Federated search

Soumis par Kyanite à mer, 14/07/2021 - 13h12
This is really great news, but it would be much easier for people to find books they're looking for if you could search across collections. Right now, you need to go to each library's Overdrive site and search from there. Instead, patrons should have an option to search from the OPL Overdrive site and see results from all 5 libraries. This could be set as default or be an option in the Advanced Search. That being said, what would be even better would be for digital titles from partner libraries to appear in the catalogue, so patrons could search all available resources (print and digital) in one place. It would also let people put those books on their shelves, rate and review them, or add them to lists. I did a list to highlight titles now available from partners, and it was a lot of work to find the BiblioCommons item numbers for all the titles and get the links for the digital titles on Overdrive from the partner sites. And I wouldn't have even needed to make a list if the titles were easily discoverable.

Federated search work around

Soumis par drobertsca à lun, 15/11/2021 - 20h49
I only just found out about the partner libraries. My solution for the lack of a federated search was to add these partner libraries to my "Library Extensions" configuration. If you haven't checked out the "Library Extensions" browser extension it might be worth a look. This browser extension will show library availability for any book on the web page you are currently viewing. For instance, with the extension installed whenever I'm browsing Good Reads, Amazon, Book award lists etc. the extension shows me that books availability at any of the libraries I've configured. Information for "Library Extension" can be found at https://www.libraryextension.com

Re: Federated search

Soumis par OPL_BPO_Comms à jeu, 15/07/2021 - 11h36
Thanks for your enthusiasm and interest in our library partnership through Overdrive. It's a relatively new service from the platform, and early in its development. Each of the 5 libraries does its own selection and purchasing based on local interests. The intent is for each library to first provide for their own customers, followed by resource sharing titles that are available. It's much like a digital version of interlibrary loans in that, if a title isn't in our collection, you have the opportunity to borrow it from other library systems, should they have it. It's meant to add to our collection, not become it. There needs to be the distinction between libraries to prioritize OPL material for our own customers, and other libraries do the same. We hope you continue to find value in this new offering!