- A current library card number is required to check out materials
- You can only check out 5 items at a time
- A lending period of 7, 14, or 21 days can be chosen from within your account settings
- Digital items are like physical items, meaning you will have to place a hold if all copies of a title are currently checked out
- Once a title that you placed a hold on becomes available, you will be notified by email and you have 3 days to check it out before the hold expires
- Available on both PCs and MACs
Expiration
- Titles downloaded to your computer will expire at the end of the lending period
- Titles transferred to an iPod or a WMA player will not expire until you re-sync your entire library
- Titles transferred to an eBook reader will expire at the end of the lending period
- Titles transferred to a Smart Phone will expire at the end of the lending period
- Always Available titles never expire
Mac Information
Overdrive titles use DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection technology from Microsoft Corporation. Apple® devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone) used in conjunction with a computer on a Mac operating system do not support DRM-protected files. This means:
- You will have a very limited selection of audio book and music titles if you download to a Mac and transfer to an Apple® device (iPod, iPad, iPhone)
- You will be able to access most audio books and music titles if you download to a PC and your Apple® device is formatted for a PC
- Video is not viewable if downloaded to a Mac or mobile device
- All eBook titles are available to Mac users
