Partner Libraries in Overdrive and Libby

Browse digital collections across the Commonwealth with this feature available to you with a SAILS Library Network card.

Cold weather is the perfect time to curl up with a good book!

If you can’t make it out to your local library, you can borrow e-books and e-audiobooks from Overdrive (https://sails.overdrive.com/) and through Libby either online (https://libbyapp.com/library/sails) or by downloading the app to your device.

Actually, did you know that your SAILS Library Network card allows you to checkout material on Overdrive and Libby at libraries across the Commonwealth?  Overdrive and Libby refer to this as Partner Libraries.  Partner Libraries are Massachusetts library networks that have agreed to share their digital collections with each other.  So, even if you are snowed in on the South Shore, you can browse and check out items from libraries across the state from the comfort of your couch!

Using the Partner Libraries feature differs depending on whether you’re an Overdrive or Libby user.  We recently updated our Overdrive/Libby Help page with tutorials on how to add and use Partner Libraries.  

If you’re an Overdrive user, click this link for more information.
If you’re a Libby user, click this link for more information.

And this link will take you to instructions on how to search and place holds at Partner Libraries.

Happy reading!

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