Goodbye OverDrive app
OverDrive has announced that at the end of April 2023, they are shutting down the OverDrive app and requiring all […]
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ODL Passes 7 million CKO for 2022
On Sunday, November 13th, the Ohio Digital Library passed the 7 million checkout mark for the year. You can view real-time checkouts and holds here. As of yesterday, Lane’s checkouts are at 213,403. We are on track to surpass our 2021 total of 222,154.
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Chrome/Adobe/Ohio Means Jobs fix
We’ve heard from several of you about this issue so I thought I would post the fix. Within Chrome when you try to open a .PDF, sometimes it will bark at you needing Adobe Reader. When we hear about it, the site is often Ohio Means Jobs but it probably happens on other sites, too. You can manually adjust Chrome settings to download the .PDF rather than open with Chrome. The .PDF will open directly in Adobe Reader (which is installed on all public computers).
Unfortunately, we can’t change this administratively because doing so creates another problem.
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Kanopy update
Kanopy is adding more mainstream content soon, Warner Bros, Lionsgate and more.
Their Town Hall from 8/11/21 is available on YouTube if you want to learn more.
FYI: Some older Kindles won’t connect online after December 2021
https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-check-if-your-kindle-will-lose-internet-access
Trying to figure out if your Kindle will lose internet access? We’re guessing you heard about Amazon’s upcoming changes that will stop some older Kindles from accessing the internet entirely, once the change happens in the U.S. this December.
Fortunately not all Kindles will be affected in the same way. It all depends on which model you have, as Amazon’s move to walk away from older 2G and 3G networks (moving to 4G and 5G) is a bigger deal for Kindles that don’t have Wi-Fi access. The slightly newer Kindles will still have Wi-Fi, but lose cellular connections That said, the convenience of downloading a book on the go via cellular is a huge thing to lose.
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ODL passes 6 million circs for 2020
ODL passes 6 million circs for 2020
Lane is on pace to pass 200,000 circ on ODL in 2020.
Also remember, RBdigital magazines (Zinio) will transition to ODL in Q1 2020.
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New Virtual Story Time Page
We’ve added a new Virtual Story Time page to our public website. You can find the link in the drop-down menu under Kids. We’ve highlighted the latest videos and linked to a feed of all the story time videos. The highlighted videos will be changed periodically.
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Kanopy adding A&E and HISTORY channel content
Kanopy is excited to announce that we are adding hundreds of educational and acclaimed documentaries and historical series from A&E and HISTORY!
Available today under Kanopy’s affordable pay-per-use pricing, patrons may access an entire series from these providers for just one credit and the standard 72-hour viewing period.
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