Thursday, September 1, 2011

Camellia Net

Thanks to the wonderful support from the Friends of the Library, Decatur Public Library is now part of Camellia Net, Alabama's Digital Library powered by Overdrive Digital Library Reserve. This site allows you to download ebooks, audio books, and music from home at any time of the day or night. All you need to begin is your library card number. Each book title will display whether the file can be downloaded as an MP3, WMA audio, ebook, burn to cd,transfer to ipod, etc. The camellia net site will let you know what programs you will need to download to your computer or device in order to use this service. Decatur Library has joined the Advantage plan so make sure you have logged in with your card number before you begin your search. Logging in with your card number first will allow you to see all the titles that are available to you. Overdrive has compiled a list of devices and what download format each supports. The list can be seen at http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/. At the moment Amazon Kindle is not a supported device but overdrive is working with Amazon to try to make this a possibility.