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Collection Development Tools
Enhance your digital catalog with tools and features that help you select content, improve access, and automate purchase processes—all from OverDrive's collection development portal, Content Reserve.


Content Reserve

Manage your digital catalog from OverDrive's
Web-based collection development portal.

OverDrive Advantage

Create custom collections within shared
collection websites.

Download Station

Automatically add new release titles to your
digital catalog.

Community Reserve

Upload and share locally produced content with your users and other libraries, schools, and colleges.

AudioFile

Tens of thousands of audiobook reviews from AudioFile, the leading authority on spoken word content, can be added to your OverDrive-powered website.



Other Tools & Features



Holds Manager

Holds Manager automatically adds new titles to your collection whenever the waitlist reaches your specified length. By combining Holds Manager with a Download Standing Order Plan, pre-release waitlists remain shorter and your users receive their new release downloads faster.
Click on the 'Collection' tab in your Content Reserve account.



Max Access

Give your users access to best-selling titles without waiting lists or holds. Max Access collection titles are always available for simultaneous download to all of your users. Max Access subscriptions are available from leading publishers including Tantor Media, Blackstone Audio, PBS, Image Entertainment, and many more. Add a Max Access subscription in Content Reserve Marketplace