OverDrive Community Reserve is a digital resource sharing service that enables participating libraries, schools, and colleges to manage and share eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video. Use it to distribute locally produced, non-commercial content in supported formats and share digital materials across OverDrive's network at no added cost. You can immediately increase the value of your collection – as well as the circulation – with titles from Community Reserve.
Using Community Reserve is easy and does not require extra training. To add content, you can use the same upload process as for the current "Manage Local Collection," but now you can also select "share with Community Reserve."
OverDrive allots each library an amount of hosting, storage, and bandwidth for your local collection and provides reporting tools, protection, and usability. You can add content from Community Reserve to your OverDrive-powered website just like other material.
The digital books and more that you see in Community Reserve are valuable titles that OverDrive library partners have made available to share for free. These may include local historical documents, educational materials, entertaining videos, or anything that may benefit users. Titles can be added to your collection and start circulating immediately with just a few clicks. This is the answer for libraries, schools, and colleges looking to share local content—digitally. Some titles include:
"Ku soo dhawoow maktabadaada", submitted by Rochester Public Library. Introduces Somali immigrants to the library.
"Student Voices: Teen Suicide," submitted by Denver Public Library. Examines the serious and disturbing issue of teen suicide.
100 "Expanded Books" videos featuring author interviews and commentary on award-winning titles including "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind, "The Planets" by Dava Sobel, and "You: The Owner's Manual" by Mehmet Oz and Michael F. Roizen.
“The Wizard of Oz: Lend Your Voice,” submitted by District of Columbia Public Library. A community-sourced audiobook recorded at ALA 2010 in Washington, D.C.
"Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose," submitted by San Jose Public Library
"Federal Art in Cleveland 1933-1943," submitted by Cleveland Public Library
"Greetings from Tucson: A Postcard History of the Old Pueblo," submitted by Pima County (AZ) Public Library
