Joining the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Consortium
Information for Nebraska public libraries interested in joining the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries consortium.
Membership Requirements:
Membership is open to Nebraska public libraries,
legally-established under Nebraska State Statute 51-201, serving
populations of less than 100,000. Libraries must also meet
the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries requirements outlined on the
Criteria for Nebraska Library Commission Services page.
Pricing:
Annual Participation Fee:
Each library participating in the group pays an annual participation fee
that goes toward purchasing shared OverDrive content for the consortium.
- 2023/2024 Annual Participation Fee for NEW Participants - Participation fees for NEW participants joining AT THE BEGINNING of the
2023/2024 term will be calculated using the following formula:
- $0.13 per population served (using
legal service area population), with a minimum cost of $500. (This
means that libraries with a legal service area population of 3,846
or less will pay the minimum participation fee of $500.)
- 2023/2024 Annual Participation Fee
for RENEWING Participants - Participation fees for libraries
that paid a Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group participation fee for the
2022/2023 year will be calculated using the following formula:
- $0.10 per
population served (using legal service area population), with a minimum cost of $500.
(This means that libraries with a legal service area population of
5,000 or less will pay the minimum participation fee of $500.) These libraries have the option of contributing additional funds.
Annual Maintenance Fee:
The Nebraska Library Commission will continue to pay the annual
maintenance fee. This fee was originally $12,000 per year but it has
increased to $20,000 per year.
Participation Term:
October 1 through September 30.
Libraries may join mid-term; however, participation fees will not be prorated for libraries joining mid-term.
Deadline:
Setup can take up to two months, so if you
would like
your access to start on October 1, the first day of the new participation
year, you must submit your paperwork by August 1.
To Place an Order:
Please contact
Susan Knisely to request an Overdrive Participation Form
and an OverDrive Purchase Agreement. These two documents must
be printed out, signed, and returned to: Susan Knisely, Nebraska
Library Commission, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-2023. If
you prefer you may fax these documents to Susan Knisely at 402-471-2083.
Please feel free to email
Devra Dragos
or
Susan Knisely if you are interested
in participating in this group and have additional questions.
Licensing:
Participating libraries will be required to
sign and submit an Overdrive Participation Form when they join
the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries consortium. By doing so they agree to
abide by the terms and conditions of the Digital Library Reserve
Application Services Agreement with OverDrive, Inc. signed by the
Nebraska Library Commission .
Due to restrictions related to digital rights
management, OverDrive content is not intended to be downloaded to library
computers. Patrons using reading/listening devices that require them to
initially download content to a computer should identify a non-library
computer (at home, at work, at a friend or family member's house) that they
can use for this step.
See also information on
non-resident borrowers.
Patron Authentication:
In order to check items out of the Nebraska
OverDrive Libraries collection, your patrons will need to be
authenticated to confirm that they are authorized patrons of your
library.
OverDrive works with current versions of many common integrated library systems,
such as Biblionix, Bywater Solutions, Follett, Innovative Interfaces, and
Sirsi/Dynix, to authenticate patrons to download digital
content from OverDrive. Libraries using these systems will need to provide
information to OverDrive that OverDrive will then use to set up authentication
for the libraries'
patrons.
The Nebraska Library Commission has agreed
to host remote authentication on behalf of libraries running systems
that won't
communicate
directly with OverDrive. This will eliminate the
need for these libraries to purchase and set up their own proxy servers.