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College Download Library

The service is easy for students to use and easy for librarians to manage

Two-year and four-year colleges, universities, community colleges, and distance learning programs can develop a 24/7 digital library that extends off campus, into students' homes, and even onto the commute route with a portable audio player, eBook reader, or smartphone.


OverDrive’s College Download Library offers:

  • Custom-branded website
  • Online access 24 hours a day/7 days a week
  • Hundreds of thousands of eBooks & audiobooks for college student use
  • Custom collection that you select for your school
  • Easy access using an existing library card or school ID
  • Compatibility with all major desktop and mobile platforms, including Windows®, Mac®, iPod®, iPhone®, iPad®, Android, BlackBerry®, Windows® Phone,
    Sony® Reader, NOOK, and Kindle® (US schools and libraries only).


To help you succeed with your College Download Library, we offer many high quality features and tools, including:

  • Best Selection of titles in all subjects, such as career development, business, technology, foreign language, and best-selling fiction and non-fiction
  • Best Service including a hosted website, real-time reports, expert training for staff, and promotional support
  • Best User Experience with streamlined checkout & download and free software designed to enhance the reading experience


How many titles are available?

OverDrive boasts an impressive array of titles from thousands of suppliers. With hundreds of thousands of eBook, audiobook, video, and music titles, OverDrive is one of the largest digital content distributors in the world. Audiobooks and eBooks are available in virtually all subjects: best-selling fiction and non-fiction, business, career & professional development, history, current events, technology, travel, foreign language, self-improvement, social studies, mystery, romance, thrillers, literature, and more.


Who uses OverDrive?

Over 15,000 libraries around the globe are using OverDrive to enable digital book downloads, including institutions of higher education in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Turkey, and more.