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Beth Klein

Created on April 4, 2023

YA selecting for the Digital Consortium of Illinois

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OverDrive

e-Books & Audio

Selecting YA books/audio for the Digital Library of Illinois

Digital Library of Illinois

Digital Library of Illinois

North Suburban Digital Consortium

VS

  • 106 libraries
  • 99,000 titles
  • 8 libraries
  • under 42,000 titles

Guidelines

High-demand collection- greatest interest to widest array of patrons

Order every other week

Guidelines

Pre-orders allowed up to a month in advance

Price is a consideration, but only to an extent

Audiobooks are given AT LEAST equal considerationas ebooks

High demand titles up to 5 copies

Budget

$16,441.30

Budget

per year

$1370.11

per month

There is never enough money.

$685

lper order

Models

Metered Access

OC/OU One Copy/One User

  • 12 or 24 months
  • 100 checkouts- simultaneous
  • 52 circs/24 months (Hi, Harry Potter
  • Expire after term

VS

  • like a physical book
  • never expire

Finding Titles

Finding high demand titles:

  • Best-seller lists, especially PW and NYT
  • Review journals
  • Bookstagram/BookTok
  • Book Riot New Release Index (personal subscription)
  • Word of mouth
  • OverDrive Insights

Thanks!

bklein@phpl.info