How to Use Libby, Libby is a mobile app that supports users in accessing library ebooks.

0:00 uh my name is Davis hurry I am the circulation supervisor here at the oso Library uh I will going to say hello to all our friends who will be joining us on YouTube in the future today we'll be helping you get the most of your library card we'll be going over how to set up Libby on your personal devices including Kindle uh please follow along with the slides to the best of your ability please hold questions till the end of the presentation I will be going around helping people after the lecture get everything set up if they couldn't get it you know done there without further Ado let's get our Libby on so what is Libby so Libby is a free app you can enjoy ebooks audiobooks magazines uh all from the public library you can stream titles uh through Wi-Fi

0:48 mobile there or download them so you can use them for later use when you get started as your library card so if you folks been using the online software for a while you may be familiar with overdrive overdrive is the parent company of Libby uh they have now gone to Libby is the forward- facing app so if you are familiar with overdrive it is still the same thing is just with a different facelift and that is Libby so let's get us set up using Libby so for everyone here who needs to

1:36 get Libby on their devices uh step one is to download the app and then you can find that on the Apple App Store the Google Play Store there's a direct download link from the overdrive website these are the icons you would be looking for the Google play button on the left here and the Apple Play Store button on on the right so you'd want to click on that app you're going to want to search for Libby and download the Libby Drive the Libby app uh it's going to look like that icon a little person reading a

2:24 book so step two in Libby we're going to be following the prompts to find to your library and sign in with your library card so once you have opened the app you will be looking at a screen that pops it looks like this uh you're going to want to click on the three arrows in the middle of the screen and that will bring you to this exact screen that is the login screen we're going to then want you add the OS Library we'll be doing that by clicking the add library is right

3:11 there you will then type in the aille Village Library and then you will see clams will pop up with the OS Library address here and that's what we're going to want to click so clams will appear be also a library and you will be presented with this screen the signin screen where you'll see sign with my card you'll be able to click on that

4:08 you'll see clam's Library patrons the little maroon red star that is what we're going to want to click on will then be presented to with this screen here to access ACC to enter your username or card number a card number is what we default set everyone to um you could have possibly set a username on your own uh if not card number will still work either either or if you're not sure what your card number is please feel free to call the library 508

4:53 42 0550 is our phone number we're more than happy to help out and get you that information so you've put in your card number and then you're going to need to access your account by putting your PIN number the pin number is going to be the less four of your card number or possibly less four of your phone number depending on which Library it is everyone kind of sets up differently we do the last Bo the card number when we make accounts so you put in your card and then you're ping is the last four numbers of that card that's

5:43 correct would have hit that sign in you'll hit next then your card will appear uh it will have your card number at the top and then the loans and holds you're able to get you're able to get five books out at once and put 15 on hold we'll then hit next and we are now in the Libby app so you will be presented with our home uh catalog here these are kind of recommendations that the Consortium has set up uh seasonal

6:29 bestsellers is kind of what you know we feel people are interested in um little overview of how the whole app functions there's a stack of books the second to last right icon on the bottom and that is your shelf so this is where you would see the books that you have taken out books you have on hold those are expressed at the Top If you have anything currently out you'll see information of the book be able to view all that the magnifying glass on the left is your search button you can search by Title by author

7:15 there are also filters as you can see along the top and those are categories so you can search by books audio magazine um if you dig into it you can get down to genre we'll be covering that later and that is how the app works so you're all set there on the app on your physical device uh for people who would like to use a Kindle device it gets a little bit more intensive uh so this is how we would access Libby and get everything sent over to your Kindle so this is a quick overview of the steps we'll be covering so we would tap that shelf icon those books on the bottom

8:00 right we would then tap loans once you have a book downloaded and then once that appears you'll tap read with Kindle and then you'd be prompted to put in your Amazon information and then once there you'll be able to get the book we'll go through all that I know it's a lot so we will go doing the same thing step by step of how you would do that here I also have a video kind of explaining it and giving us a little bit more information want to read on your Amazon device Amazon offers two lines of

8:47 devices Kindle e-readers and fire tablets if you have a Fire tablet simply download Libby from the Amazon app store once you download the app you can follow our other howto videos to start browsing and borrowing titles in Libby if you have a Kindle e-reader in the United States you can send most eBooks from Libby to your Kindle to do this start on the title Details page in Libby look to see that the Kindle format is supported if so when you borrow a Kindle compatible EB book choose to read with

9:35 Kindle you'll be taken to amazon.com to finish the Fulfillment process if you haven't signed into Amazon yet you'll be prompted to do so first choose which Kindle compatible device to deliver it to if you have more than one then tap the yellow get library book button and you'll be sent to a confirmation page the title will now appear on your Kindle homepage if you're having trouble getting a library book from Amazon's website onto your Kindle tap manage content and devices choose from the list of actions if that doesn't work we recommend contacting Amazon support

10:33 okay so here's a book I've downloaded the ever popular Sonic series um so I have now navigated to my shelf I've clicked on the book where it says loans and then we can see that there is a read with Kindle because this is a Kindle supported book so we would then click on that from the Libby app you have then presented with the Amazon login if this is your first time accessing a book and sending it to your Kindle so you would put in your Amazon account information we will then be given this screen uh this is the Amazon page book

11:20 that we saw in the video this is the get library book this is what's telling it to send it to your Kindle and that's is it once the book has been sent to your Kindle it will appear on the Kindle shelf um and you'll be able to read that at your leisure so returning Kindle books to Libby it's a two-step process essentially you have to return it on Kindle and you have to return it on Libby uh this will only affect you if you currently have five holds out and you're looking to get another book um so if you've read everything and you need to return something before for the twoe due date you will then have to go through these steps otherwise you can wait for the book to automatically

12:05 return which it will do so returning a book from Kindle to Libby is most certainly an undertaking but we will make sure everyone gets it all set here so we're going to need to First in Libby go to that shelf page where we we're accessing our content you then going to select manage loan return early return with Kindle it will then direct you to Amazon's website where this will appear and you will return it now you will then select yes confirm will then be brought back to Libby where you then confirm with Libby we'll go over that step by step

12:53 here so I have now accessed My Song the Hedgehog book in Libby and I would like to return it early because I would like another book out so I'm going to tap on return early I will then be prompted to return with Kindle because I've sent this to a Kindle device here I am on the Kindle or the Amazon page turn this book and then I now back on Libby and Libby asks if I've returned it and you would say yes I returned it and then that will get removed from your liby

13:42 account thank you everyone I hope uh we got a little bit out of that and I am more than happy to help everyone set things up any questions on searching we can most certainly do that here so the floor is open anything that anyone like to know so if you don't go through all that returning in two weeks they'll just take it back they'll just take it back automatically yep so it's only uh relevant if you're reading a lot of books you have your five out on Kindle you finished all five and you need something you're going have to go through the return Kindle steps yes so

14:30 if you're searching for books I I want AUD but I end up with book gotcha so I will log into Libby with my account here we can do a little searching the rear phone following the steps I've done so I have lab card I am searching for uster bille asille will appear I'm clicking on austerville sign with my card appears my card and to click clam's Library

15:19 patrons put in my card number I get told they cannot verif my card number which is lovely always helps when you put everything in correctly here's my card

16:04 all right so we're going to want to search and if you're looking for audiobooks we're going to want to click here on the audiobooks and now we're going to be searching just the audiobook collection so you so we can search so if we're in audiobooks you know we've got 13 you know th000 audiobooks for books to download so we can narrow it down even more by hitting the little icon on the left there by available now coming soon uh content we can go by

16:53 subject keep limiting limiting it so if I'm looking for a fiction audiobook and now see how the trees work in here so we're in audiobooks fiction you know page one of 284 it's available we'll say it's available these are all placehold so if you're looking for just audiobooks you're going to want to start at the top there and limit it all righty all

17:40 right all right any other questions searching filtering so I'll help folks one one afterwards so we can most certainly get out of these fiction audiobooks so there's a back arrow at the top left so here so we got our 5,000 magazines so you're in the magazine screen now which you can see here with the so that's showing us where in the magazines so in the search bar here that's at the top of the screen

18:29 so magazines then search bar is this one right there that is the search bar there so you just click on it I we just click on that and we'll type in people again and now we're searching Our People magazine collection what year like they only have three of them so we keep scrolling this is we have three pages of magazines know what year what month that is open so people Magazine Special Ed

19:15 dissue the Beyonce so if you click on it it will show you the information of the magazine Edition so gives you a little bit information yeah so it's got uh a little bit of an animation feature if you will um and then yeah it's kind of It kind of emulates looking like a magazine but it's more of a regular ebook overall you know but it try it tries to give you that magazine

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