We are excited to introduce two new services at the Stromsburg Public Library. We have become members of the Central Nebraska Consortium which now gives our patrons access to Zinio for Libraries and OnceClickDigital Audio.
A little information about both services, Zinio for Libraries is a digital magazine service. Very similar to Overdrive, you will be granted access using your library card number. You will then create an account that will enable you to read magazines online or download them to a device. There are more than 100 magazines titles available in current issues or back issues. The magazines are simultaneous usage so that means your favorite magazine is always available. You also don’t have to worry about a magazine disappearing from your device as there are no checkout time restrictions.
OneClickDigital Audio is an online audio book library very similar to OverDrive, except again, you don’t have to worry about placing holds. These titles are also simultaneous use. You select your checkout period at the point of checkout, up to 14 days. It looks like files need to be added to your computer, then transferred to your device, but I’m sure on that.
Dorinda and I have not played around with these services much as yet so we may not be able to answer all your questions, but feel free to start using either of these services by visiting rbdigital.com/centralnebraskane/zinio or centralnebraskane.oneclickdigital.com to set up an account. This account can be linked to both sites for use. It looks like Zinio has user guides and tutorials on their help page and OneClickDigital has FAQ and tutorials. We plan on holding classes for both services after the first of the year.
