We have not subscribeed Overdrive on our own, mainly due to cost, so this
proposal is really interesting to us. However, we have basically the same
questions as Cathy about how this would work, and would like more info
before deciding to join.
Overall, I think this is a great way to for more of us to get access to
online resources and I hope it works so we can explore trying it for other
things.
- Mei
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I had a long talk with Kevin on Friday. I still have a lot of questions
about how we will be organizing this but I will probably join the group.
I'd love to talk with someone else in BAISL who has been with Overdrive for
a while - we've been using it for over four years so we already have a
good-sized monetary investment. I have so many questions about how we as a
group will deal with making books available to some grades and not others,
how we will deal with newly released/popular titles, how we will handle 12
month licensing (the original purchaser?) or 26 use licensing (what if I
buy but other schools have most of the use?). How will we handle the edgier
titles that are ok in some of our schools but not others? (I have the GOT
books for our upper school students).
I love the overall cost savings and the chance to build a much larger
collection - I'm leaning strongly toward doing this.
Cathy
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What I'm reading now:
*Hillbilly Elegy/*Vance
*Goodbye Days*/Zentner
Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Nicole Hunter <nmhunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I want to remind everyone to submit their form to join Overdrive to Kevin
Coon by the end of the week. The information below should lead you
through the form and submission process.
Please read the following information carefully in regards to signing up
for this opportunity. *PLEASE do not repost any links that you find on
the forum*. This information is confidential to our membership and the
forum is the only place we have that is not visible to the public (our
listserv is public). Thank you!
To join the collection you will need to fill out form linked in the forum
<https://baisl.wildapricot.org/ConsortiumPricing/4614770#4661625> (you
will need to login to access this link) and email it to Kevin (
kcoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) by March 31st.
- You can pay after July 1, but you will need to submit a PO.
- You will be able to join after March 31st, but we want to get this
process started ASAP so that the collection is operational by mid-summer
and ready for the start of next school year. The more people committed by
March 31st the stronger our starting collection will be.
- If you have Axis 360 (or other services) titles that you want to
move into OverDrive let Kevin know when you send in your agreement form.
- If you would like to be on the committee that works on building our
shared collection please contact Sarah Levin via this Google survey
<https://goo.gl/forms/7Qt9ClbwA2If0INN2>. (slevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
Best,
Nicole Hunter, San Francisco University High School (
nicole.hunter@xxxxxxxxx)
