From: Christina L Sibley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:34:38 +0000 I get this in digest form, so may be repeating what has been posted today. I visited one of the Overdrive bookmobiles about 3 years ago when our local public library district scheduled their appearance to launch the Overdrive product. It did have a "petting zoo" with a variety of handheld devices and it was promoting both e-books and streaming films. Our public library only had the e-books in their collection. Our public library had a staff person, along with the Overdrive folks, sitting outside to talk to patrons and hand out the brochures and instructions on how to use. It was great for stirring up interest in their new e-book collection. Several months later I contacted the Overdrive folks to see about getting the digital bookmobile to visit our community college campus, as we were getting a lot of inquiries about e-book fiction titles. We don't have the product, but we partner with the public library sometimes on events for our students and I saw this as conveniently bringing information to our campus for a product they could get online through our public library and not have to drive 10 miles into town for some help. At that time, the Overdrive folks told me that their schedule was booked out something like a year in advance, and the schedule basically took them in a path around the country. They wouldn't be in our neck of the woods again for quite a while. Several of my colleagues at our academic library use overdrive for their fiction needs, downloading to their e-readers. Convenient and free. Tina Sibley Distance Education Librarian Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ 85365 [log in to unmask]