Kentucky Libraries Unbound is designed to use the Campbell County Public Library card you already have. The ebook and audiobook service is accessed through the website or the Libby app available in the iOS and Android app stores. Watch the video below to see how to set up Libby on your mobile device. To get started, install the Libby app from your device’s app store. If you don’t have a library card with us, you can sign up for a digital patron card to access our digital collection and online resources. Libby features a built-in ebook reader and audiobook player, or books can be set up to be sent to your Kindle automatically. Getting started is easy-all you need is the Libby app and your library card. You can borrow ebooks, audiobooks and digital magazines instantly. *Sign the American Libraries Organizations’ petition at eBooksForAll.Kentucky Libraries Unbound is a free service that allows you to download ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines and videos to computers, smartphones, e-readers or tablets. Here’s what you can do to make your voice heard on this issue. Instead KLU will use its funds to purchase titles from publishers that it believes have maintained equitable and fair licenses models for libraries, allowing them to provide the best service to their patrons. KLU will not purchase new digital titles from MacMillan or additional copies of Macmillan digital titles already in the collection.įor library patrons this will mean longer wait times for already owned titles and that some of their favorite authors’ newest titles may not be added to KLU at all. With the fundamental tenets of the consortium in mind, KLU cannot continue to spend taxpayer money on Macmillan titles under what it views as its unfair and unsustainable licensing terms. KLU strives to provide equal access to all of their patrons across the state of Kentucky, regardless of the economic barriers they might face. These systems, across the state of Kentucky, have joined together to provide their communities with a larger and broader collection of digital resources than each library could achieve individually. Kentucky Libraries Unbound is a partnership between 105 county and city library systems, including those in Boone, Campbell and Grant counties in Northern Kentucky. Under the new model, a library (or library consortium like KLU) may purchase one copy upon release of a new title in eBook format for $30, after which the publisher will impose an eight-week embargo on additional copies of the title.įor Kentucky Libraries Unbound, this means there would be one copy of the title – which could only be checked out to one person at a time – to be shared by the over 60,000 active KLU users across the state of Kentucky, for the first eight weeks.Īfter the initial eight weeks, additional copies would be available, each with a two-year lease (still checked out to one person at a time) for double the price of the first copy. On November 1, 2019, Macmillan instituted a change to their eBook licensing. The boycott is in protest of Macmillan’s change in their eBook licensing model to include limits on library eBook purchases. Kentucky Libraries Unbound (KLU) has joined with the American Library Association and library systems across the country in boycotting Macmillan Publishers’ digital materials.
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