Commonwealth eBook Collections is evolving!
Following a procurement process in 2017, Commonwealth eBook Collections has selected OverDrive as its new eBook platform. OverDrive replaces Axis 360. 90% of the Axis 360 content will move to the new OverDrive service. Biblioboard, and eBook Central will no longer be offered. Continue reading
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The CLAMS Library Network will once again participate in, Big Library Read, world’s largest digital book club
Join #BigLibraryRead, the largest global eBook club! 
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When you search the CLAMS Catalog you will be invited to try our new Encore Search.
What is Encore?
Based on feedback from our users, CLAMS has added an intuitive, yet powerful search option that includes features common to search engines such as Google, commercial web sites, and social networking sites. It is a new way to search for books, DVDs, digital titles, etc. in the CLAMS libraries. Encore is particularly powerful when you begin with a broad search and want to narrow it down.
Encore integrates the patron’s OverDrive eBook checkouts and holds into “My Account” and allows access to articles from Gale General OneFile, an online reference resource provided through the state.
For more details please visit out Help Page.
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Browse hundreds of recent 
additions, eBooks and monthly theme titles in the CLAMS new look “Featured Titles” section. Click on the images below and link directly into the Catalog.
May is barbecue month – have fun browsing!
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) has published an infographic to show how “State Funding Cuts Are Putting Library Resource Sharing At Risk.”
You may already know that you can download eBooks and eAudio Books at no cost from the CLAMS Digital Downloads site with your CLAMS library card. There are other great resources too right here in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Libraries – eBooks for Everyone.
Do you use the CLAMS Digital Downloads service? Now you may renew eBooks and eAudios if there is no waiting list on the title. How to renew digital titles.
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Tagged CLAMS, CLAMS Digital Media, Downloadable Audiobooks, ebooks
This recent article from boston.com discusses eBooks and Libraries.
Why It’s Difficult for Your Library to lend Ebooks.
Check out the new Cape & Islands featured list on the CLAMS Digital Downloads website. It’s a mix of eBooks and eAudios, fiction and non-fiction.
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Tagged CLAMS Digital Downloads, CLAMS Digital Media, eaudio, ebooks
