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Accessing Free eBook Collections to Enhance Student Reading

Access popular and award-winning titles through free eBook collections like Open eBooks. Librarians and educators can manage access for children from Title 1 households to borrow up to 10 books at a time. Learn how to access eBooks on various platforms. For more information, visit http://www.wccusd.net/libraries.

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Accessing Free eBook Collections to Enhance Student Reading

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  1. Accessing Free eBook Collections to Enhance Student Reading Tatjana Ravnik, WCCUSD Library Services http://www.wccusd.net/libraries

  2. Free eBooks

  3. Accessing Open eBooks

  4. About Open eBooks • Popular and award-winning titles • White House ConnectED Initiative • New York Public Library, First Book, Digital Public Library & Baker & Taylor, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation • Librarians, educators & program managers manage access for children from “in-need” households (Title 1) • Children can borrow 10 books at a time for about 2 months • App based – Android & iOS

  5. Download the App

  6. Inside Open eBooks

  7. Reading an eBook

  8. eBooks at the Public Library

  9. Contra Costa County Public Library

  10. Online Sign-Up • Online sign-up for temporary card • http://ccclib.org/ecard/ecard_en.html • Stop by any Contra Costa County Public Library branch • Show your photo ID to get your permanent card

  11. 0verdrive

  12. TumbleBook

  13. Richmond Public Library http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/

  14. Access to WCCUSD eBook Collection • GoFollett.com • Destiny Library Catalog • “your child’s school library website” • wccusd.follettdestiny.com • Brytewave K-12 App

  15. FolletShelf eBooks

  16. Login • Students: Same login as the login for school computers • (K/1 will need to use their ID as their password) • Teachers: • username: use prefix of email (before @) password: ID • Or use Guest Login • username: school mascot • password: read • (see your school library webpage)

  17. Searching for eBooks • 2 options • Search within Destiny (school catalog) • Search on FollettShelf

  18. Search for an eBook

  19. Digital: eBooks

  20. Reading within Internet Browser

  21. The App – BryteWave K-12 Edition

  22. Logging into the App

  23. Guest or Personal Login

  24. Searching for an eBook or

  25. Opening an eBook

  26. How to Download/Checkout

  27. Removing/Returning the eBook

  28. Questions? http://www.wccusd.net/libraries

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