1. Accessing Free eBook Collections to Enhance Student Reading
Tatjana Ravnik, WCCUSD Library Services

2. Free eBooks
Free Ebook opportunities I will talk about during this presentation are:
Open eBooks
Public Library offerings
WCCUSD Library Services eBook collection

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
Stop by any Contra Costa County Public Library branch
Show your photo ID to get your permanent card

11. 0verdrive

12. TumbleBook Collection of animated talking picture books
Students can read it or have it read to them.

13. Richmond Public Library

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)
username: use prefix of password: ID
Teachers:
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
Adjust search choices to West Costa Unified School District & electronic book (eBook)
Results will show Nook books, Follett Books, and other eBooks
Follett Shelf – hyperlinked
Illustrated how to search here
Find book & open
This won’t include other eBooks.

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

29. Questions?