How do I use the Libby app?
How do I borrow eBooks and audiobooks in WISCAL OverDrive/Libby?
Answer
The free Libby App is the easiest way to borrow digital audiobooks and eBooks. You can also use your web-browser to read or listen, you just need to login with your BTC 9-digit ID number, complete instructions are here.
Downloading Libby on Your Personal Device
Libby is available for Android, iOS, Windows 10, some Chromebooks, and in your browser at libbyapp.com.
- Install the Libby app from your device's app store. Or visit libbyapp.com in your Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge browser.
- In Libby they will give you several prompts to sign in, first click "I have a library card"
- Click on 'Search for your library', search for "Blackhawk Technical College", click on the Wisconsin Academic Library Consortium.
- Click on 'Sign in with My Card', select Blackhawk Technical College, it will re-direct you to add in your BTC 9-Digit ID Number , sometimes it takes two attempts to get signed in
- Browse the collection, click on titles you would like to borrow or put on hold!
If you need more help with Libby, you can visit the Libby Help page or contact the BTC Library.
If you have a device that's not compatible with Libby, you can use WISCAL Libby online to access the same resource and search, read or listen to books via your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge).
Links & Files
- Libby Help Opens in new window
- How do I log-in and use WISCAL Overdrive for access to eBooks and audiobooks? Opens in new window
- How to read in your browser not Libby Opens in new window
- How do I access library resources off campus? What is my BTC ID Number? Opens in new window
- How do I find eBooks in eBook Central? Opens in new window
- What eBook and audiobook collections are available? Opens in new window