Digital Bookmobile from OverDrive

This event is free for library lovers of all ages.

The Digital Bookmobile National Tour is making a stop at the Pickerington Public Library! From 11 a.m.-3 p.m., visit the Pickerington Main location to take part in an interactive experience to learn about and try eBooks and audiobooks available from the Pickerington Public Library through its partnership with the Central Library Consortium.

Pickerington Public Library staff and eReading experts will be available on the Digital Bookmobile to guide visitors through the easy process. Readers with a valid library card can borrow their favorite titles 24/7 by visiting OverDrive, or by downloading OverDrive’s newest reading app, Libby. Bring your own device for assistance with downloading e-books and e-audiobooks, or explore the Digital Bookmobile’s Gadget Gallery!

Staff will facilitate one-on-one tutorials to help visitors borrow and read or listen to eBooks and audiobooks. Equipped with interactive workstations, touchscreen activities, devices to sample titles and more, the Digital Bookmobile has everything a reader needs to get started. Popular devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™ and Kindle®, fill the Gadget Gallery for visitors to browse the Pickerington Public Library’s digital service.

Drop-in activities from 12 p.m.-3 p.m.:

The library will also have ongoing activities indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) for all ages! Join us outdoors for water balloon fun, parachute play, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles, or take part in our DIY Screen Cleaner drop-in craft:

Now that you know all of the wonderful things you can do with your electronic device through your library, you’ll want to make sure your device is clean and ready for reading! Stop in to make a screen cleaner to polish your device and leave it looking like new. No registration is required.