New to Digital Downloads? In just a few taps, you can start reading or listening instantly on your phone or tablet. Libby and hoopla have what you need. The digital library is available 24/7 without leaving home and is free from our library. Choose from bestsellers, fiction, nonfiction, children books, young adult, music, TV, and more.
Registered Library Cards:
Registered library cards are required to access e-Magazines, e-Books, e-Audiobooks, and/or other digital content. You must use your own library card to access any available digitized content. Visit our library card webpage for instructions to obtain a library card. Library staff is available if you need assistance.
Compatible E-Readers:
Various compatible e-reading devices include desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smart phones, and other wireless e-readers. E-Books are offered in various electronic formats such as Kindle book, OverDrive Read, PDF e-book, EPUB books, and OPEN EPUB books. The accessibility of specific e-book formats is solely determined by your specific device. For more information visit OverDrive or hoopla.
Wi-Fi (wireless) Network:
The Valparaiso Community Library offers free Wi-Fi service during normal business hours. While visiting the library, you can easily download your digital content. using our wireless network. Please note, the Internet Use Policy is applicable to all library computers and the wireless network.
Libby/OverDrive
To access e-Books, e-Audiobooks, and e-Magazines with Libby, click here. Download the Libby app to get started. Add Panhandle Library Access Network as your library in your Libby app or OverDrive account. Choose Okaloosa as your location and sign in with your library account number.
E-Magazines, e-Books and e-Audiobooks with Libby are accessible by downloading material from the Okaloosa County Digital Library joined with PLAN (Panhandle Library Access Network) onto compatible e-reading devices. Library cards are required to access e-Magazines, e-Books and/or e-Audiobooks.
Checkout period for OverDrive™ content is limited to five (5) days or an optional twenty-one (21) days, if available. e-Books and e-Audiobooks are available on an individual basis (single copy is shared among county public libraries). However, users can place holds on items which are currently unavailable for checkout.
Users can search the online card catalog for available Libby e-Books, e-Magazines, and e-Audiobooks. E-Books, e-Magazines, and e-Audiobooks are downloaded, via the internet, onto individual e-reading devices. Simply select and download available electronic materials directly to your e-reading device. Compatible devices may include desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smart phones, and other wireless e-readers. Learn more information on how to borrow, read, or listen to e-books and audios.
hoopla
Try hoopla, click here, it provides 24/7 access to borrow audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga, music, movies, TV, and more with BingePass, from anywhere, often with no wait, all for free with your Valparaiso Community Library card. Content can be streamed from a computer or a mobile device by downloading the hoopla Digital app for iOS and Android. Sign up for hoopla with your library card at hoopladigital.com or download the hoopla app from your device’s app store. You can borrow up to 7 titles each month; borrows reset on the first of each month. Click here to learn more.
With hoopla’s Instant collection, every title you see is available instantly. Just click or tap to borrow and start enjoying immediately. It works on smart devices or in your computer’s browser, so you can start on one device and pick up where you left off on another. You can stream titles or even download them for offline use if you’re going to be away from Wi-Fi.