Can users download eAudiobooks to public computers in my library?
Although the NetLibrary system won’t prevent users from downloading eAudiobooks to public computers in your library, a message on the eAudiobooks download page advises users not to do so. To prevent eAudiobooks from being downloaded to a public computer in your library, you’ll need to install third-party security software. The eAudiobooks service is designed to be used outside the library; for example, from home, work, or school, partly because libraries do not want to perform maintenance tasks related to downloading. Also, if a user downloads and opens an eAudiobook file on a library computer, then the license to listen to that file is tied to that computer. The user would need to use that computer to transfer the file to a portable device and would not be able to download and listen to the eAudiobook on her home computer. A library may choose to allow users to download eAudiobooks to USB drives (also known as jump or flash drives) in the library. In this scenario, a user downloads a
