Intro
This page gives a summary of options available to market your services to patrons. Not all member libraries have access to every e-content service provider below.
Many of these useful links are also found on your RSAcat online catalog homepage.
Alliance Digital Media Library (ADML)
ADML Overview
See more information on the ADML page for Member Libraries.
Libby
Libby is the newest app from Overdrive to download eBooks and audiobooks from ADML directly to your mobile device. You need a valid library card and PIN from a participating RSA Public Library. Available through the App Store and Google Play Store.
CloudSource Open Access “Online Articles”
The Open Articles tab within RSAcat is on by default for most libraries.
Your library’s RSAcat online catalog now includes access to over 47 million full text academic articles from 96+ thousand journals, plus over 1.5 million eBooks, eAudio, and educational resources. Everything is available without logging into your account.
For more information, see the Open Articles & More link on your RSAcat homepage.
Also see
Staff Training page for Online Articles
Promotional Documents page for Online Articles
eRead Illinois, Baker & Taylor
IPLAR Collection Counts (Statistics)
Public libraries, find the number of e-books and audiobooks in the eRead Illinois Boundless collection at the end of your fiscal year on our eRead Illinois Boundless dashboard for IPLAR. The dashboard is updated at the beginning of every month.
Access eRead IL help documents on the Baker & Taylor Boundless website. They provide help categories, videos, individual device help topics or you can just search for what you need help on.
Access the eRead IL site. You’ll need to use your L2 account information to see some the marketing and pricing information.
Boundless (formerly Axis360)
The Boundless app can search your library’s eRead Illinois collection and download eBooks and eAudiobooks. You need a valid library card and PIN and PIN from a participating RSA Library. Available on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Boundless may also be accessed through a web browser at https://ereadil.boundless.baker-taylor.com/
Hoopla
There is an annual fee in order to get hoopla content (like eBooks and other formats) to sync with RSAcat.
For more information about adding Hoopla to RSAcat, please email the RSA help desk at .
Inkie and Biblioboard
Open to all residents of Illinois, BiblioBoard has digital books, images, articles, documents, audio and specially curated collections. Links are on your RSAcat home page and include: App Store, Google Play Store, and Kindle Fire downloads.
Marketing Materials
We used a free generator that only requires an Adobe account to make RSAcat app shortcuts for your patrons to scan.
The free generator is called Adobe Express.
QR code for Apple/iOS
QR code for Android
Shoutbomb Text Message Notifications
Learn about the separate text reminder system that any RSA patron can opt into with a text:
1. Open your Messaging app and create a new Text Message to 844-225-9458.
2. Add the following text to your message: SIGNUP+PatronBarcode+PIN and press send.
Users are charged their regular message rates.
Below, find a PDF and word document for RSA Member Library staff to use. Please remember to change the information to match your own library or the contact area will have no info.
More information can be found here.
Modify this Word Doc to suit your library (contains same info as the above link).