Card holders are invited to browse the Library's collection of eBooks and audiobooks, check out titles with your library card, and download them to PC, Mac®, ebook readers, tablets, and many portable mobile devices.

This past year, the Monmouth County Library launched Library on the Go!, your source for eBooks and audiobooks. All it takes is a valid resident Monmouth County Library card to check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere, by visiting http://monmouth.lib.overdrive.com

Users must have a valid Monmouth County Library card to access Library on the Go!. Library on the Go! is not be open to paid borrowers (those patrons living in municipalities not covered by the Monmouth County Library System who choose to pay annually for a county library card.)

In addition to Library on the Go!, the Monmouth County Library also makes eBooks available through EBSCO eBooks (formerly NetLibrary).  The Library now has almost 25,000 book titles available through these two services, including fiction and nonfiction books for adults, children and teens.

Read on for more information on how to download eBooks and more.

The insurance settlement was secured through the Monmouth County Department of Insurance and Risk Management. The $283,704 settlement will be used to order new books, periodicals, DVDs, and CDs to replace those lost in the storm, according to Renee B. Swartz, Monmouth County Library Commission Chair.

"Our Oceanport branch suffered the loss of its entire collection and has been closed since Sandy struck at the end of October," Swartz said. "The Commission is committed to the re-opening of the library as soon as possible for Oceanport residents, who sorely miss their library and its services."

It is hoped the refurbished Library branch can re-open sometime in late April, Swartz said.

Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the Library System, said she is pleased with the insurance settlement for the Oceanport branch, and praised the Selective Insurance Group and The Dittmar Agency for their diligent work on the matter.

"The insurance settlement not only allows us to recoup the collection for Oceanport, it is vital to the re-opening of the library," Burry said. "In addition, Library staff at other branches have pulled together to find another 3,000 replacement items for Oceanport. We know how important the library is to the Oceanport community and we hope to have it back up and running very soon."