FollettShelf is a new service that provides easy web-based access to all your Follett eContent. Your teachers and students can access these resources from any location that has Internet access. FollettShelf supports and promotes easy usage of your Follett eContent from home, in the classroom or from anywhere with access to the web. You can also easily configure your FollettShelf to allow your teachers and students to log in with their own specific username and password to support online checkouts and/or downloads of your Follett eBooks.

Follett eBooks
ABDO Digital Databases
Capstone Interactive Library™
Catalist Digital™
Lerner Interactive Books™
PebbleGo™
Rosen's PowerKids™ Life Science
Rosen's PowerKids™ Earth & Space Science
Rosens Teen Health & Wellness
Rourke Interactive eBooks
TumbleBook™ Library

When you purchase your Follett eBooks in Titlewave, you can choose to have your eBooks made available on FollettShelf or you can contact FLR Customer Service at 888-511-5114, ext. 1103 to have your existing Follett eBook collection made available to you on FollettShelf.

Once the supported digital resource is purchased from Follett a Digital Resource tab will appear in your FollettShelf, allowing access to that resource.

When you first specify that you want your Follett eContent to be accessible on your FollettShelf, you will receive an email containing the URL (web link) to your own FollettShelf. Once you have logged in to your FollettShelf (using the administrator credentials provided in the same email), you can define a guest username and password for your patrons; you can also set up unique usernames and passwords for your patrons. With unique patron accounts you can support features like online checkouts and downloads.

The default sort is by title; in the results bar directly above the cover images patrons will have the option of toggling between sorting by title to sorting by newest additions.

Yes; you can configure your FollettShelf to allow anyone to browse your list of eBook titles without having to log in, until they decide to either read the title online or check the item out. At that time they will be prompted to sign in. To enable this option, log in as the FollettShelf Administrator and go to Setup, Access Levels and uncheck the box for "Require users to login to the FollettShelf prior to searching".

There are three search tools available in Follettshelf; the Find bar, Narrow Your Search and Advanced Search.

The Find bar is located above the eBook cover images in FollettShelf and will search on title, keyword, subject and author name.

The Narrow Your Search box is located to the left of the eBook cover images in FollettShelf and contains a variety of filter options to choose from such as Author, Subject, Publication Year, etc.

The Advanced Search option is located in the tool bar at the top of the FollettShelf screen and allows for searching of keywords, subjects, title, author and series. Searches can be done to include any word specified, all words specified, exact terms, exclude terms and results can be limited to specific publication years.

FollettShelf supports Accelerated Reader, Reading Counts, Lexile and the Follett reading level assignments. You can configure your FollettShelf to show none, any or all of these levels for your eBooks.

Reading levels are searchable; in the Narrow Your Search tool users can use the slider bar to choose the lowest and highest reading levels for their search results.

Patrons can search using local subject headings either in the keyword search bar in FollettShelf or through the Advanced Search tool in FollettShelf.

Yes; in the tool bar at the top of the FollettShelf screen there is a Help button that links to the help section on our website, www.follettshelf.com. Here your users can find help on topics such as how to search FollettShelf, how to check out material and how to use the eBook reader software.

If you are signed in to your FollettShelf as the Administrator, the Help button will take you to a dedicated Administrator Help section of our website where you can review information on FollettShelf setup, quick reference guides, promotional materials to help you advertise your new digital resources, report creation, system requirements and technical specifications for FollettShelf, as well as contact information when you need assistance with any digital resources you may be hosting through FollettShelf.

There is an eBook inventory report in FollettShelf. Please click here to view our short video on where to locate this report and how to use it.

Yes; local subjects can now be added to any eBook on your FollettShelf. To add local subjects, sign in as the FollettShelf administrator and click on the cover image of the eBook you want to add a local subject to. In the Title Details panel that appears, click the Add Local Subjects link under the cover image. From here you can enter a heading and subject type of your choosing.

Patrons can search using local subject headings either in the keyword search bar in FollettShelf or through the Advanced Search tool in FollettShelf.

When logged in to FollettShelf as an Administrator you can choose to hide titles from your patrons. Any title that is hidden will no longer appear on-screen for your patrons as they browse or in their search results. It is also possible to un-hide titles in cases where access to that eBook may be needed once again. For more information on how to use the Hide feature, please click here to view the short video.

Yes; as an example:

• Create a patron type called "Elementary Students"
• Create a circulation type called "Elementary eBooks"
• Set the "Elementary eBooks" circulation policy to 5 days for "Elementary Students" patron type
• Set the "Elementary eBooks" circulation policy to 5 days for the "Middle School Students" patron type
• Create a patron type called "Middle School Students"
• Create a circulation type called "Middle School eBooks"
• Set the "Middle School eBooks" circulation policy to 0 days for the "Elementary Students" patron type
• Set the "Middle School eBooks" circulation policy to 5 days for the "Middle School Students" patron type

This will give all of your elementary students access to all of your elementary titles but no access to middle school titles, while giving access to all of your collection (both elementary and middle school titles) to your middle school students. You can easily mix-and-match settings to suit your school's individual needs.

With FollettShelf you no longer need to load MARC records; when your order is processed at Follett Library Resources your new eContent will be added to your FollettShelf automatically.

FollettShelf can be accessed using supported Internet browsers on PCs and Macs. Please refer to the Tech Specs and Downloads page for specific information about supported browsers.

Yes; if you provide your patrons with access to your Follett eContent from your FollettShelf as well as your library system, please be aware that:

• Any time a copy of an eBook is in use (from either your FollettShelf or from your library system) that copy will not be available for reading or checkout by other users of either your FollettShelf or your library system.
• Usage statistics in your FollettShelf or in your library system (such as Destiny Library Manager) will only reflect the usage from that respective system.

If your patrons are seeing this error message when accessing your Lerner Interactive Books you will need to contact your Technical Support department to request that they add https://*.lernerbooks.com/ to their proxy white-list. This should allow unrestricted access to your Lerner titles.

You can make your eBooks accessible through FollettShelf Ð our new virtual bookshelf for eContent, or Follett can provide MARC records for your Follett eBooks to support access from your library system. In FollettShelf or Follett Software's Destiny LMS, you can configure the eBooks to be available to read online, check out online or check out download (to supported Windows or Mac computers). If you use a non Destiny LMS your patrons will have access to read online or check out download only.

For online access a supported Internet browser with Flash 10.0 or newer is all that is needed. To read Follett eBooks off-line in the download reader, the Follett eBook reader must be installed. Check our Tech Specs and Downloads page for more information and the software download link.

If the eBook is an Unlimited Simultaneous Access Follett eBook, then multiple users can access the title concurrently. If the eBook is one of our one-to-one eBooks, access is possible for as many users as there are purchased and available copies.

Any Unlimited Simultaneous Access Follett eBook can be purchased and used in your FollettShelf or your OPAC (via MARC record import). Once in your FollettShelf or OPAC any number of students or staff from your school can access the title(s) in the Online Reader.

Because these titles are unlimited in their availability for your school, you and your users no longer have to worry about managing circulations or the availability of titles. Now anyone and everyone at your school can read, create lesson plans or participate in group activities at a moment's notice!

No new software is required to take advantage of your Unlimited Simultaneous Access Follett eBooks; the work in both the Full-Featured Online Reader and the Basic Online Reader

Note: Unlimited Simultaneous Access Follett eBooks will not be available for the Offline Reader.

Our license agreements with our publishing partners require that one copy per building of any Unlimited Simultaneous Access eBook be purchased by the district, consortium, or other organization. eBooks that do not offer an Unlimited Simultaneous Access model do not have this same requirement and may be shared in a union catalog or collection shared across multiple buildings.

For example, if you have 10 schools that access your union catalog, you would need to purchase 10 copies of an unlimited simultaneous access eBook.

Please see our Terms of Use for more information.

While publishers do allow printing in most Follett eBooks, information about printing privileges for specific titles can be found on Titlewave, or in the Book Info tool in the Follett reader.

If the patron is reading the eBook in the Online Reader, the eBook will become available to other patrons as soon as the eBook is returned or closed. If the patron had accessed the eBook with either the Check Out Online or Check Out Download, the patron can either return the eBook early, or the eBook will automatically return at the end of the loan period.

FollettShelf provides 24/7 web-based access to your Follett eContent independent of your library system.

The Follett Digital Reader app works on your iPad^™ and Android™ (3.0 and above) tablets.

To sign in to the Follett Digital Reader app a user will need to know the web address (or URL) of their FollettShelf (e.g. http://wbb00001.follettshelf.com) and their FollettShelf username and password.

In the first box on the app sign in screen the http:// and the .follettshelf.com are already filled in; the user just needs to enter your specific site information (e.g.wbb00001) and then username and password and tap Connect.

Patron accounts for the Follett Digital Reader app are the same accounts your patrons use today to log into FollettShelf from a PC. For assistance with importing patron accounts into your FollettShelf, please click here.

We have a number of resources to assist you with advertising and promoting FollettShelf and the new Follett Digital Reader app. Click here to access banner ads, logos, downloadable tent cards, posters and quick reference guides.

Yes. Destiny Quest users will need their patrons to install the Destiny Quest Mobile app to be able to search your OPAC; the Follett Digital Reader app requires the Adobe® AIR® app for Android™ tablets.

Adobe AIR is a free app available on Google Play.

Yes; on our promotion page we have a downloadable quick reference guide for each of our reader environments, including the Follett Digital Reader app.

Yes; in order to combine the features and functionality of Destiny and FollettShelf in the newly available apps, your Destiny district and FollettShelf must be integrated.

Please see our page that details what Destiny integration with FollettShelf is; the benefits of integrations and what you need to know and do to get started.

Destiny integration with FollettShelf is a district-wide process. Individual schools or Destiny sites cannot integrate independently.

While we recommend that Destiny users go through the integration process, we understand that this may not always be an option. You can have your patrons install the Follett Digital Reader app and use it directly with your FollettShelf.