NDAC/Overdrive Consortial Magazine Subscription

Mar 19 2025 | 11am - 12pm


Laura McMahon, from Overdrive, presented on what a consortial magazine subscription might look like for the NDAC and answered questions.

Highlights

  • Cost = $10,000 annually for the consortium, which will be split among participating libraries.
     
  • 15% discount for the 1st year ($8,500) with a 2-year subscription commitment.
     
  • Billing = 2 options
     
    • Option 1 – Billing portion will be automatically removed from each participating library’s content credit and applied to the consortium subscription cost.
       
    • Option 2 - Overdrive will purchase the content credit on each participating library’s behalf, generating an invoice. That content credit would then be reserved and ultimately applied to the magazine subscription.
       
  • Over 5,000 magazines are included with the subscription. They are available for simultaneous use with no circulation caps.
     
  • Subscription expires 1 year after purchase date.
     
  • Magazine titles can be curated into collections or hidden from view.
     
  • Marketing kit is available for promoting the magazines.

Please contact Laura (lmcmahon@overdrive.com) with additional questions about the subscription or to request access to the demo site.