OverDrive has created a new application service for libraries called Digital Library Reserve. Digital Library Reserve is designed to help libraries develop and manage a circulating collection of eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers, journals, audio books and other downloadable media for lending to patrons.

The company said Libraries using Digital Library Reserve services will be able to integrate digital media into their existing collection from a variety of sources as well as license titles from OverDrive’s Content Reserve. OverDrive claims Content Reserve is the largest collection of digital books and periodicals from leading publishers, including over 35,000 eBook products from 400 publishers.

Digital Library Reserve consists of a series of web services for the library to establish and manage its digital media collection. OverDrive said it has been working closely with Adobe Systems to take advantage of the library support and lending models available for eBooks and electronic magazines formatted in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and secured using Adobe Content Server. The company also said Digital Library Reserve will also take advantage of the Digital Rights Management services available to other media formats to enable libraries to expand their digital media collections to include audio books, PDA titles.