Do you access your library ebooks and audiobooks through Libby, the library reading app? Libby has rolled out a new feature called Content Controls. This feature will allow users to configure what library content appears in Libby, for themselves or for their family, based on the intended audience for each book, audiobook, or magazine in the library collection. If a user enables content controls, they will apply to every library in the user’s Libby app, not just Hamilton East Public Library.
Press the menu icon to access Settings
Content Controls will be located in the Settings section of the Libby menu. Within the Content Controls settings, users can make decisions about how Libby displays “mature content” available at their libraries: whether it can be sampled or borrowed, whether cover images are visible or redacted, and whether it appears in deep search results. Most of these restrictions can also be applied to “general content” and “young adult” titles (cover image redaction is limited to mature content).
Content Presets
Simplified presets for common use cases will also be available:
Libby for Everyone 🦸
Libby for Everyone works just like Libby does today, with no restrictions by audience except those users manually choose to apply.
Libby for Kids 🧒
Libby for Kids shows only titles for “juvenile” and “young adult” audiences when searching and browsing in Libby. Users can apply deep search, sample, and circulation restrictions to young adult titles if they wish.
Libby for Grown-ups 🧟
Libby for Grown-ups is for users who borrow “general content” and “mature content” titles only. It prevents kids’ titles from appearing at their libraries in Libby. Users who enjoy young adult titles can re-enable that content using a toggle within the preset.
Passkey
Users can also lock Content Controls on specific devices with a passkey (it can be the same they use as their recovery passkey, but it can also be a new one).
Additionally, users will be unable to see “mature content” titles in deep searches as well as sample “mature content” titles until they add a library card to Libby.
For help configuring Content Controls on your device, you can read about Setting up Content Controls on Libby Help or watch a video on OverDrive’s Resource Center.