Lamar Virtual Library
Students can visit the Lamar Library virtually 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The virtual library has thousands of titles to choose from! Students can use their smart phone, kindle, nook, ipad, laptop, desktop, or basically any device with internet access that can download the Overdrive app. Digital checkouts are in addition to hard copy checkouts in the library. So, even if you've already checked out two books from the library, you can check out more electronically!
- Dowload the OverDrive app from your app store
- Open the OverDrive app and register for an account (be sure to use an email address and password that is familiar to you)
- Log in to OverDrive
- Click on "Add a Library" and search for AUSTIN ISD
- Select Lamar Middle School & Fine Arts Academy
- Your username to access our books is your student ID# (No "S" at the beginning, only the numbers)
- Your password is: lamar (lowercase "l")
- Search for a book title or scroll through the browse what is available
- Click on book and push "borrow" to check it out
- Download your checked out book to your device OR stream it online
- Refer to "Account" to see all checked out titles
- All downloaded titles will be on your bookshelf