Digital Reading & Streaming
cloudLibrary by bibliotheca is a free cloud-based app, available on all your favorite mobile devices, that lets you borrow digital content (like ebooks and audiobooks) from a collection of over 140,000 items, shared by 25+ other libraries. All you need to access free digital content is your Altadena Library card.
Search for favorite authors, themes, subjects, and award winners. A great way for readers of all ages to find a good novel to read. Login with your Altadena Library card number.
hooplahoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
Catch up on your reading! Your Altadena Library card gives you free access to the best-selling digital magazines you know and love from top publishers on your mobile devices through Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand.
Enjoy full access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines as soon as they’re available on shelves, including: The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Daily Mail, L’Équipe, Der Tagesspiegel, Libération, China Daily, and La Razon. No limits on downloads.
Indulge your curiosity with enki Library, an open source eBook Network that gives you access to even more eBooks outside of the Altadena Library District’s collection in cloudLibrary.
Need Help Getting Started? Our Altadena Library staff have compiled useful tutorials to help you learn to navigate the apps available with your library card. Select a thumbnail below to start learning.
Want to suggest a digital resource? We have a Digital Resources Team that evaluates the digital resources we offer patrons. Please use this link to submit a formal digital resource request and it will be reviewed by our Digital Resources Team. If we find that it meets our scoring parameters, we will consider including it on our site. A standard evaluation period is approximately 14 business days. When the review is completed, a member of our team will notify you of the outcome.