Library Launches Freading Ebook Service
City of ColumbusCity · Columbus, NE- Document date
- Jan 24, 2026
The 30-second brief
Columbus Public Library has added Freading as a new ebook platform, giving patrons simultaneous access to fiction and nonfiction titles without waiting lists and two-week renewable checkout periods. The service complements the library’s existing Overdrive ebook offerings.
FREADING holds this technology contract with City of Columbus. Its other public contracts on record include work for Village of Briarcliff Manor and Pound Ridge Library District.
Term as filed: Ebooks checked out in two-week intervals with renewable two-week periods.
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Contract details
- Contract type
- Technology
- Document date
- January 24, 2026
- Term
- Ebooks checked out in two-week intervals with renewable two-week periods
- Vendor
- FREADING
- Agency
- City of Columbus
- Source document
- Columbus Public Library Digital Library Update Report January 2026 (Report)
FREADING's other public contracts
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Questions about this contract
Who was awarded the technology contract by City of Columbus?
FREADING was awarded this technology contract by City of Columbus, as recorded on January 24, 2026.
What type of contract is this?
This is a Technology contract, documented as a report record.
Where was this contract approved?
This contract appears in Columbus Public Library Digital Library Update Report January 2026 (Report), dated January 24, 2026 from City of Columbus. Civic IQ extracts contract records directly from agency meeting documents and solicitations.
What other contracts does FREADING hold?
FREADING may hold additional government contracts. View their full contract history, the agencies they serve, and total tracked spend on their Civic IQ vendor profile.
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