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Our new app from OverDrive for borrowing recreational audiobooks and e-books

Download Libby to borrow recreational and careers e-books and audiobooks from the library. Browse our curated lists or search the collection to find your next read.
For e-books on other platforms, please search the library catalogue.

Libby will ask if you have a library card. Click yes, then search for London Business School and sign in with your LBS ID. 
See here for a video demonstration.

You can borrow up to 2 titles at a time for 21 days. If an item is not required by another user, you can renew it. There are also monthly limits on some types of items - if a book appears available but you are not able to borrow it, you can place a hold and be notified when it is available to you at the start of the next calendar month.

  • If Libby doesn't have the title you want, you can search the whole library catalogue. Here you will find all our print and e-books with details of how to access them.
  • If we don't have it, you can make a book purchase request. Please write your preferred format in the notes field (e.g. print, Libby e-book/audiobook).
  • You can also place a ‘Notify me’ tag in Libby, to receive a notification if a title becomes available in the future.

No. Visit our e-books guide for information on other e-book platforms.

Yes, Libby is now available to alumni of degree education programmes, on an ongoing trial basis. Alumni of executive education courses are not eligible (except pre-2016 ADP, CFEP, CFM & IEP courses).

Libby is compatible with the following devices:

Tablets:

  • Any iPad that runs iOS 10.0 or later

  • Any Android tablet that runs Android 5.0 or later

  • Amazon Fire Tablet

Smartphones:

  • Any iPhone that runs iOS 10.0 or later

  • Any Android phone that runs Android 5.0 or later

eReaders:

  • Sony

  • Nook

  • Kobo

  • PocketBook Touch

  • Tolino Vision

  • Not Kindle eReaders (Kindle is available in the US only)