A change is coming to digital issues of The Economist in our eLibrary. The publisher of The Economist has put in place a new lending model with restrictions around accessing digital issues.

Overdrive decided they could not support the changes and so from the 1st of February The Economist is no longer available to borrow from Libby. You won’t be able to access it from their website or within the Libby app, it is being removed entirely. The last issue available to borrow will be January 28th 2023. All the back issues that are currently available will be removed on February 1st too.

The Economist is still available to read within PressReader, our other digital magazine platform – but due to changes required by the publisher, The Economist via PressReader must be read when you’re in the library, using one of our computers or when connected to the library’s WiFi. You won’t be able to read issues when you’re outside of the library or be able to download them to a device. These are similar to restrictions PressReader has been required to put in place already around reading the Dominion Post and Stuff’s other newspapers.

Unfortunately these changes are beyond our control and we’re sorry for the inconvenience this causes our readers.

Don’t forget our eLibrary technical support team are here to assist you with online resources, so reach out to them if you want help getting started with a new resource eLibrary Help – Getting started. You can also contact them via our online Technical support form or pop into your local branch library to talk to us in person.