Celebrating Women’s History Month with Sora
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist March is an exciting month for a lot of reasons. If you live in one of the more seasonal regions, you might be fairly over the cold bite of winter and the grey slush it leaves. March is that first…
We love libraries
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. In my first memory, my Dad is reading me a book. We’re sat on my big girl bed and my Dad is reading to me about a big red dog. I loved stories and I loved any minute I got…
Discover Sora from OverDrive Education, TCEA booth #1239
The 2019 TCEA Convention & Exposition runs February 4 -8, 2019, where thousands of educators, campus and district-level administrators, curriculum and technology leaders, teachers, librarians, and champions of ed tech will discover innovative strategies and best practices for integrating technology into their schools, classrooms, and…
Sora’s define feature translates to student success
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. After thirteen years of classes and a year abroad in Paris, you would think speaking French is as easy for me as me brosser les dents*. Without daily practice, however, my foreign language skills skew more toward “occasional party trick”…
Reach New Users with OverDrive’s Resource Center
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist February doesn’t get the attention it deserves. For such a short month, it’s full of opportunities to celebrate. It’s Black History Month, a time for a little romance, a time to get motivated to focus on the rest of the…
FETC 2019 preview
2019 Future of Education Technology Conference January 28, 2019 – January 30, 2019 Orange County Convention Center http://www.fetc.org/ Sessions in booth #638 From start to finance: Funding and promotion ideas to launch and grow your digital library Cindy Wray, Upper & Middle School Librarian & Ashley Stamper, Middle…
8 books we’re excited about in 2019
We asked team OverDrive what books they were excited about in 2019. As a building full of readers and librarians, you can imagine the response. Here are some of our favorites: We’re excited for gripping mysteries, one in particular I cannot wait for Two Can…
FETC sessions for every educator; books for every student
For nearly 40 years, the Future of Education Technology Conference has gathered the most dynamic and creative education professionals from around the world for an intensive, highly collaborative exploration of new technologies, best practices and pressing issues. Its impact has been felt by thousands of…
Shelfie Day! What is Team OverDrive reading?
Yesterday was Library Shelfie Day, and we collected the best of the best from our OverDrive Team! Most of my reading time these days is spent on fiction with our 3-year old twins. They’re not huge fans of history and biographies (yet ?). ~Beau L….
Mission accomplished: I reached my 2018 reading goal!
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Manager. Last December, I reflected on my 2017 reading failures. I’d only read 11 books that year and the former English teacher inside of me felt deep shame. I knew I could do better—I’d always been a regular reader, but I…