OverDrive Education Provides Free Resources to Schools Receiving COVID-19 Relief Funds
May 14, 2021 – Toolkit facilitates district decision making to eliminate barriers to reading and increase equity
7 novels to help cope with grief
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist I recently interviewed author Joan F. Smith for the Professional Book Nerds podcast about her novel The Half-Orphan’s Handbook. When she was a teenager, Joan’s father took his own life. Her book is a fictional but somewhat autobiographical story…
Save on Spanish language content all month long
Between now and May 31, you can save up to 50% off on thousands of Spanish language titles in our Spanish Language Sale! In 2020, the circulation of Spanish content increased across our network of OverDrive libraries and schools. Public libraries saw a 70% increase…
Free Popular Ebooks Provide Sweet Summer Reading Experience for Students
May 5, 2021 – Over 48,000 schools plan to avoid “summer slide” and unfinished learning by participating in digital reading program, Sora Sweet Reads
Community Read Collection alert: New no-cost Social and Emotional Learning titles
As part of OverDrive’s continued commitment to helping you meet increased demand for digital content, we are pleased to announce the OverDrive Community Read: Social and Emotional Learning Collection. This bundle is donated by OverDrive and comes at no cost to your library. The collection…
How to promote your academic library’s digital collection in 2021 & beyond
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist We’ve heard how the usage of ebooks and audiobooks has grown exponentially in the last year in academic libraries. Accelerated by the pandemic, digital usage in the academic environment is an upward trend that began in the mid-2010’s. With…
OverDrive Founder and CEO Receives 2020 Dively Entrepreneur Award
Apr. 27, 2021 – Harvard Business School Club of NE Ohio recognizes OverDrive and Steve Potash’s success and industry impact
Introducing new Databases & Streaming Media services
As of Nov. 1, 2023, Universal Class is no longer available for purchase through OverDrive. Visit the Resource Center to learn more about all of our other Libby Extras offerings. We’re excited to introduce a new category of content for your library’s digital collection: Databases…
OverDrive Adds New Content Categories for Libraries
Apr. 26, 2021 – Broad range of engaging Databases & Streaming Media includes Universal Class, The Great Courses, Learn It Live and more
Using American Rescue Plan Act funds for purchase of digital books for US libraries
Visit this page to see the tools and resources available in Marketplace to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to purchase digital content. Over the past several weeks, we here at OverDrive have been in dialog with leadership from the Institute of Museum and…