School Stars returns!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. Last year, OverDrive Education launched a promotional campaign called School Stars. We asked our school partners to share all the ways they promoted OverDrive in their schools and boy, did they deliver! Check out last year’s impressive crop of winners here….
From Asgard to Wakanda: Marvel Comics now available on OverDrive
Librarians assemble! With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in a few weeks and Black Panther & Into the Spider-Verse winning big at the Oscars, Marvel has never been hotter and OverDrive is excited to announce Marvel Comics are now in Marketplace! These fantastic comics are available in…
Monday 5×5 for February 25, 2019
Over on the Mary Sue, author Mallory O’Meara reads sexist tweets related to her book The Lady from the Black Lagoon Sigh. Okay, first: Mallory O’Meara is awesome. I met her in person at ALA Midwinter and she’s just delightful. Second: Her book is equally…
Go hog wild this Chinese New Year
It’s the Year of the Pig and the three little piggies have a webcast featuring Chinese titles you will want to add to your OverDrive collection before the Big Bad Wolf blows your house down (although, hopefully your library is built from bricks and will…
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…
Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge recommendations
Earlier this year, we shared the news that our Professional Book Nerds podcast had launched their very own Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge. The interest and response from librarians and readers alike was so great that they’ve dedicated an entire episode to a few…
Monday 5×5 for February 18, 2019
From the Washingtonion, The Handmaid’s Tale is filming on the National Mall (with photos) EVERYTHING’S FINE. THESE PHOTOS AREN’T TERRIFYING OR ANYTHING. (Honestly, I have so many questions about what is happening in this scene, starting with the fact that DC looks like, well, DC….
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…
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”…
8 new Libby features to help you read more
If you’ve used Libby lately you may have noticed that the award-winning app got a bit of a makeover. We’ve highlighted eight great tips from the latest update below. Borrowing and placing holds at multiple libraries A major change in Libby is that you can…