How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 2/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library When we introduced this series last week, we reviewed some of the impressive stats behind the dramatic increase in demand on libraries’ digital collections. How can you manage this growing popularity on a budget? Curate, curate,…
Join us for the third edition of Perspectives on Reading by submitting a story idea
Last summer, we launched our new quarterly online magazine, Perspectives on Reading. The publication focuses on trends in the reading world, and since it’s launch we’ve featured the secret influence parents’ reading habits have on their children, the importance of organizations like We Need Diverse Books,…
65 Public Libraries Achieve Record-breaking Reading Engagement by Exceeding 1 Million Digital Checkouts in 2018
Jan. 15, 2019 – Toronto Public Library leads globally, King County Library System #1 in US and National Library Board Singapore is largest outside of North America
Monday 5×5 for January 14, 2019
From The New Yorker, Kristen Roupenian on what it felt like when “Cat Person” went viral Ah, “Cat Person.” I remember when the story was making the rounds a little over a year ago, and reading about the experience directly from Roupenian reminds me…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 1/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract readers and suck up mindshare, how do we position the library as the first place to look when they want to be entertained, escape the…
Book-to-Movie details that annoy us
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. When you are in the business of books and in the company of several book lovers, you await every book-to-movie adaptation with equal parts anticipation and dread. Because, when you really love a book there’s nothing better than seeing your…
65 libraries reach 1 million digital checkouts in 2018
2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over 274 million ebook and audiobook checkouts. We’ve seen consistent record breaking circulation numbers every year for some time, but this number represents a 22% increase…
Public Libraries Achieve Record-Breaking Ebook and Audiobook Usage in 2018
Jan. 8, 2019 – Readers using libraries to engage with digital books and authors in record numbers
Books to engage your emerging readers
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. Emerging readers are not beginning readers anymore. They have mastered basic phonics and learned frequently used words and phrases and are now improving their reading comprehension skills. At this stage of their reading development it is important to provide emerging…
The most popular ebooks and audiobooks of 2018
Recently, we released a press release highlighting the books readers could not get enough of in 2018. Both the ebook and audiobook top tens feature some expected names (nice to see you, Harry) but there are also a large number of newcomers as well. We’ll soon…