Happy World Teachers Day!
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. At OverDrive, we love teachers. We love them so much we have a blog post dedicated to staff memories of their favorite teachers. My own favorite teacher was Mrs. Markt, my Fourth-Grade teacher. Mrs. Markt managed the largest class…
THE HORROR: 7 curated collection ideas to scare your readers all month long
(Play this song while reading for maximum enjoyment) The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. There is a chill in the air as we grab our favorite autumnal beverages, scarves and sweaters. It’s time to cozy up by the fire and…
Bloom’s Taxonomy & technology: keeping students engaged
Bloom’s Taxonomy remains one of the most reliable and timeless approaches to classroom engagement and recall. It’s so classic, it’s been immune to the otherwise ubiquitous education acronyms. In fact, Bloom’s has quietly led the critical thinking approach, now branded New Education, with learning objectives…
OverDrive Education fall workshops in October and November
OverDrive Education is hosting user group workshops around the US and Canada this fall. Join us at one of our events to learn how to increase demand for digital books in your school community, and best practices for implementing Sora. Key discussion topics include: using…
International and K-12 Markets Lead Growth Segments for OverDrive
Oct. 2, 2018 – Digital book clubs, Instant Digital Cards, Magazines, Audiobooks driving growth
Hear ye! Hear ye! The OverDrive Help Resources webcast is coming!
By Briana Johnson-Sims OverDrive offers a cornucopia of resources to help you help your users – but they’re only useful if you know about them! If you haven’t heard of phrases like “Libby Help video” or “Marketplace support form,” or if you know what help…
Largest Global Digital Book Club Brings Readers Together With Historical Fantasy Ebook
Oct. 1, 2018 – Over 19,000 public libraries now offering Katherine Locke’s “The Girl with the Red Balloon” ebook for two weeks with no waitlist
Grab your Red Balloon and join The Big Library Read
Get ready to go back in time on an adventure in magical realism, Cold War conspiracies, World War II and much more because the latest Big Library Read has launched. From now through October 15, readers at the more than 22,000 participating OverDrive library and…
Monday 5×5 Oct 1
By: Jill Grunenwald As Lucy Maud Montgomery once wrote, I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. And, here we are, the first Monday 5×5 of the month. The Establishment discusses how public libraries are outgrowing their classist roots Ah, Melvil…
#BannedBooksWeek 2018
A fundamental aspect of libraries is the fact that they are a bastion of knowledge. Libraries understand the importance of information and how essential access to that information is. This is why every year we join libraries around the country to celebrate Banned Books…