Now fill the world with words, love and pride
Each June, LGBTQ pride Month is celebrated as a way to look back and remember the tipping point of the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Last year, we suggested Stonewall by Ann Bausum and David Carter’s book on the riots with the same name as two…
Monday 5×5 June 11 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist With the movie Big turning 30, the Ringer talks about the heart and soul of the Big piano I was six when Big came out and it was one of my favorite films for my entire childhood. I mean, what kid in the…
What Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain taught me
This week we lost two giant members of society as Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain tragically took their own lives. Both of these public figures were wildly successful. Both of them changed the way we approach and think about their respective industries. There are countless…
OverDrive Summer Read is finally here!
OverDrive Summer Read is finally here! The collections have now been added, in eBook format, to OverDrive-powered school websites, in the US and Canada. They will be available, with unlimited access, through July 18th! To learn more about the program, check out our designated Summer…
Special webcast – Drive your library’s digital circulation
By Courtney Sveda Happy almost-summer! June’s special webcast, Drive Digital Circulation by Selecting, Curating, and Marketing for Your Community, has a little something for everyone. No matter your role in supporting your library’s digital collection, this webcast, presented by OverDrive’s Training team, will provide some…
Introducing SELF-e Select on OverDrive
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist As more authors embrace independent and self-publishing, libraries are also embracing the move to include more indie eBooks in their collections. As many of our library partners already know, there are so many wonderful independent authors waiting to…
Monday 5×5 for June 4, 2018
by Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Happy June and welcome back to another edition of the 5×5! We are now less than three weeks away from ALA (not panicking, not panicking) and I’m back with another roundup of articles you may have missed last…
How eBooks reduce stress & lighten backpacks
Demands on modern students are overwhelming. There are schedules, extracurriculars and group projects to manage. There are external constraints, like small lockers, outdated textbooks and individual challenges students bring to school every day. There is so much to track, balance and worry about, and this…
Monday 5×5 May 28 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist It’s Memorial Day here in the United States, which means you may not be reading this until Tuesday, but like I’ve been doing for the past couple weeks, here’s a roundup of interesting links you may have missed…
The top 10 Libby and OverDrive questions answered
With all of the exciting updates to Libby and your OverDrive service as well as the constant stream of new books being added to your digital library, it’s understandable that your users may have some questions. Can I download the files? What about Kindle? Or…