Digital Book Clubs Bring Communities of All Sizes Together
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Marketing & Communications Specialist As previously noted, digital Book Clubs are a perfect way to bring communities of readers together, regardless of their size or geographic proximity to one another. Digital Book Clubs enable a shared connection through reading that wouldn’t…
For National Poetry Month, a sonnet
If Hollywood is to be believed, students unfailingly hate studying poetry. This is hardly a universal truth. True, some poets have left us with harder codes to crack. And yet. Most students love writing their own poetry. And so do we! We tried out a sonnet…
Professional Book Nerds Announce the “Must Read” New Releases for April
Apr. 4, 2017 – Popular podcast’s latest author interview features one of Time’s 100 most influential people and New York Times bestselling author, George Saunders
Shared collections webcast April 5 and May 2
What if sharing meant everyone got more. Budgeting for digital content remains a challenge in schools. Individual schools often cannot launch a comprehensive digital initiative alone. To increase accessibility, we offer shared collections, a collaborative eBook platform that enables two or more schools or districts…
The easiest way to train your staff and OverDrive users just got easier
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist When we say we’re happy to help, we really mean it. That’s why we’re so excited about these updates to the Staff Training section of the Resource Center. With the latest changes, we’ve made it even easier for you…
George Saunders discusses Lincoln in the Bardo on the Professional Book Nerds podcast
By: Adam Sockel, co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast George Saunders is considered around the world as one of the seminal voices of modern language. His collections of short stories have become international bestsellers and Time has named in him one of the 100 Most Influential…
7 books to better understand the immigrant experience
(Ed. Note: All titles discussed in this post can be purchased in OverDrive Marketplace in this list.) By: Bethany Porter, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Specialist If you’ve followed the news in the past few months, or happened to interact with anyone who’s followed the…
2017 RITA Award Finalists announced by the Romance Writers of America
(Ed. Note: All of the RITA Award Finalists can be purchased from this list in OverDrive Marketplace.) Each year the Romance Writers of America (RWA) presents the RITA awards, recognizing excellence in published romance novels and novellas. Categories range from Contemporary Romance of varying lengths…
EdTech Buzzwords Breakfast: Differentiation, Blended and Flipped
Even those of us in education struggle to keep up with all the trends and buzzwords in education and technology. We’ve parsed three of the most common (and sometimes most confusing). Readers will note the overlap of each of these with the others, but also the…
Get ready for the SYNC program with our Special Webcast training
SYNC, a free summer audiobook program, returns on April 27th and OverDrive’s Training Team wants to help you get the most out it. Join us this Thursday (March 30) at 11:00am (ET) or 3:00pm to learn about how SYNC works and how this great audiobook…
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