Social Justice 101 titles for J/YA
By: Bethany Porter, Collection Development Specialist. If you’ve visited social media even once the past few months, you’ve noticed the increased engagement in the political process and opinions on social issues. We are asking some hard questions right now. What is actually happening? Is this…
10 authors share their #LibraryLove
By: Adam Sockel, co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast Libraries. They are a pillar of our communities. A safe haven for readers both young and old. An escape from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. A gateway to not just knowledge, but…
OverDrive Education Recommends Top 200 Digital Books to Empower Students & Teachers for School Library Month
Apr. 10, 2017 – From emerging readers to Professional Development for teachers, eBooks and audiobooks supporting inclusion, social justice and empathy
getAbstract provides expert summaries of popular business and management books
getAbstract’s catalog of over 8,000 simultaneous access eBook titles is available now in Marketplace. The collection includes abstracts of some of the most popular and best-selling business, career and self-improvement books such as The 4-hour Workweek, Start with Why, Getting to Yes, Emotional Intelligence 2.0,…
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…
Browse blog and media articles
Public Library Training
K-12 Library Training