The OverDrive Holiday Spectacular can help stretch your year-end budget
December can be a hectic time around the library. You’re planning holiday events and promotions while also working through next years calendar. At the same time you’re looking at that year-end budget knowing you’ve got to “spend it or lose it.” The OverDrive Holiday Spectacular…
20 things to do in a blanket fort
Cooler temperatures make this the perfect time to revisit a favorite childhood project: the blanket fort. Whether you use your dining room table, sofa cushions, high back chairs, or something more elaborate, try these 20 suggestions (once settled in your fuzzy igloo) for things to…
We’re makin’ holiday reading Lists (So Check Them Out Twice)
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. Hold on to your gingerbread cookies! The OverDrive Librarian elves have been busy baking up some brand new holiday reading lists perfect for curating and showing off on your library’s homepage in all of their glittery goodness. With…
Get the word out about the new OverDrive experience
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Let users know about the new OverDrive, the fastest and easiest way to reading happiness from the library, with some graphics to share on your library website and social media accounts. Add a link to your digital titles and…
Best Books of 2016
By: Rachel Kray, OverDrive Collection Development Specialist. Whatever your personal reading preference may be, I think everyone can agree that 2016 was a great year for books. Let’s take a moment to reflect on The Best Books of 2016, the past year’s most influential, prominent and…
Celebrate Cyber Monday with OverDrive
In recent years, Cyber Monday has become the online brother of Black Friday. Stores and retailers around the world offer big savings for people getting an early jump on their holiday shopping. Around our office, we like to say that, “Every Monday is Cyber Monday…
Digital citizenship and our new heritage
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. There are probably several moments in your life as an educator where you’ve thought, “Well, I wasn’t quite prepared for this.” I know because most of us have felt that way. No matter how hard we prepare, how many certifications…
Top 5 tips for building a dynamic digital Spanish collection
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Do you offer Spanish language content in your OverDrive collection? Our recent live special webcast, Building a Dynamic Digital Spanish Collection, highlighted our strong and growing catalog of over 55,000 Spanish language titles available for purchase in OverDrive Marketplace…
Stand-up comedy and great Holiday Spectacular Streaming Video titles
By: Rachel Woods, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive (Ed. note: You can view all the Holiday Spectacular Sale titles in Marketplace) It seems like just yesterday we were buying Halloween candy and watching horror films. I’m still working on eating the leftover candy but…
20 ways to show gratitude this holiday season
By: Nikka Hronis, Account Specialist. Anyone who has ever received a sincere ‘thank you’ knows how meaningful and memorable a genuine expression of gratitude can be. With the pace and distractions of daily life, it is easy to get caught up in a whirlwind mentality…