OverDrive celebrates 30 years as the global leader in digital library content
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. It may be hard to believe, given that many readers around the world have just discovered the sheer awesomeness of borrowing eBooks in the last half decade, but here at OverDrive we’re celebrating our 30th year of working…
The top new streaming video picks available from OverDrive this month
(Ed. Note: All titles mentioned in this post can be viewed here.) By: Rachel Woods, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Greetings and salutations! We’re back with another post about that subject which is near and dear to our hearts: streaming video. We got some great…
eHighlights: The Best New eBooks You Won’t Want to Overlook
By: Annie Suhy, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. It’s smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer for most of us over here in the northern hemisphere. We’re tired. We’re lazy. We want ice cream, and while you’re at it, a…
We’re in Love (with BISAC Codes)
By: Annie Suhy, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. I’m sure by now you’ve heard the big news we’ve been shouting from the rooftops: we’ve added BISAC codes to Marketplace! BISAC codes make our hearts skip a beat and have us feeling weak in the…
Reviewing the quantum thriller Dark Matter
By: Kristin Milks, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. What if you could live a life you thought was lost? Walk through a door and be a different version of yourself. Would you do it? Are you happy with the choices you’ve made? Jason wakes up in…
Marketplace updates: Improved Recommend to Library Manager and more
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist OverDrive Marketplace is the cornerstone of your library’s digital collection. It’s where you add content for your users, access reporting and curate your lists. Marketplace is vital to the success of your OverDrive-powered website which is why we…
Get content in over 50 languages from OverDrive
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst We here at OverDrive know that our library partners serve diverse patron populations. Not just in terms of what types of books they read but also what languages those books are in. Our catalog consists of…
More than 50 libraries are on pace to hit one million digital checkouts with OverDrive in 2016
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist At the end of each calendar year, we share a list of the highest circulating digital library collections from around the world. As the rise in digital reading (and listening) has grown, so has our “Million Checkout Club.”…
DOGO book reviews, beta testing, BISAC and more: looking back at #ALAAC16
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Two weeks ago, Team OverDrive came back from a long weekend in Orlando. We weren’t vacationing (although some of us may have visited a certain “Boy Who Lived”), rather we were meeting with hundreds of library partners and…
izneo Teams with OverDrive to Offer Digital Comic Books to Public Libraries, Schools, Colleges and Corporate Accounts in Specific Countries
July 16, 2016 – More than 400 titles now available for the first time for lending through the OverDrive platform
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