Love is in the air with the new Readers’ Advisory collection
By Jim Monastra, an Account Specialist with OverDrive You are invited to participate in OverDrive’s next Readers’ Advisory project, which centers on terrific romantic titles. As with the last campaign, we will be showcasing two separate collections for your OverDrive site – one collection that…
The newest international titles we can’t wait to read
By Emma Kanagaki, Librarian and Collection Development Specialist at OverDrive January is the start of a new year, which brings new beginnings…and so many new books! I’ve challenged myself to read more books than last year and step outside of my comfort zone in the…
The most popular titles borrowed by OverDrive school digital libraries
By Christina Samek, OverDrive Launch Specialist Though it seems hard to believe, 2016 has arrived. For some, this brought piles and piles of snow. Others, torrential rains and blustery winds. For our school partners, an end to holiday break and the beginning of a new…
New Year, New You: Audiobooks to listen to while you work out
By Todd Warhola, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive When I’m working out in the gym there are several different routes I take in terms of the kind of audiobook I’ll listen to. I like to listen to something that makes me feel like…
OverDrive Local Content lets your community be a part of your digital collection
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive’s Local Content tool is a great way to enhance the value of your digital collection by offering unique historical documents, titles written by local authors and community videos your library has copyright permission to upload. Schools can…
Exciting updates to the OverDrive app and the Read & Listen formats
OverDrive is working hard to bring you and your readers the best digital reading experience, and we’re excited to share some updates that are coming soon to OverDrive Read, OverDrive Listen, and the OverDrive app. OverDrive Read & OverDrive Listen Updated Menu icon with new icons (like…
School and public libraries are gearing up for their Summer Reading programs.
By Sheila Henline, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Educators continually express the importance of reading during the breaks so our young boys and girls do not forget their skills, preventing the dreaded summer slide. School libraries often send home lists of books for…
Download Episode #5 of the Professional Book Nerds Podcast
By Jill Grunenwald, librarian, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst, and host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast As host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast I am, of course, always excited to share a new episode with our listeners but this one I am particularly excited…
Librarian’s Share: Creating a student book club and blog
By Kelly Hladek, a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School Recently we had a chance to speak with Kelly Hladek a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School who is using an interactive blog and a book club to help promote eReading among her…
Books to read once you finish Making a Murderer
By Rachel Kray, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive (and an amateur sleuth / armchair crime solver) It seems like the whole world is talking about Steven Avery and the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer. If you’re anything like me, you binge watched…
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