Family-friendly movie favorites you can only stream from your library
If you’re anything like me, when you’re not reading, you like to browse Netflix and see what movies are streaming. I was recently flipping through and trying to find some of my childhood favorites from the ’80s and ’90s and often came up short. I…
Congrats to the Library Journal 2015 Movers & Shakers!
Each year Library Journal honors librarians from around the country for their contributions to the library world. These librarians may be focused on changing the landscaping, innovating, advocating, educating, developing or building their community but regardless of their path it’s clear thet they’re doing work…
Spring break reads for travelers and staycationers alike!
Who doesn’t look forward to Spring Break? After spending all winter cooped up in the cold and snow, it is great to have the opportunity to relax and enjoy that book that we’ve been trying to read, maybe with our toes in the sand if…
Schools Add eBooks at Record Pace in 2014-15
Mar. 20, 2015 – Growing catalog, ease of use, broad compatibility seen as drivers for OverDrive-powered schools
Alice Hoffman’s First Middle Grade Novel: Reviewing Nightbird
Alice Hoffman, the author of such popular books as The Dovekeepers and Practical Magic, just penned her first middle grade novel, Nightbird. As in her previous novels, Hoffman uses magical realism to explore life in a small town where one small girl lives a lonely…
A message to our library and school partners from Steve Potash
[this letter was sent via email on the morning of March 19, 2015] Dear OverDrive Library & School Partners, OverDrive announced today that Rakuten, Inc. has agreed to acquire OverDrive from Insight Venture Partners, our private equity partner and majority owner since 2010. In a…
The March Adult eHighlights Catalog is here!
For us at OverDrive, we’re excited that the weather is finally warming up. It has been a very chilly winter and to get us through the last of those cooler days, we’ve got this great list of hot new releases for adults in March. NYPD…
Librarian’s Share: OverDrive Media Stations promote discovery of the digital collection
Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library, a member of Ontario Library Service Consortium, received an OverDrive Media Station (OMS) as the result of a collection development promotion in November 2014. Faith Roebuck Shergold, Co-ordinator of Community Engagement and Young Adult Services with the library, kindly shared how the…
Big Library Read hath returned with a true Shakespearian tale!
We’re excited to announce that the latest Big Library Read is now live, offering millions of users around the globe the opportunity to join the largest global book club in the world. For the next two weeks Shakespeare Saved my Life by Laura Bates will…
Team OverDrive’s Saint Patrick’s Day Picks
Today is a great day to be Irish. In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, the Collection Development Analysts made a list of some of our favorite Irish authors and Saint Patrick’s Day related titles. CD Team’s St. Patrick’s Day Picks Between pints of Guinness and…
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