“What happens if new titles are added?” Your top questions about OverDrive Magazines answered
My first job after receiving my MLIS was as the sole librarian at a prison. I can’t speak for all prison libraries but at mine the most popular items by far were magazines. Every day during lunch I would walk up to the front of…
Lights! Camera! Kanopy! Award-winning favorites available now
As we learned at Digipalooza ‘23, many of our public library partners are cutting back on the number of physical DVDs they circulate after discovering Kanopy can fill that gap. This is especially true as paid streaming services continue to rise in price and more…
Shopping tips for the end of the year
By Cindy Orr, Digital Collection Advisor Twice a month, our team will assemble a thematic one-stop-shop collection of books, films, lists, and Libby Extras to provide a more seamless shopping experience. This week’s theme is buying at the end of the year. Here are some…
No trick, all treats! Grab a free marketing kit in the Resource Center to promote your digital library in October
When I tell you I love fall best of all, what I mean is that for years I would request pumpkin pie rather than a birthday cake and on at least one occasion in high school I had a Halloween party instead of a birthday…
Introducing new ways for readers to enjoy OverDrive Magazines from your library
Expand the content variety in your library catalog and appeal to a wider user base with OverDrive Magazines! Sold as an “all-in” plan of over 4,000+ magazine titles, our magazines have no circulation cap and allow unlimited simultaneous use. Patrons can enjoy every issue of…
Lend me your ears! Add these Roman Empire audiobooks to your digital library today
Back in November right around Veterans Day, a black kitten showed up on our doorstep. Despite already having four cats, my husband and I took the kitten in. Initially told she was female, we named her Juno after the Roman Goddess. See, when my husband…
Horror Sale Must-Haves & Hidden Gems
By Kristin Roccaforte, Digital Content Librarian It is peak scary season! End of September, soon to be October is the perfect time to load up on horror books. Our horror sale has EXCELLENT titles and it’s so hard to pick and choose what to purchase,…
As DVD usage diminishes, rural libraries bring streaming video to their communities with Kanopy
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist For Lillie Huckaby, Library Director of Chickasha Public Library (OK), her experience with streaming video service Kanopy can be summed up in three words: “It just works.” Situated 45 miles outside of Oklahoma City, Chickasha Public Library is…
Favorite Titles from the Back to School Sale
By Meghan Volchko, Digital Content Librarian Thinking about Back-to-School time always makes me a bit wistful. This year, I had the chance to bundle my own kiddo off to Pre-K, holding a sign declaring that the thing she is looking forward to most this year…
8 ways to share the back to school season all year long
I recently read somewhere (okay, it was on the site formally known as Twitter) that one reason those of us who were high achievers or labeled as “gifted” get existential around this time of year is because when we were younger, our whole lives revolved…
Building confidence in girls with DK and Rebel Girls
Save the date and make plans to tune into our next In the Know presentation with DK and Rebel Girls – Building Confidence in Girls Through Storytelling – on Tuesday, October 3 at 2pm EST. Register here. Rebel Girls is a global multi-platform brand dedicated…
3 benefits to classical music (and 3 Libby Extras to bring classical music to your community!)
Here in Cleveland the weather has started to turn cool, which hopefully means no more 90-degree September days. Outside my office window it’s overcast. Inside, as I am writing this, I am on my second cup of Death Wish chocolate hazelnut-flavored coffee, a candle is…