What to read when you’re expecting
By Melissa Marin, Marketing Specialist at OverDrive (and expectant mom) As the saying goes, children don’t come with instruction manuals. While this may be true, there are a plethora of pregnancy, parenting and child advice books on the market. As I get ready for impending…
Drop Everything and Read to celebrate Canadian National School Library Day
By Sheila Henline, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive OverDrive is excited to be celebrating Canadian Literature with the Canadian Library Association (CLA). They have designated the fourth Monday in October as National School Library Day. This day is an opportunity to demonstrate…
Curated collection ideas to boost your circulation
Adam Sockel is OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. We mentioned a few times how great curated collections are. They let you decide what to show off in your digital library site and they help circulate titles that may need some love. But “ugh”, it’s hard to come…
Read-Alongs perfect for National Family Literacy Day on November 1st
Rachel Kray is a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Looking for a fun new way to integrate reading and family time? Look no further than our Read-Alongs! These titles are accessible through OverDrive Read, our browser-based eReader, so no need to download…
Teen Read Week: New Places at Home & Abroad (Realistic and Thriller)
By Emma Kanagaki, Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. I consider myself lucky that I’ve been an avid reader all my life. When I was younger, my grandma, a former school teacher, used to take me to the community library’s monthly book sale. It was a…
AudioFile Reviews: Untwine by Edwidge Danticat
By our friends at Audiofile Magazine. Bahni Turpin’s narration of the author’s first YA title begins dreamily, wistfully as Giselle lies alone in a hospital bed, trying to piece together what has occurred. She and her twin sister, Isabelle, were born holding hands, as they…
Teen Read Week: Get Away to Other Worlds (Sci-Fi/Fantasy Picks)
Rachel Kray is a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive When I was a teenager, I had my first love affair with reading. I had always been loyal to my romance-type, humor, and classic stories. Then I discovered Sci-Fi. And my life changed…
The books of YouTube’s biggest stars
By Emma Kanagaki, librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive With the age of the internet, there are even more mediums for people to get creative. From blogs to vlogs (video blogs) and beyond, “Team Internet” is taking their set of skills to a more traditional…
LGBT history month and National Coming Out Day reading lists
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Last June, as many of you may recall, the American Library Association held their annual conference in San Francisco. Thirty minutes before our flight landed news broke that the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage were legal…
H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N Spells Halloween!!
By Kristin Milks, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive I love the pagan customs, harvest blessings, and air of anticipation around this season. For whatever reason, Halloween season makes me giddy. There’s so much to do before winter sets in! I, like many others,…
Prepare for the Holiday rush at your library
By Rachel Kray, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Over the years, we here at OverDrive have noted some of the best practices of our libraries as we creep up on the holiday rush. Here is what we’ve learned: The days between December…
The Twilight series just turned ten
By Emma Kanagaki, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive. Can you believe it’s been 10 years since Stephenie Meyers released her mega-hit novel, Twilight? The special 10th anniversary edition from Little Brown Books for Young Readers and Listening Library will include exclusive bonus…