Why your whole library staff should have access to OverDrive Marketplace
OverDrive Marketplace isn’t just for submitting purchases. For our library and school partners, it’s *the* destination for OverDrive resources. In Marketplace, you can browse the most extensive catalog of digital media available, create curated collections for your website, view statistics, assist users with troubleshooting, keep…
These are a few of our favorite… Audiobooks!
June is Audiobook Month and the Collection Development Analyst team thought it would be fun to celebrate by sharing some of our favorite listens. Rachel’s Pick Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish by John Hargrove Michelle’s Pick Carsick by…
Under the Big Tent: Reviewing Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Grown-ups tend to exaggerate. We can go so far as saying they lie for the sake of children’s happiness. Fostering hope, imagination, and wonder is part of the adult code of conduct with kids. In Cassie Beasley’s middle grade book Circus Mirandus, Micah’s grandpa Ephraim has…
How OverDrive Streaming Video improves the value of your digital library
Recently we spoke with Katie Hotard, the Virtual Branch Manager at Marion County Public Library, about her library’s recent adoption of OverDrive Streaming Video. Below is her story of how the library has implemented and marketed their streaming video collection to provide users with a…
New Adult Edition of eHighlights for August and September are out!
The Collection Development team has scouted the best titles for August and September in the newest edition of the Adult eHighlights catalog! With new books from Jonathan Franzen, Alice Hoffman, James Patterson, Kim Harrison, Sue Grafton, Christopher Moore, Haruki Murakami, Edward St. Aubyn, John Scalzi,…
Reader’s Advisory Project collections are live!
The Reader’s Advisory project collections, Book Club Picks and Fantastical Fairy Tales, are ready to Publish in the curation interface in OverDrive Marketplace! Boost circulation and reader engagement by publishing the collections to your site today. Public your curated collection: • In Marketplace, select the Shop…
Reviewing Armada by Ernest Cline
Being a Librarian is awesome. It really, really is. One of the many reasons I love my chosen profession is Advanced Review Copies. I’ve been not-so patiently awaiting the arrival of the new Ernest Cline book, Armada, for months now and I was ecstatic when…
Recommended Lists for May
May is always a very exciting month here at the OverDrive headquarters in Cleveland. Spring is officially here and it seems like there is always an occasion to commemorate or celebrate. The events and observances of May also make for great library programming! For your…
Learn about the newest formats available from OverDrive with our latest hot topics webinars!
Over the past year OverDrive has been dedicated to helping you maximize the value of your digital library by enabling you to offer your users a multi-media experience all on one platform. Your patrons can borrow eBooks and audiobooks as they’ve always been able to…
Perfect your curating skills in preparation for summer reading lists
Manipulation isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The flexibility that comes with curated collections lets you control not only groups of titles, but also what students see when they first visit your digital library site. First impressions are important and you always want them to notice…
Check out the latest eHighlights catalogs!
The Collection Development team worked diligently to put together the latest editions of our eHighlights catalogs. There have been some great releases in April and May for Kids & Teens. We are finally seeing trends towards summer! Pool by Jihyeon Lee is the beautifully drawn…
The next Reader’s Advisory project is coming soon!
We’re excited to invite your library and/or school to participate in OverDrive’s next Reader’s Advisory project. The project offers hand-picked titles to help users discover new favorites, leading to increased reader engagement and circulation for libraries. In March, libraries that participated in the Reader’s Advisory…