By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Earlier this week we shared information from a Pew Research report stating that public awareness of library eBooks has never been higher. The report provided survey findings that show three out of every five adults now know that…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Recently, Pew released a report titled “Libraries and Learning”, which found that the number of people aware of digital materials at their library has never been higher. As lifestyles continue to get busier and technologies advance, people are…
On June 23rd, the global library community will once again come together to create the largest digital book club in the world and we want you, the readers, to pick the book everyone will be enjoying! Head over to the Big Library Read website and let…
By: Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist. Please join OverDrive’s Training and Collection Development teams for our May 19th special webcast, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about OverDrive Marketplace. Registration is now open for this live session, where we’ll discuss and demonstrate advanced shopping techniques,…
May is known nationwide as “Get Caught Reading” month, a time to not only celebrate your love of all things bookish but to let the world see your adoration by “getting caught” reading. As the cast of Hamilton would say, “Shout it from the rooftops!”…
It’s no secret that thousands of libraries and K-12 schools partner with OverDrive to provide users and students 24/7 access to reading materials. In the last few years, colleges and universities around the world have begun creating digital library websites as well, providing students a…
This week Team OverDrive will be at the London Book Fair holding meetings with library and publishing partners and offering demonstrations of the latest inventive technologies in digital library lending. While highlighting enhanced eBook features like Read-Along eBooks we’ll also be discussing the new publishing…
At the Public Library Association conference in Denver this week, Team OverDrive will be presenting on the latest trends and innovations in digital library lending. Among the many exciting updates coming to your OverDrive-powered website that we’ll be demonstrating is Advantage 3.0, our most powerful…
2016 is off to a torrent start for digital library lending as checkout numbers are up for Q1 (Jan. 1, 2016 – March 31, 2016) based on the activities of 50 top circulating libraries. eBook, audiobook and digital magazine checkouts through OverDrive are on track…
By Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist For many, spring is a time of renewal. The trees come alive with birdsong and lawns are awash in the first haze of green. For me, spring tends to mean one thing: restlessness. After being cooped up indoors for…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist During April, we are proud to celebrate National Library Week, a time dedicated to the sheer awesomeness that is the librarian. Of course, celebrating “librarian love” is something we do every day here at OverDrive but National…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive is excited to announce that we have teamed up with Cityread London for the first time to get this year’s featured book, Ten Days by Gillian Slovo, in eBook format for local public library authorities. Cityread London…